Co-production: participant and stakeholder involvement in research.
UKRIO resources:
- Webinar video: The ethical challenges of co-production. In this video Professor Kate Pahl talks through her experience in co-production and working with communities and describes the ethical challenges that arise.
- Webinar video: Why practice research matters in the arts: valuing the benefits of co-production between researchers, artists and audiences. Professor Sarah Whatley discusses the ways in which practice research is a valuable method for showing how co-production can bring together researchers, artists and other stakeholders (including audiences) for mutual benefit.
External Resources:
Institutional resources:
Co-productive Collective – A co-production community where everyone is welcome. Together we learn, connect, and champion co-production for lasting change (established by UCL). Monthly co-production cuppas: https://www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/events
Co-productive Oracle – The Co-Production Oracle is a deck of cards designed to help you open up new perspectives on issues, problems or areas of stuck-ness in collaborative situations. Produced by Hannah Mumby, working with Exeter University.
Co-Production Network in Scotland Supporting co-production policy and practice across Scotland. They have a useful resources page.
Examples of Co-production in practice:
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology – the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is an independent, not-for-profit research institute, carrying out excellent environmental science across water, land and air. ‘We believe that the best solutions are co-designed and co-delivered, and our partnerships cross borders, sectors and disciplines. We are a strategic delivery partner for the Natural Environment Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation.’
University of Leeds Horizons Institute – a shared interdisciplinary platform for tackling global challenges, with a strong focus on external partnership working and EDI. ‘Our aim is to get researchers from all walks of life talking to each other, and to people with real-world challenges. It is about a two-way flow of ideas and co-designing solutions.’
Obesity Voices – Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement hub: membership of over 260 people with a lived experience of obesity across broad and diverse populations.
Charities working in this space:
Young Foundation are focussed on community research and social innovation and run a peer research network.
Funders:
Participatory research is a priority for UKRI and Research England – provided specific funding for the sector from 21/22 – 23/24.
Signed this concordat: https://www.ukri.org/news/shared-commitment-to-improve-public-involvement-in-research/
NHS/Patient related:
Patient and public involvement in research – PPI (Patient and Public Involvement) resources for applicants to NIHR research programmes | NIHR
NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination. NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination. NIHR Guidance on co-producing a research project – Learning For Involvement
Publications – articles, guides and case studies:
Fogg, E. Lanning, J. Shoebridge, J. Longstaff, R. De Vos, K. Dawson-Taylor, A. Glanville-Hearson, D. Carpenter, S. Court, T. Brown, E. Heiden, A. Chauhan. (2022). The role of Participatory Action Research in developing new models of healthcare: Perspectives from participants and recommendations for ethical review and governance oversight. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, Volume 24. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352552522000822
Practice Research Advisory Group (PRAG) report: https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/reports/b51c0f52-9801-49d9-9f00-cca89741091b
Asaaga FA, Young JC, Srinivas PN, Seshadri T, Oommen MA, et al. (2022) Co-production of knowledge as part of a OneHealth approach to better control zoonotic diseases. PLOS Global Public Health 2(3): e0000075. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000075
Ethical Challenges of Co-production – Imagine Project
Last revised September 2023.
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This resource page was collated from the chat stream of the UKRIO webinar on Co-production: participant and stakeholder involvement in research.