Insights
In-depth perspectives on community research, evaluation practice, and building equitable systems.
Medical Scepticism as Institutional Feedback
Why community distrust is valuable data, not a problem to solve—and how institutions can learn to listen.
Decolonising Health: Beyond Biomedical Models
How dominant health paradigms exclude lived experience—and what genuinely inclusive, culturally grounded healthcare might look like.
Rethinking Research Ethics: From Compliance to Accountability
Why ethics processes often fail communities—and how commissioners can embed accountability into research practice.
Community researchers: building sustainable capacity
Why community researchers are essential infrastructure, not short-term engagement tools—and what it takes to build lasting capacity.
Making data meaningful: disaggregation and intersectionality
Why headline averages fail communities and how better data practice changes decision-making. A practical guide to equity-focused quantitative analysis.
Trauma-informed research: beyond the checklist
Moving trauma-informed research away from box-ticking and towards relational, accountable practice that genuinely protects participants and researchers.
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