Resources

This is a brief introduction to the existing links and tools across the University of Sheffield and beyond.

If you would like to add any more ideas to this page, please email hrraine1@sheffield.ac.uk.


PRN@TUoS is a new project funded by Research England to map and share participatory research across all faculties of the university and establish, as its legacy, an ongoing Participatory Research Network: PRN@TUoS.

To join the mailing list click here.

To learn more about PRN@TUoS, associated events, training and resources - email k.liddiard@sheffield.ac.uk

If you have a participatory research project that you would like to be showcased or promoted through PRN@TUoS, get in touch.

Twitter: @PRNTUOS


Developing, sharing and showcasing PR across the FoSS

Juan Mario Díaz Arevalo, Professor Simon Rushton and Research Assistants Jack Spears and Shalini Narayan are working on an ongoing project, hosting training workshops on a huge variety of different Participatory Research topics.

Follow them on Eventbrite, or get in touch with Juan Mario or Simon to find out more. You can add yourself to the mailing list here.

Websites and Resources

Ethics

Ethical Considerations In Research With Children And Young People

The Critical Methodologies Collective (2022) Politics and Ethics of Representation in Qualitative Research : Addressing Moments of Discomfort. Taylor & Francis (an online book)

What is participatory research: possibilities and challenges? by Mel Ainscow, Centre for Equity in Education

CoProduce: Valuing all experience CoProduce is a multidisciplinary hub which brings together people, learning and resources to champion co-production.


Ongoing Projects

MIMY: EMpowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions

Reimagining TAS with Disabled Young People

Rethinking Deafness, film and accessibility

Living Life to the Fullest, working in partnership with disabled children and young people with ‘life-limiting’ or ‘life-threatening’ impairments, and the linked toolkit, Why Can't We Dream

Make It Grow, supporting community-based, sustainable food initiatives to build capacity and create video proposals, their YouTube Playlist and Video Co-Lab, linked resources, tools and videos from their bespoke workshop series.


Community Partners

Unity Gym Project, a gym, youth group and charity in Broomhall committed to community development and the promotion of health and wellbeing.

Chilypep, a young people's empowerment project, dedicated to raising the voices of young people and giving them the confidence, influence and platform to shape their world and stay connected.

Titch, a national network dedicated to transforming child health through technology and innovation.

Voluntary Action Sheffield, supporting community action

Blogs and Social Media

Kirsty Liddiard: kirstyliddiard.wordpress.com

Evaluating Trespass Prevention

Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems with Disabled Young People: Our Project Launch!

Full Lives ESRC, Official Twitter account of the Living Life to the Fullest project at the University of Sheffield, funded by the ESRC.

Maker{Futures}, Makerspace/STE(A)M workshops & CPD

Lost Wor(l)ds, exploring & celebrating heritage languages spoken by pupils and their families, through nature.

RESISTANCE LAB Resistance Lab is a grassroots collective that uses education, technology and research to find new ways to resist state violence.

iHuman Disruptive research into what it means to be human.

patter, research education, academic writing, public engagement, funding, other eccentricities.

Children's Spaces and Places Research Group, researching children's 'spacialities'.