Co-Production "The Real PPI": Launching The Researcher's Toolkit

Co-production is a collaborative approach to research, where people with both lived and learnt experience work together to conceptualise, conduct and disseminate research. Co-production is a research approach that has been essential to EDAC, and has helped us to conduct important and impactful work led by the lived experiences provided by our wonderful Autistic research collaborators!

As part of a previous workshop co-sponsored by the University of Aberdeen, the Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform For Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE), and Alzheimer's Research UK, EDAC team members Dr Michelle Sader and Dr Gordon Waiter hosted a day-long workshop showcasing the benefits of co-production. As part of this workshop, attendees and organisers co-designed a 35-page resource toolkit focusing on research co-production. This hybrid launch event will provide an overview of research co-production and will focus on formally launching the toolkit, an open-source and free resource aiming to guide researchers looking to implement participatory research approaches in their own work. We will also discuss examples with which researchers across disciplines can implement co-production, as well as signposting our next steps and where the toolkit may be found.

For any individuals who might be interested in hearing about this resource, we would ask that you please register your interest via the QR code attached within the event flyer, or by clicking here. If there are any issues accessing the expression of interest link, we recommend opening the link via an Incognito or InPrivate window. We are delighted to share this resource, and look forward to seeing many new and familiar faces on January 15th!