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The opportunities, challenges, and rewards of "community peer research": reflections on research practice
Booth, Jane Sojka, Bozena Spicksley, Kathryn Blamire, Joshua
Booth, Jane
Sojka, Bozena
Spicksley, Kathryn
Blamire, Joshua
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2024-03-18
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This article shares reflections from a group of academic researchers at the same University on their experience of conducting “community peer research” projects involving nonacademics in social research. We review a range of literature that has influenced the development of our practice, stressing the importance of co-production and power relations. We present six case studies that represent the breadth of our different engagements with community peer research, and then go on to reflect on the challenges and benefits of this approach. We identify a number of practical challenges, ways in which we overcame them, and in particular stress the importance of providing well-designed training for community peer researchers. We conclude with some recommendations for other researchers looking to conduct similar research.
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Rees, J., Caulfield, L., Booth, J., Kanjilal, M., Sojka, B. , Spicksley, K., Blamire, J. and Arnull, E. (2025) The opportunities, challenges, and rewards of ‘community peer research’: reflections on research practice. Qualitative Inquiry, 31 (3-4), pp. 319-330 DOI: 10.1177/1077800424122978.
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© 2024 The Authors. Published by SAGE. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004241229789
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1077-8004