10. Module sections

10.3. Section 3: research contextual consideration

Aim: Participation is a very topical issue in research and funding programmes. Students should gain an overview of current trends in order to take ownership of their own understanding of the value of participation in research contexts.

Theme Topic Guiding questions
Funding conditions

Case study of selected international and national research programmes relevant to social work issues and their funding agendas
– typologies of “participation” implicit and explicit in the programmes

How does the “participation terminology” of selected programmes compare to my understanding of
participation?
Contractual conditions

Overview of types of contracts in research funding programmes – flexibility and limitations with regard to changes arising from the implementation of a participation approach

To what degree can partners modify the objectives of the research project within the
limits of the research contract?

Dissemination and
implementation conditions

Ownership and authorship types of research findings


From research to policy making

What types of rights and
responsibilities of publishing and disseminating results can be shared among project partners?

What happens after the ending of a project period?

Resources:

Banks, S., Armstrong, A., Booth, M., Brown, G., Carter, K., Clarkson, M. and Russel, A. (2014). Using co-inquiry: community-university perspectives on research, Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 7(1): 37–47.

Chevalier, J.M. & Buckles, D. J. (2019) Participatory Action Research. Theory and Methods for Engaged Inquiry. London: Routledge

Driessens, K., and Lyssens-Danneboom, V. (eds.). (2022). Involving Service Users in Social Work Education, Research and Policy: A Comparative European Analysis. Bristol: Bristol University Press.

Herr, K. and Anderson, G. (2005) The Action Research Dissertation: A Guide for Students and Faculty, London: Sage.