1 November 2024
10:30am - 4:00pm
The Young Foundation and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are partnering with the UK Participatory Research Network for this meeting, hosted at the University of Manchester.
Over the last 3 years UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has funded five participatory research projects across disciplines through their Citizen Science Collaboration Grants. Together with UKRI and the funded projects, The Young Foundation has been exploring barriers and enablers for community participation in research. This has involved working with academics, public engagement professionals, communities and partner organisations. One topic of particular interest has been how ethics is conceptualised and understood in situations where wider participation is central to the research process.
A discussion paper will be published by The Young Foundation drawing out shared learnings from the projects and the wider sector. This paper will be available week commencing Monday 14 October 2024 and the link will be posted at that time.
This UKPRN meeting offers an opportunity for us to:
- discuss provocations from the discussion paper
- share case studies of practice to shift systems and cultures around ethics
- explore how we might develop governance structures which enable ethical review processes to be more equitable and supportive of participatory research.
This is an ‘in person’ meeting only – there will be no recording or Zoom/Teams link.
Programme for the Day
10.30 – 10.45: Arrival and refreshments
10.45 – 11.15: Welcome, Introductions, scene setting
11:15 – 12:45: Enabling ‘the system’ to better support ethical participatory research
- 11:15 – 11:45: Context and discussion paper (UKRI / The Young Foundation)
- 11:45 – 12:05: Case Study 1 – Ancient History, Contemporary Belonging, MMU. Through this project, young people of refugee background are working to increase understanding of ancient historical objects in Manchester Museum’s collections, and to challenge exclusionary narratives about refugees in the UK.
- 12:05 – 12:25: Case Study 2 – Citizens Researching Together, Bristol. In this project, people in Bristol, including African Caribbean communities, are addressing the history, and contemporary legacies, of transatlantic slavery in the city.
- 12:25 – 12:45: Q/A and Summary (UKRI / The Young Foundation)
12.45 – 13.30: Light lunch, poster session and networking
If you would like to bring a poster for this session, please make sure that you arrive in good time in the morning to allow time for it to be displayed. (Access to room from 9:30am).
13:30 – 15:30: World Café Discussion time
15:30 – 15:45: Shared reflections from the World Café
15.45 – 16:00: UKPRN Business for discussion with members:
16:00: Close
16:00 – 16:45: Optional visit to Manchester Museum, linked to MMU project: Ancient History, Contemporary Belonging. If you would like to join this optional visit, please let us know – Dee-Ann.Johnson@manchester.ac.uk.
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The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL