Wed 15 Jan & Fri 17 Jan | 13.00-15.00
In the course of their research, many PhD scholars work with a range of individuals and communities who bring their own complicated, nuanced relationships with institutions, academic and otherwise, to the exchange. This training will focus on ethical and collaborative interview and research methods that focuses on the specifics of data collection and ongoing, participant informed consent.
This training will be delivered by Dr Jade Lee, Director of Aurora Learning, and Dr Harriet Barratt who will be specifically drawing on her experiences as a Senior Research Associate at York St. John where she led a two-year research and evaluation project in collaboration with Northumbria University for the 'Converge' programme which connected people with experience of mental ill health with free arts education.
By the end of this course run over two half days, participants will have considered:
1. How to develop positive and productive relationships with intermediaries who may act as ‘gatekeepers’ between researchers and research communities.
2. How to set up, conduct and evaluate participant interviews and projects in a manner that is ethical, trauma aware and consent based.
3. How to adopt, monitor and adapt an ongoing practice of ‘informed consent’ throughout the research process and up to publication.
4. How to acknowledge, evaluate and contend with practical limitations in research (language barriers, unknown interpreters, cultural challenges etc.)