A series of exploration about co-production in public services. In this episode we hear from Niccola Hutchinson-Pascal from the Co-Production Collective, providing an insight into who the Co-Production Collective are and what they do, before exploring the concept of using co-production in research. This series is hosted by Mike Corcoran for the Co-production Network for […]
Tag: research
Glossary of engagement terminology

A number of terms are used in the field of engagement, often interchangeably, and frequently with different meanings depending on who is using them; so it is always useful to clarify and agree what we mean when we’re at the start of a process. We thought it would be useful for us to share the […]
Research – wellbeing and physical activity

Co-research: Barriers and facilitators to workplace physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Co-creating interventions to address workplace physical activity and sedentary behaviour. (current) This study will work with employees from a variety of organisations and across multiple levels of the organisational hierarchy to ascertain what the key barriers and facilitators of physical activity and sedentary behaviour […]
Research – co-producing research

Co-producing resources and guidance for sharing power in research (June 2018 – February 2019) The aim of Phase 1 of the project was to develop resources to help people share power more effectively when co-producing research. We facilitated two workshops with Gary Hickey, NIHR INVOLVE. Twelve public contributors, three community organisations / healthcare staff and […]
Research – social prescribing

All Wales Social Prescribing Research Network (April 2018 – March 2019) The Network aims to build the critical evidence for social prescribing in Wales working with academic partners, health and social care partners and third sector partners. It functions as a research platform to support the three communities of practice in North, West and East […]
Research – environment and sustainability

Dundee Urban Orchard (2013-17) Dundee Urban Orchard – otherwise known as DUO – is a city-wide art and horticulture project supporting individuals, community groups and cultural organisations to plant and care for small-scale orchards across Dundee. In addition to the practical benefits of enhancing biodiversity, accessing greenspace for community use and raising awareness of where […]
Research – evaluation of co-production

Valuing Different Perspectives (April 2014 – November 2015) The project sought to evaluate previous co-produced interventions produced by researchers and community organisations in the neighbourhood of Wester Hailes, west Edinburgh. In doing so, it also built in a comparison of academic-led and co-produced approaches to evaluating the outcomes of the previous co-produced outputs. This enabled […]
Research – mental health

Co-production in mental health: not just another guide (2018) This guide shares learning about: where and how things are working well features of different models of co-production how co-production contributes to delivering better experiences and outcomes for people with mental health conditions others’ views of hurdles and how to overcome them. We took a three […]
Research – co-creation in science

SISCODE: Co-design for Society in Innovation and Science (2018 – 2021) SISCODE is an EU-funded project aimed at stimulating the use of co-creation methodologies in policy design. Bottom-up design driven approaches will be used to develop responsible research, innovation and policies. The project consortium will run European-wide research to understand the dynamics within these co-creation […]
Research – housing

PhD. The geographies of place for tenant participation in housing associations: A case study of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (2016-2019) This PhD research is in partnership with Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association, exploring tenant participation within the organisation from a geographical perspective. It addresses key issues and challenges from both an organisational and tenant perspective and considers […]