Community Knowledge Matters Network Community of Practice by Science Ceilidh

Amy Cox

2023-06-05 13:53:12 UTC

Accessibility & Inclusion manager for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) acox@rzss.org.uk

What excites me? Mix of people from different places with different experience and knowledge

roxane_permar — 2023-06-05 13:53:41 UTC

Amy Calder

acalder1 — 2023-06-05 13:53:55 UTC

Senior Researcher at YouthLink Scotland, the national agency for youth work

I'm excited to see people wanting to work together to improve the lives of others.

2023-06-05 13:54:03 UTC

Turning living exp in to impact/change: individual and societal

heidiMWH — 2023-06-05 13:54:11 UTC

Highland Archive Service Community Engagement Officer (have an oversight of engagement activities across the 4 HAS centres in Inverness, Wick, Portree and Fort William). lorna.steele@highlifehighland.com if anyone wants to speak to me any time!)

2023-06-05 13:54:15 UTC

acalder1 — 2023-06-05 13:54:26 UTC

Working in partnership and learning from others

change

2023-06-05 13:54:32 UTC

More people wanting to work together. More people realising how important mental wellbeing is. More people seeing the link between nature and a positive mind set.

University of the Highlands and Islands' Knowledge Exchange, Impact and Public Engagement Officer, hoping to bring in wider UHI links to this network.

2023-06-05 13:54:39 UTC

Susan Grant

2023-06-05 13:54:40 UTC

Community Engagement Coordinator, School of Health and Wellbeing at University of Glasgow. Developing Byres Community Hub @UofGByresHub susan.g.grant@glasgow.ac.uk and ScotPEN The Scottish Public Engagement Network (ScotPEN)

time management: staying focused, with so many good quality conversations how to stay focused and achive in a timescale

heidiMWH — 2023-06-05 13:54:56 UTC

Rebecca Cornwell

2023-06-05 13:55:08 UTC

Public Engagement Officer University of St Andrews rc579@st-andrews.ac.uk

Shared language and accessibility

lauren925 — 2023-06-05 13:55:21 UTC

How to phrase and frame things in ways that don't feel off-putting or that exclude

Listening - I'm such a blether, I forget to be quiet & listen!

2023-06-05 13:55:26 UTC

The range of skillsets, working environments and interests in this group. There's a lot of potential

2023-06-05 13:55:32 UTC

We've been pondering on a "learning question" - How do we build a shared understanding and ownership and then build language and terms of engagement around that between communities and researchers working together

scienceceilidh — 2023-06-05 13:55:54 UTC

Would love to chat to folks about what this means to them (and how to simplify it!)

Language: how can we term research to best 'sell' so citizens connect with this and want to lead

heidiMWH — 2023-06-05 13:55:59 UTC

Seeing changes in Universities as a result of community engagement

2023-06-05 13:56:04 UTC

Misconceptions & historical ideas

2023-06-05 13:56:07 UTC

People don't really take us seriously as a science centre, a place for serious research. Yes we are a zoo but many of us are also researchers, scientists etc. Zoos aren't just about coming to see animals.

Hearing about the collaborations that others are doing

2023-06-05 13:56:17 UTC

Especially around nature and mental health and wellbeing

Roxane Permar

roxane_permar — 2023-06-05 13:56:19 UTC

I'm a visual artist and researcher, based in Shetland at the Centre for Island Creativity, UHI Shetland. I teach a lot, MA, Art and Social Practice (virtual).

Experinces from our roadshow events this May across Moray

heidiMWH — 2023-06-05 13:56:55 UTC

but only if folk are interested as can share another time, they are not yet collated!

The number of separate organisations and individuals involved. It's challenging to see a unified way forward. But perhaps that's fine? Perhaps each one just brings something different and reaches different people?

2023-06-05 13:56:58 UTC

Workload and the understandings of how much time, effort, resource and personal commitment good engagement takes

2023-06-05 13:57:05 UTC

Find peer connections: Trust is best built this way.

heidiMWH — 2023-06-05 13:57:21 UTC

Research ethics

acalder1 — 2023-06-05 13:57:26 UTC

Navigating research ethics in the third sector - ensuring that community members are actively engaged in the process and that the research is well respected and robust.

roxane_permar — 2023-06-05 13:57:42 UTC

How do we in a community group make meaningful connections with researchers and people who have expertise we need, and that we don't have?

Caroline King

2023-06-05 13:57:56 UTC

I'm a qualitative researcher, working with the public mental health team, at Public Health Scotland.

