Connection, Participation and Empowerment in Community-Based Research: the Case of the Transition Movement

社区研究中的联系、参与和赋权：转型运动的案例

• 批准号: AH/J006785/1
• 负责人: Rachel Pain
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Durham University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ006785%2F1
• 关键词: Connection; Participation; Empowerment; Community; Based

This project will explore patterns of engagement and knowledge exchange within the Transition movement in the UK, with particular attention to the relationships among academic researchers, Transition initiatives - local groups promoting community-led responses to climate change, peak oil and economic contraction - and the Transition Network, an international coordinating body dedicated to supporting Transition initiatives and enabling their work.In the context of an increasing emphasis on research 'impact' in the forthcoming research excellence framework (REF), many researchers in the humanities and social sciences will be seeking to engage more directly with potential research beneficiaries in community groups and movements. However, the experiences of both the Transition Network and individual Transition initiatives (as with other community organisations) suggest that the potential benefits of collaboration with researchers are not always realised. The Transition Network has also indicated that, while it recognises these potential benefits, in practice these are not always realised, and there are risks that researchers can be a drain on limited time and resources.Against this background, this project will investigate how relationships among researchers, the Transition Network, and local Transition initiatives can be mutually beneficial. It will do this through a collaboration between interested academics and Transition Network staff. This team will first lead a process of documenting and reflecting on experiences of researcher engagement with transition. The learning from this phase will then feed into the design of strategies and protocols for enhancing knowledge sharing and researcher engagement. A series of pilot workshops will also be held, to test new approaches and respond to needs identified by the transition network. Throughout, the project will experiment with a co-inquiry methodology inspired by permaculture design, chosen for its relevance to the Transition movement (itself informed by permaculture).The main outputs from this project will include guidelines for managing relationships between academic researchers and Transition groups or communities, a report for a general audience that will summarise key findings from the documentation, design and piloting phases, and an academic article in a peer-reviewed journal.The project will be relevant to a range of stakeholders and beneficiaries, including Transition Network members and staff, local Transition initiatives, academics and policy-makers interested in the Transition movement as a relevant example of community-led adaptation to climate change and peak oil, and academics interested in qualitative and participatory research methodologies.The project contributes to the development of the Connected Communities programme, addressing all three of its three core themes, including researchers from four existing scoping studies and building upon findings from a broad range of further studies in the scoping phase.

这个项目将探索英国过渡运动中的参与和知识交流的模式，特别关注学术研究人员、过渡倡议--促进社区主导的应对气候变化、石油峰值和经济收缩的地方团体--和过渡网络之间的关系，过渡网络是一个致力于支持过渡倡议并使其能够开展工作的国际协调机构。在即将到来的研究卓越框架(REF)中越来越重视研究“影响”的背景下，许多人文和社会科学研究人员将寻求更直接地与社区团体和运动中的潜在研究受益者接触。然而，过渡网络和个人过渡倡议(与其他社区组织一样)的经验表明，与研究人员合作的潜在好处并不总是实现的。过渡网络还表示，虽然它认识到这些潜在的好处，但在实践中这些并不总是实现的，研究人员可能会消耗有限的时间和资源的风险。在这种背景下，该项目将调查研究人员、过渡网络和地方过渡倡议之间的关系如何能够互惠互利。它将通过感兴趣的学者和过渡网络工作人员之间的合作来做到这一点。该团队将首先领导一个记录和反思研究人员参与过渡的经验的过程。然后，这一阶段的经验将被纳入加强知识共享和研究人员参与的战略和协议的设计中。还将举办一系列试点讲习班，以测试新的办法并对过渡网络确定的需求作出反应。在整个项目中，该项目将试验一种以永久文化设计为灵感的联合调查方法，选择这种方法是因为它与过渡运动(本身就是由永久文化提供信息)相关。该项目的主要成果将包括管理学术研究人员与过渡团体或社区之间关系的指导方针，面向普通受众的总结文献、设计和试验阶段的关键发现的报告，以及同行评议期刊上的一篇学术文章。该项目将与一系列利益相关者和受益者相关，包括过渡网络成员和工作人员、地方过渡倡议、对过渡运动感兴趣的学者和政策制定者，将其作为社区领导的适应气候变化和石油峰值的相关范例，以及对定性和参与性研究方法感兴趣的学者。该项目促进了互联社区方案的发展，涉及其所有三个核心主题，包括来自四个现有范围界定研究的研究人员，并在范围界定阶段广泛的进一步研究成果的基础上再接再厉。