First collaborations

The first round of the Participatory Research Fund supported twenty-three projects. Projects were delivered between Jan 2022 and September 2022 in collaboration with partners and groups outside of the University. Funding was awarded by Research England and supplemented by the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute.

Awards made to lead researchers within the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Law

  • Matthew Brown
    ​​​​​​​Creating soundscapes for a new society: a bilingual podcast series exploring a decentralised approach to the reconfiguration of Chilean society after the introduction of the new Constitution
  • Lesel Dawson
    Grief and baby loss: a qualitative evaluation of Stillbirth, Neonatal Death and the Grief Journey, an evidence-based co-produced resource on perinatal bereavement
  • Edward King
    Seeding community-oriented technology policy: facilitating the creation of new community-based technology projects to supporting social inclusion in Brazil
  • John McTague
    Understanding the role of co-production in use of wooden printing presses in the 21st-century: co-producing a printed booklet
  • Camilla Morelli
    Bringing climate science, anthropology, animation and participatory methods for co-design together to inspire positive climate action amongst Bristol's youth
  • Laurence Publicover
    The Hamlet Voyage: a multinational project to deliver a new play by British-Nigerian playwright Rex Obano, and develop an education programme using History and English school curricula
  • Patricia Gaya
    Citizen Science for water management in Sub-Saharan Africa: understanding the potential of participatory digital processes in supporting large-scale, geographically dispersed, and ethnoculturally diverse responses to global challenges
  • Ben Meller
    Accountability Partnerships: implementing a new methodology for participatory engagement in a project exploring the history and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in Bristol

Awards made to lead researchers within the Faculties of Engineering and Science

  • Maria Pregnolato
    Computational modelling of the flow around the dry dock of Brunel's SS Great Britain: working in partnership to preserve a historic asset
  • Alan Kennedy
    Once Upon a Time in a Heatwave: imagining rural futures through participatory arts-based community workshops in Northern Ireland
  • Jaap Velthuis
    Increasing data science literacy in Somaliland: collaborating with local partners to design and deliver training for A-level students
  • Jakob Vinther
    Melanin: how artistic performance combined with science communication can explore the effect of colour and vision on all of us

Awards made to lead researchers within the Faculty of Health Sciences

  • Shoba Dawson
    Identifying primary care priorities through a World Café methodology: shifting practice in health research from 'researcher-led' approaches to 'community-led'
  • Sarah Denford
    Exploring how to co-design acceptable, relevant and accessible public health messages in short time frames for emergency responses
  • Fiona Fox
    Common Ambition Bristol: learning from the co-production process of a community powered project to improve HIV testing and reduce stigma amongst Bristol's African and Caribbean communities
  • Laura Hull
    Supporting people with autism to collaborate in research: testing a co-designed training session to promote understanding of research methods for autistic adults
  • Catherine Jameson and Vikki Wylde
    Increasing the involvement of diverse communities in musculoskeletal health research: building links and understanding barriers
  • Mari-Rose Kennedy and Richard Huxtable
    The ethical dimensions of developing Implantable Artificial Muscles in healthcare: collaborating with patients
  • Sarah Sauchelli-Toran
    Capacity building in university-community research collaboration: participatory workshops in collaboration with Knowle West Media Centre

Awards made to lead researchers within the Faculty of Life Sciences

  • Franklin Ginn
    Growing Liveable Worlds: Ethical encounters between human and plant life through a 'living lab'
  • Dawn Holford
    HPV vaccine misinformation on TikTok: collaborating with adolescents to understand the impact of misinformation on vaccine hesitancy, and co-design a video intervention
  • Meg Attwood and Christopher Jarrold
    Young people's mental health: using creative methods to elucidate a shared understanding of the nature, causes and consequences of Repetitive Negative Thinking amongst adolescents
  • Ute Leonards
    The impact of the visual environment on our health and wellbeing: co-evaluating the learning process of a collaborative project with We the Curious, creative industries and the general public