Superficial engagement!

2023-06-05 13:58:14 UTC

Communication

acalder1 — 2023-06-05 13:58:22 UTC

Open and honest communication, setting boundaries and actively listening to each other.

Understanding

2023-06-05 13:58:42 UTC

A willingness to understand what the other party wants/needs. What language should be used, what format?

Helping businesses innovate with the help of excellent research (from a myriad of disciplines)

2023-06-05 13:58:43 UTC

Silo working

2023-06-05 13:58:51 UTC

Support

2023-06-05 13:59:17 UTC

Any help I can :)

roxane_permar — 2023-06-05 13:59:54 UTC

This is what I'm trying to find out! Our community (group) needs support in this respect, particularly research to find out about this question but also to collect and analyse data about the impact on mental wellbeing in relation to issues impacting the community.

To shift the focus from mental health and wellbeing as 'individual' to something that is 'collective/social'

2023-06-05 14:00:12 UTC

roxane_permar — 2023-06-05 14:00:26 UTC

Happy to share knowledge and skills that could be helpful to others.

Forgive me if I've just missed this but are there representatives from (or attendees of) community groups involved at this stage or does that come at the co-priority setting? Just thinking it's important to have all voices round the table from the start so everyone has ownership

2023-06-05 14:01:03 UTC

Change in mental health and wellbeing is not necessarily quick nor linear

2023-06-05 14:01:43 UTC

Timescales and expectations may be different

roxane_permar — 2023-06-05 14:02:12 UTC

The enormity of the issues facing us in relation to climate change, sustainability and climate justice and technologies including rapid development of technologies.

Showing how engagement with heritage can be transformative for those living with mental health problems in the present.

2023-06-05 14:03:57 UTC

I'm Jacquie Steel, Network Support Officer at Youth Highland. We work mostly from home, to help reduce our environmental footprint by driving so much - but we're in our office in Dingwall every Thursday. The Pillar Box, High St. Dingwall. IV15 9HA. Do pop in for a cuppa if you're passing by! :)

2023-06-05 14:04:02 UTC

How do we move away from the word "research" - which has loads of connotations

scienceceilidh — 2023-06-05 14:13:33 UTC

How do move away from "research" only belonging from universities?

scienceceilidh — 2023-06-05 14:14:23 UTC

(Or should it? How is it used in other settings)

Are there any good peer research/research explainers?

scienceceilidh — 2023-06-05 14:15:17 UTC

Doesn't need to be a homogenous language even if it's shared

scienceceilidh — 2023-06-05 14:19:17 UTC

Who reaches out to who?

scienceceilidh — 2023-06-05 14:21:13 UTC

Connections based on nature and wellbeing

scienceceilidh — 2023-08-02 10:30:52 UTC

Exploring how wellbeing connects with climate change and action

scienceceilidh — 2023-08-02 10:31:35 UTC

Health in H&I from a historical perspective

scienceceilidh — 2023-08-02 10:32:26 UTC

Building inclusion in a rural/H&I context

scienceceilidh — 2023-08-02 10:35:26 UTC

Connecting c-l research with community action planning

lauren925 — 2023-08-02 11:04:42 UTC

I'd like to explore how community evidence/research connects to local action planning and influences the wider planning landscape (Development Planning, Community Planning, etc.)

Cameron MacFarlane

2023-08-02 11:06:13 UTC

ALISS Programme Engagement and Insights Manager - Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)

https://www.aliss.org/about-aliss/

https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/about-the-alliance/

Noreen Grant

2023-08-02 11:07:02 UTC

Final year p/t PhD researcher with UHI - reducing mental health recovery in rural H&I. Also collaborator with Caberfeidh Horizons, Kingussie, Badenoch Shinty Memories, ARC - The Gathering Place

People get involved because they want to make impact - not necessarily because of renumeration

scienceceilidh — 2023-08-02 11:17:01 UTC

Lots of learning from the Scottish Recovery Network participation work - can share the internal report from John Beaton

scienceceilidh — 2023-08-02 11:17:24 UTC

Leadership support

lauren925 — 2023-08-24 10:39:33 UTC

I would like to chat about LGBT research or public speaking opportunities or Student Engagement researchers

lauren925 — 2023-08-24 10:39:49 UTC

Next steps and how to help promote opportunities to community members/community groups

lauren925 — 2023-08-24 10:39:57 UTC

To be aware of research needs in the Highlands and Islands.

