Participatory research
The workshop will be held in German
Participatory research approaches attempt to combine the knowledge production of the academic world with the diversity of perspectives of the fields, groups or institutions being researched. People from non-academic fields are actively integrated into knowledge production as co-researchers in order to solve social problems in a target group-oriented way or to better understand the social realities of the co-researchers. Depending on the approach, the co-researchers are given decision-making power with regard to the selection of topics, development of survey and analysis instruments, data collection or the presentation of results. This changes the relationship between researchers and researched, which raises new questions regarding research ethics and quality criteria.
In this introductory workshop, important participatory research approaches (e.g. participatory action research, photovoice, community mapping) will first be presented and it will be discussed how they differ from classical approaches of qualitative research. This will be followed by a discussion of the positionality of researchers and co-researchers. In this context, instruments for (self-)reflection are presented, which make it possible to reflect on how I, as a researcher, am perceived by my research field, which role I take on and how my relationship with the co-researchers is shaped. Finally, quality criteria and research ethics issues relevant to participatory research approaches will be discussed.
The workshop has an introductory character. Prior knowledge is therefore not necessary.
Lecturer: Susanne Sackl-Sharif
Cancellation possible until 29.11.2026 09:00 o clock!
