Public harm or public value? Towards co-production in research with communities

Yasminah Beebeejaun, C. Durose, J. Rees, J. Richardson, Elizabeth Richardson

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Abstract

This paper develops a critique of the current model of research governance ethics which casts communities as vulnerable subjects. The paper constructs an alternative approach to thinking about the twin challenges of research governance and reflexive research practice through reframing ideas of public value and rejecting a public harm model. We use the insights of coproduction as a way of positively rethinking the relationship between researchers and ‘the researched’ to create new ways of thinking about public value. We argue that reflexive research practice should draw upon the principles and examples of empowerment within governance. These aspire to work ‘with’ communities and create space for greater community control in defining and creating publically valuable research.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)552-565
Number of pages13
JournalEnvironment and Planning C: Government and Policy
Volume33
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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