The Practitioner Guide to Participatory Research with Groups and Communities

Avoiding both over-simplification and jargon-riddled complexity, this book is an invaluable, straightforward guide to participatory research for you and your fellow practitioners working with community groups and organisations.

The book offers a route map for co-research projects with groups and communities, taking you through each stage of the participatory research process, from planning a project to sharing the findings. Keeping in mind imperatives such as engagement and voice, the book explores how to carry out research in ways that are meaningful for communities.

This book includes valuable resources such as reflection points, tasks and further reading lists, offering support to practitioners to plan and undertake participatory research projects with confidence.

Kaz Stuart is Director of Strategy and Learning at The Centre for Youth Impact, and Honorary Professor at the University of Cumbria.

Lucy Maynard is Principal at The Australian Centre for Social Innovation, and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Cumbria.