Co-production and community involvement in health research (2025)
Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology at Aalborg University
Welcome to Co-production and community involvement in health research
Program: HES
Description:
For the past decade health policies and programs have widely emphasized the relevance of involving the groups in focus along with community stakeholders in co-production processes. Yet, little attention has been directed towards conceptualizing co-production and community involvement, along with describing how such processes are carried out in practice and not least researching their possible impact as well as unintended consequences.
This course aims to provide PhD students with knowledge about the concept of co-production, its historical background, and its current relevance in health research. The course will also present involvement methods, facilitating techniques and selected evaluation methods to use in the process of co-production and community involvement. The course will also offer PhD students a space for reflecting on not only the possible impact but also unintended consequences and how to address these.
The course involves lectures, group work and discussions about:
- What is co-production; when did the concept appear historically, which are the key characteristics and what range of approaches may be applied today?
- How to involve the group in focus and community stakeholders in the research process and which involvement methods, facilitating techniques and evaluation methods may be used?
- What may be done to address possible unintended consequences and power differences?
Prerequisites:
None
Form of evaluation:
Evaluation by participating in lectures and group work discussions.
Key literature:
A reference list with the primary literature will be provided before the course. Group work and discussions will be carried out during the course.
Organiser:
Professor Sine Agergaard, email: sine@hst.aau.dk
Associate Professor Kirsten Schultz Petersen, email: ksp@hst.aau.dk
Lecturers:
Organisers and international lecturer
ECTS: 1.5
Time: 6 and 7 May 2025, 08.15-16.15
Place: Aalborg University, Selma Lagerløfs Vej 249, 9260 Gistrup, room 14.01.004
Zip code: 9220
City: Aalborg
Maximal number of participants: 25
Deadline: 15 April 2025