Doing co-analysis justice: Revolving Doors and VISION present principles for successful lived experience involvement in research analysis
All knowledge has worth.
– Revolving Doors lived experience member
Revolving Doors staff and lived experience team members have collaborated with academics from The VISION Consortium and the University of Sheffield to develop a set of principles for successful co-analysis.
What began as a conversation about the benefits and challenges of co-analysis, what best practice looks like and how those with lived experience can effectively take part in co-analysis, has evolved into a set of principles to inform the co-analysis process.
Despite participatory or co-produced research becoming increasingly common, people with lived experience tend to be involved in the earlier rather than the latter stages of research projects.
Therefore, we co-created these guidelines to inform this process, facilitating the involvement of people with lived experience in the analysis and interpretation of results in a way that is meaningful and positive for those involved.
Building on feedback about the need for creative methods and outputs, we also co-designed and accompanying illustration
This resource is for researchers (regardless of background and experience) and practitioners and managers who work with people with lived experience of the issues being studied. We also think they will be useful for those with an interest in teaching or training co-production methods, and anybody involved in the funding or ethical review of research projects embedding lived experience expertise.
We want to monitor how the principles are used and if they are helpful. Please let us know if you have any feedback or use the principles.
