Evidence & Ideas Database
Between December 2024 and February 2025, we launched our Call for Evidence and Ideas. We gathered evidence from people, organisations and stakeholders with experience of co-producing research with universities to demonstrate the size and scale of the problem and actions and solutions that are already being tried and tested within the higher education sector.
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Our online database showcases almost 200 pieces of evidence submitted to the Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas from people, organisations and stakeholders with experience of co-producing research with universities. The evidence submitted includes bespoke testimonies highlighting the barriers to doing co-produced research and steps or initiatives to overcome these, as well as a wealth of guidance documents, toolkits, reports, documents, websites, videos and more related to the inquiry’s four themes: Fair Funding, Equitable Partnerships, Negotiated Ethics, and Responsible Metrics.
Explore the database using the search bar above, or explore entries by location.
Although our formal call for evidence has now closed, we're continuing to welcome contributions via our online form until December 2026.
Developing, sharing and showcasing participatory research expertise across the Faculty of Social Sciences
Rethinking Subtitles for Deaf Audiences
Animating Inclusion
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Research Ethics
Solidarity and Friendship co-production film
Working With Community Researchers
Animation for research leaders: Fulfilling Philosophies and Practices of Participatory Research With and For Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs)
Blurring the Edges Film
Doing' PAR in Leisure Studies
Embedding Ethics in Engaged Research Video
MRC Public partnerships in research webinar
CognoSpeak Research Team
Animation for PGRs: Fulfilling Philosophies and Practices of Participatory Research With and For Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs)
University of Bristol's Participatory Research
Opening up participatory research
HLS Research Event Series 2025: Practical Approaches to Transforming Commissioning
The Co-Pro Futures Inquiry brings together collective intelligence on how we can improve the conditions for co-produced and participatory research within UK universities and higher education.