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Can we build institutional support for co-produced research?

With a funding crisis looming large, debate on what universities are for has reignited. We are at a critical juncture in the future...

“We believe in the value of the research in our universities which illuminates our past and explains our present as well as shapes our future: that tells us who we are, that challenges us to face the truth not simply to wrap ourselves in myth, that evidences the decisions we need to make for today and tomorrow, that sees expertise not as the enemy of our people, but as their strength.”

But how should we produce this research – and importantly, with whom? Where research is done with partners outside of universities, this can often be a fraught question. Most researchers are committed to undertaking research in engaged, ethical, efficient, and impactful ways, but sometimes institutional systems get in the way.

We see significant untapped potential for more use of co-productive research and other kinds of participatory research methods. By co-production, we broadly mean research that is ‘done with, not to’ different groups, at all stages of the research process, from idea generation to dissemination, knowledge exchange and impact...

Many universities share the desire to see academics work more collaboratively with others. But that aspiration has not (so far) gone along with reforms of systems, policies and processes to make meaningful partnerships in research easy...

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/02/12/can-we-build-institutional-support-for-co-produced-research/