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Advice for fostering public engagement in research and citizen science
Community-led, participatory research and citizen science can build bridges beyond academia, foster trust, broaden and enrich insights and make the knowledge produced more meaningful. It involves working with non-academic partners who may be enthusiast amateurs, patients or communities with a stake in the research, to name a few. The process of recruiting and working with non-scholars in research at any stage, from co-production to gathering data and sharing findings, brings complexities. Done well, public engagement in research demands well-managed logistics, careful balancing of competing interests, data management, safeguarding and ethical practices. This collection highlights essential skills of collaboration, cultural awareness and sensitivity, critical thinking, and the capacity to think across and beyond disciplines.
Robin Queen
Virginia Tech
Gary Hickey
University of Southampton
Abigail Harrison Moore, Lauren Theweneti
University of Leeds, Sheffield Hallam University
Henrietta L. Moore , Joel Bitok, Alan Irwin
University College London, Copenhagen Business School
Peter Hillen, Inga Heyman
Edinburgh Napier University
The arts can be a powerful vehicle for participatory research and public engagement. Creative forms such as film and performance offer a framework for collaboration and a medium for sharing and humanising research. These resources offer insight into the skills required to effectively involve participants in such work.
Sylvan Baker, Maggie Inchley
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Queen Mary University of London
Rosalind Edwards
University of Southampton
Saffron Woodcraft, Joseph Cook
University College London
Emily Burns
Queen Mary University of London
Henrietta L. Moore
University College London
Public engagement is increasingly integral to the work of universities in connecting with communities and demonstrating the real-world impact of teaching and research. But it doesn’t happen without concerted effort. Institutions need to embed an ethos of outreach, openness and inclusion into their day-to-day operations. 
Lyn R. Keith
The University of the West Indies
Carenza Lewis
University of Lincoln
James Derounian
University of Bolton
Stephanie Jean Tsang
Hong Kong Baptist University
Tanya Wood, Hugo Bowles
King’s College London, University of Buckingham
In areas such as healthcare, researchers work closely with professional bodies, patients, advocacy groups and the public. This is important to produce well-adapted services, but is not always easy. These resources offer insight into managing projects through uncertainty and disagreement. 
Gary Hickey
University of Southampton
Gary Hickey
University of Southampton
Rosalind McCollum
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Tara Mahoney, Scott Neufeld
Simon Fraser University
Anna Walas
University of Nottingham
Sallie Burrough
University of Oxford

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