Ethics

Watch the film and hear colleagues reflect on the complicated relationship between formal ethics processes and participatory research practices

Everybody we spoke to raised the subject of ethics - whether the misalignment between formal university ethics processes and participatory research processes, or the importance of ethical engagement. We are actively responding to those reflections and they'll be at the heart of our work going forward.

Useful links and resources

Click on the boxes below to expand them and find out more about the research and people featured in the film

Featured research projects

The three research projects featured in this film were Organisations of Hope - a project to build a creative consortium for health equity in Greater Manchester, 'Ethics considerations in co-produced research' and 'Participatory research, creative methods and the University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) framework. The latter two were internal scoping projects, which informed our current work to establish a more flexible and responsive system for engaged research. You can read more about this on the projects page.

Contributing colleagues and researchers

Colleagues featured in the film

Genevieve Pridham, Research Ethics Manager
Dr Ola Demkowicz, Senior Lecturer in the Psychology of Education
Dr Simon Parry, Senior Lecturer in Drama and Arts Management
Dr Angela Whitecross (now Programme Manager for Creative Health Greater Manchester Place Partnership)

Publications and resources

Guidance and useful resources on the University of Manchester's Research Ethics processes
Organisations of Hope animations
You can access Ola's academic publications and other outputs and Simon's academic publications and other outputs via Research Explorer.