The co-production of research between academics, NGOs and communities in humanitarian response: A practice guide

Lokot, Michelle; Wake, Caitlin

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“…Co-production itself is defined in varied ways. In earlier work focused on humanitarian settings, we use a definition for co-production in research as "a horizontal partnership between researchers (both academic and non-academic) and active research participants to undertake research that can inform action" (Lokot and Wake, 2021). We suggested co-produced research: "tackles unequal power dynamics, challenges existing knowledge production hierarchies, ensures more equal partnerships and shared decision making, emphasises reciprocity, promotes mutual capacity strengthening, ensures greater reflexivity and enables flexible ways of interacting and working across the research cycle".…”

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NGO–academia research co‐production in humanitarian settings: opportunities and challenges

Lokot

Wake

2022

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The term "co-production" is increasingly used to describe varied forms of research partnerships, expanding from its application within the health sector to other sectors. In humanitarian settings, alongside increased calls for localisation and decolonising aid, research co-production is emerging as a means of tackling power dynamics within NGO-academia research partnerships. Based on semistructured interviews with practitioners and academics with experience in co-producing research and participating in research partnerships, we present the opportunities and challenges associated with coproducing research in humanitarian settings. Our findings suggest that similar to other buzzwords in the humanitarian sector, the label of "co-production" is sometimes uncritically applied to any kind of research partnership. We emphasise the importance of centering power within co-produced research in humanitarian settings and suggest that while the term co-production is sometimes misappropriated, the principles underlying this concept remain essential to unraveling power hierarchies within the humanitarian sector.

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confidence: 99%