Dr Daniel Fountain tells us about the development of “Queerly Made”, which explores the legacy of craft in the LGBTQ+ communities, and looks at tackling the challenges of underrepresentation in national craft collections. Support from our Engaged and Participatory Research Fund has helped bring this subject to new audiences through workshops and exhibitions in the Tees Valley.
Category: Funding
Celebrating our Engaged and Participatory Research Fund Awardees
For the last few years, our Engaged and Participatory Research (E&PR) Fund has aimed to facilitate connections between researchers and partners external to the university. On the 15th June, we invited our 2024-5 and 2025-6 cohorts to join us for a special event, sharing findings and best practice, and celebrating their fantastic achievements from the course of their projects.
NIHR Team Science Award: Building Research On Climate-smart Care for Optimising Lifelong health Impacts for women (Team BROCCOLI)
The latest of our blog posts from this year’s funding cohort features Dr Dorothea Miranda Geddes-Barton who highlights the importance of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in her work, engaging with diverse perspectives in preparation for an NIHR Team Science Application.
Community Consultation for the Research Design of Practice-based, Participatory Action Research PhD Project
Yudi Wu, PhD student in the Department of Communications, Drama and Film gives an insight into their experience engaging with the public as part of their research project, establishing relationships with participants and navigating these to ensure those who contribute to a research project can be most effectively supported throughout.
The University of Exeter and u3a: 10 Years of Mutual Benefit
The University of Exeter, and the Exeter branch of the University of the Third Age (u3a) have recently celebrated ten years of collaboration. Since the signing of Memorandum of Understanding back in 2016, the two institutions have continued to share expertise, combining both organisation’s commitment to accessible and engaging education.
Community-led cancer awareness: Community Conversations about Cancer
In our final blog piece from our 2024-25 cohort of Engaged and Participatory Research Fund awardees, Lucy Kirkland tells us more about Community Conversations about Cancer, a project which investigated inequalities and underrepresentation in cancer diagnosis, working with a network of community partners across Exeter.
Lifestyle interventions in the Muslim community to help prevent type 2 diabetes.
Dr Phil McBride reflects on a recent project which explored lifestyle interventions to combat type 2 diabetes in the Muslim community, benefitting from direct collaboration with community members through informal discussions supported by our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Fund.
SmogOff – Community Testing of Air Pollution
Dr Jo Garrett and the team from Then Try This share insights into their work on SmogOff, a project supported by Civic University Agreement funding to engage local communities with air quality monitoring, and encourage new understanding of air pollution and its impact on our local environments.
Community Connections: Informing Urban Liveability Research
Dr Federico Botta shares insights from his team’s collaboration with Exeter Science Centre, in which both parties sought to better understand Exeter residents’ views on urban liveability, supported by the 2024-25 Engaged and Participatory Research Fund.
Infrastructure Disruptions, Resilience and Economic Mobility in the Off-Grid City
Professor Federico Caprotti and Dr Whitney Pailman share updates on their work exploring the relationship between community resilience, entrepreneurship, economic mobility and navigating infrastructure disruptions in urban, informal settlements in South Africa. With support from the Engaged and Participatory Research Fund, the researchers worked closely with local residents and policymakers.