lauren925 — 2023-08-24 10:40:07 UTC

I’d like to talk about how to initiate and undertake research in the community around mental health and well being and human impact in relation to industrialisation of landscape/s and seascapes; solastalgia

lauren925 — 2023-08-24 10:40:30 UTC

My new role involves use of evidence to support changes in adult social care, so interested to hear where people have used lived and living experience, practioner insight, research, academic - and where this has been listened to / made genuine change

lauren925 — 2023-08-24 10:40:57 UTC

Dave Blackbell

2023-09-26 13:26:14 UTC

Co-Director of the Scottish Policy & Research Exchange, working to support more ethical, equitable and effective use of evidence and expertise in public policy

Naomi Macdonald

2023-09-26 13:26:21 UTC

Senior development worker - Young Islanders Network at Youth Scotland. I am also a non executive director for NHS Western Isles. I am from and based in the Isle of Lewis.

Would like to discuss good practices on getting young people actually embedded in the groups, systems and processes we use.

2023-09-26 13:26:37 UTC

Liz Ellis

lizellis1 — 2023-09-26 13:26:47 UTC

Post doc researcher as UHI RHW (for now). Interested in peer research, coproduction and communities of all kinds

Mandy Haggith

2023-09-26 13:26:49 UTC

We are facing a climate emergency. Young people feel really strongly about this and I want to use my skills as a poet to help them express themselves creatively about the issue and to help them to be heard. If you want to connect, I'm hag@mandyhaggith.net

Young people in leadership and governance and peer research teams evolving

openproject — 2023-09-26 13:26:59 UTC

the climate emergency

2023-09-26 13:27:01 UTC

Safe Space Inverness/ Inari Collective

2023-09-26 13:27:11 UTC

Anna Lynch- project leader of Safe Space Inverness/ Inari Collective.
We are a youth-led collaborative, participatory research to develop a safe space for young people (16-26) in Inverness who are from any underrepresented groups such as (but not exclusive to): LGBTQI+, ethnic minority, carers, care experienced and/or neurodiverse. The young people are central to the design and delivery of the project, and therefore the research is designed and conducted by young peer-researchers who are being supported by two academic researchers.
More info here: www.inaricollective/projects

the climate emergency

2023-09-26 13:27:12 UTC

Melody Grayson

2023-09-26 13:27:21 UTC

Assistant Trust Co-ordinator for a Veterans their families and the wider community charity based in Garelochhead.

The potential for this enterprise to bridge academia, community and policy

lizellis1 — 2023-09-26 13:27:24 UTC

Lack of willing engagement by community

2023-09-26 13:27:29 UTC

The growth of our trust and the future

2023-09-26 13:27:45 UTC

Relationships...

2023-09-26 13:27:49 UTC

Learning to see the world, and the diversity of knowledges about the world, through the lens of relationships... How knowledge is always entangled in relationships, context, values and beliefs etc

Young people who are engaged in their communities and having their voices heard in the decision making processes.

2023-09-26 13:27:52 UTC

the climate emergency

2023-09-26 13:27:53 UTC

Specifically the negative emotions that young people feel faced with climate change and the transition to net zero and how we can help them to be heard.

Alice Fogg

2023-09-26 13:27:57 UTC

Community & Digital Engagement Officer for Highlands & Islands Climate Hub

The Hub supports community groups across the Highlands, Orkney and Shetland to help them embed climate action into their work or develop climate action projects of their own.

I work in Inverness and the Inner Moray Firth (Inverness, Inverness-shire, Nairn and Badenoch & Strathspey)

How to acknowledge the different challenges faced by different rural communities?

2023-09-26 13:27:58 UTC

Rural communities differ in their characteristics and the capacity they have to address challenges. How can the network address this?

Opportunities in energy infrastructure

2023-09-26 13:28:01 UTC

Participation fatigue in smaller communities, especially amongst young people.

2023-09-26 13:28:19 UTC

Claire Murray

2023-09-26 13:28:28 UTC

Independent researcher, currently working at the University of Galway on a project exploring how rural communities feel about climate and climate change: http://rockandcoal.ie/

Funding barriers.

