Archives: Research Cycle

Evaluating impact From the beginning of your project think how you are going to monitor and evaluate public involvement and its impact throughout the project. Working with the people you involve, document and write up an evaluation of the public involvement in your research recording short and long term impacts. This will help you for …

Disseminating research Members of the public involved in your research will want to ensure that the findings are widely disseminated so they can influence and change practice for the better. It has been found that involving people just at the dissemination stage is less successful if they have not been involved at earlier stages of …

Undertaking the research Members of the public can get involved in a variety of roles in carrying out the research such as: gathering and reviewing documentary evidence undertaking library-based research carrying out interviews running focus groups developing research tools and information analysing and interpreting the results of research. Gathering and reviewing documentary evidence and undertaking …

Implementing research Public involvement in your research can influence, support and add strength to the way your research is taken into practice. Public involvement in research often provides a route to effecting change and improvement in issues which concern people most and so can lead to new improved services and changes in practice. Members of …

Designing and managing research Designing research Involving members of the public in the design of research helps to ensure that the research is relevant to the needs of people and also that the research question and outcomes are clear. Outlined below are some of the benefits of involving people in developing research grant applications and …

Commissioning research Many funding organisations now involve members of the public in commissioning research. This gives a broader perspective to the review process, by considering the issues that are important from a public perspective. Involvement can be in a variety of ways, including: involving members of the public in reviewing research proposals having members of …

Identifying and prioritising research Involving the public in helping to identify and prioritise research is a powerful way to involve people as it allows them to influence what will be researched. Involving people at this stage will allow you to check that your research priorities are the same as those of people who have the …