Participative Research

Lived experience shapes our work from inception. Through sustained partnerships with people who may be affected by research processes and outcomes, we explore how power, anxiety and unconscious dynamics affect collaboration. We co-design questions, methods and interpretation that bring collective knowledge to life.

Conflicts, competing perspectives and power asymmetries are surfaced and worked with, not smoothed over. We don’t ignore messy realities. Our learning partnerships are built on sustained relational practice that challenges who holds expertise and how change happens. We’ve co-produced evaluations with young people with lived experience of mental health issues, women affected by domestic violence, industry partners struggling to weigh up change.

Links: Women and Girls Initiative Final Report; Participatory evaluation of Step-Up Transitions  PARCS Grows Everybody