2023-09-26 13:28:43 UTC

peer research influencing decision makers - different examples happening

openproject — 2023-09-26 13:28:49 UTC

Challenges with partner organisations

2023-09-26 13:29:14 UTC

Accountability to communities

2023-09-26 13:29:28 UTC

In how evidence influences policy

Capacity issues in community organisations

2023-09-26 13:30:52 UTC

Veronika Rasic

2023-09-26 13:34:52 UTC

I am a GP, rural health advocate and podcaster. My interest is in bridging the gap between rural health and policy. Currently doing a MSc in Global Health Policy with the Uni of Edinburgh.
I host a podcast that focuses on amplifying rural health voices: theruralroadtohealth.blog
I am also part of EURIPA - the European Rural and Isolated Practitioner Association, bringing a European perspective to this space.
Looking forward to learning from you all.

Inclusive Rigour in Peacebuilding

scienceceilidh — 2023-09-26 13:53:50 UTC

Bringing in previous relevant consultations to help voices being heard and help with consultation fatigue

susanggrant — 2023-09-26 13:57:28 UTC

Accessibility being prioritised so that everyone who wants to be a part of the consultation can in a way that they are comfortable with

susanggrant — 2023-09-26 13:58:01 UTC

Simplicity

2023-09-26 14:00:13 UTC

Of language used and ideas discussed.

In our breakout we talked about the possibility of the network supporting people who would like to reply but have less capacity

2023-09-26 14:00:15 UTC

Simplifying the consultation process

2023-09-26 14:00:23 UTC

Using plain language, reaching out more actively to the people who you want to answer the consultation, building accountability into the process, explaining how the collected information will be used and where the outcomes will be presented.

lizellis1 — 2023-09-26 14:00:28 UTC

maybe a collective response built on consultation with communities we're connected to?

A group response (powwerful) backed by individual submissions (offers detail) by those with the resource & time. Assist others to make submissions to minimise survey fatigue.

2023-09-26 14:01:07 UTC

A consultation process that is fun, meaningful, and gives something back to communities in and of itself (rather than relying on uncertain consultation outcomes)

2023-09-26 14:01:21 UTC

Define a community

2023-09-26 14:01:39 UTC

What are we talking about when we say communities? Is it geographical, ideological etc.?

Giving not taking

2023-09-26 14:02:01 UTC

Consultation events need to be creative, fun, and feel like it's worthwhile time in itself, so that it's designed for the participants, not for the consulting body. Generative, not extractive.

Commentary on the consultation process from the perspective of communities in H&I

2023-09-26 14:02:25 UTC

Highlighting barriers to participating in the consultation, suggesting improvements that could be made to the process.

Is this consultation a distraction?

2023-09-26 14:02:40 UTC

Multiple meeting may be needed to respond comprehensively

2023-09-26 14:04:18 UTC

Each of the areas, i.e power, representation, capacities... Would need a facilitated session to explore each area properly.

How do we remove stigma for example - we're not just influencing the young people but wider family/society

scienceceilidh — 2023-11-01 15:16:09 UTC

Youth led research, how to keep research interactive. Also I would like to talk about how to facilitate conversations surrounding findings and how to create actual change

scienceceilidh — 2023-12-06 11:39:08 UTC

Human impact and impact on communities in the Highlands and Islands from industrial scale wind farms, onshore and offshore; extractivism; human/non-human relations, e.g., respect for nature

scienceceilidh — 2023-12-06 11:39:42 UTC

How do we equalise power relations between communities and traditional research institutions.

scienceceilidh — 2023-12-06 11:39:51 UTC

Who owns community knowledge

scienceceilidh — 2023-12-06 11:40:23 UTC

Re ethics: Also key is the "power to refuse", whether as an individual, community or organisation - but what does that perhaps mean for funding, jobs etc.

lauren925 — 2023-12-06 15:54:17 UTC

We have found repeatedly that external researchers, who are not steeped in local lived experience, see things through different lenses, which is why they come up with the wrong results, and wrong policy suggestions.

lauren925 — 2023-12-06 15:54:45 UTC

We need everyone to read Donna Haraway's 'Situated Knowledges'!

lauren925 — 2023-12-06 15:55:02 UTC

Re question of whether / how to pay communities to be involved in research: Compensation cheapens. but resourcing communities to do research that benefits them is very different.

lauren925 — 2023-12-06 15:55:43 UTC

Re co-priority survey: This is really important work, so thank you for promoting it. I personally feel somewhat constrained by survey type questions in mentimeter which frame and create boundaries around how we respond. That said, some great topics emerging.

lauren925 — 2023-12-06 15:56:38 UTC

We've been having quite a lot of discussion recently around ethics / practicalities of paid co-production?

lauren925 — 2023-12-06 15:58:53 UTC

starting with asking the community exactly what they want. Its about meeting people with their language and presenting community led research in a way that is appealing and excites people. For community led research to be somewhere the community can turn to for work. Having services integrated to feel more like a web of support that people can confidently access support and influence and instil change. Supporting communities where they are at

2024-02-19 15:07:39 UTC

....not making assumptions. Market research about programme development. Enabling communities…and working out who was a community is…. to tell us what they need. Opening up a two way honest platform. They tell us what they need, and there’s a realistic offer. Through relationship-building. Conservation, engagement. It always takes longer than you think

scienceceilidh — 2024-02-20 14:35:56 UTC

....people want to see change. Conversation - it takes a long time, and the changes can be small. Involving people who are impacted by the research. “..through sharing ideas of small changes that can happen now”. It’s made a difference because all the right person is involved

scienceceilidh — 2024-02-20 14:36:05 UTC

....- what form can you use to make your voice heard. The drama of the postoffice swindling has made a massive difference to effect change A community art work which incorporates many ideas about what the island is like and what needs to happen. Need some kind of embodiment in a way that is striking. People’s attention is so fragmented…policy makers are so remote. My head is roaming about…how do we embody these things? To have a very intersectional art work. People have to work on it.

scienceceilidh — 2024-02-20 14:36:20 UTC

Mistakes

2024-05-22 13:57:19 UTC

Multiple searchable Headings wouild be good, few truly classic mistyakes rely on a single factor for their disastership.

Always go back to those you have worked with to tell of any progress, or not, be honest, if things have not worked out as expected tell people

2024-05-22 13:57:21 UTC

Importance of failure for learning

2024-05-22 13:57:26 UTC

It would be great to normalize failure as part of research and developing new ideas and projects. To help people see the learning in this rather than be discouraged.

Using your own humanity as a trust builder

mwhpadlet — 2024-05-22 13:57:34 UTC

relationships are everthing for collaboration so use what you have as a human. Your lived experinces of challenge as well as interests to bulid human to human connections as peer - focusing them on what is in common not different

2024-05-22 13:57:37 UTC

Time, long-term partnership; transparency

building trust and relationships, or work with groups that can support the community throughout the process

openproject — 2024-05-22 13:57:42 UTC

2024-05-22 13:57:52 UTC

Think outside the box. What would the community be excited by/for, this could get fatigue out of the picture.

Keep things people-y, don't be afraid to tell the community any concerns about direction or gathering what you need to gather. The collaboration leads to really interesting results and builds a trusting and real relationship

2024-05-22 13:57:55 UTC

Find time to visit and learn about the culture of the group- they need to be able to trust you

2024-05-22 13:58:29 UTC

involve the key stakeholders that can actually use the research to create actions in the local community

openproject — 2024-05-22 13:58:29 UTC

Select a range

2024-05-22 13:58:32 UTC

Choose communities with a range of issues and solutions, from across the country. Try and get non-professional folk to describe and answer questions.

Make sure it's not tokenistic and be honest about what you can do

2024-05-22 13:58:34 UTC

It's important to not be tokenistic but also to be honest about what you're able to do - including your restrictions whether that is funding/time/resources etc - Amy C

Water is very important for community wellbeing and health

2024-05-22 13:58:49 UTC

An essential element for life :)

Support for those concerned need to be swift

2024-05-22 13:59:26 UTC

involve the community before you write the research questions, don't leave it too late for them to get involved and feel ownership of the research rather than just be researched

openproject — 2024-05-22 13:59:32 UTC

2024-05-22 13:59:35 UTC

Speak to partners you might not expect. If you don't ask you won't get.

clear language; be clear about what type of practice is being discussed as these are so often conflated in writings, i.e. interorganisational partnerships vs work with marginalised communities

2024-05-22 13:59:35 UTC

Ordinary Folk

2024-05-22 13:59:40 UTC

WWhere posible get the ordinary folk to contribute rather than the pros. Better chance of getting true feelings about isues, rather than sanitised versions.

2024-05-22 14:00:21 UTC

It would be great to see reflections about mistakes from different perspectives - researchers and community members

Poverty

2024-05-22 14:01:04 UTC

Big subject but looking to see if there is any ongoing poverty research work going on that we can feed into/ take out of. If not, is it possible to commission something?

2024-05-22 14:21:48 UTC

Think about what you're saying and how you're saying it. You may want to get some communication training.

The Scottish Islands Research Network Guidelines for researchers

2024-12-12 12:05:31 UTC

These were developed as part of a research project with representatives from community organisations across the scottish islands.