Skip to main content
Presented to you through Paradigm Publishing Services

Policy Press

Visit our Partner Page See all our books
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

2 How do we begin to plan our participatory research project?

  • and

Abstract

This chapter provides a clear and logical set of stages which comprise the research cycle. The rest of the book is organised around each of these stages of research. Working through these stages step by step gives a practical framework to support you and the co-researchers to plan a research project. The chapter provides an overview of what each of the ten stages entail and there is a later chapter focused on each one in more depth. Each of these stages could be the focus of a conversation with your group, or could comprise a workshop and set of formal activities – how much depth and formality is appropriate is entirely up to you.

Abstract

This chapter provides a clear and logical set of stages which comprise the research cycle. The rest of the book is organised around each of these stages of research. Working through these stages step by step gives a practical framework to support you and the co-researchers to plan a research project. The chapter provides an overview of what each of the ten stages entail and there is a later chapter focused on each one in more depth. Each of these stages could be the focus of a conversation with your group, or could comprise a workshop and set of formal activities – how much depth and formality is appropriate is entirely up to you.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of figures and tables iv
  4. Glossary v
  5. About the authors xii
  6. Acknowledgements xiii
  7. Foreword xiv
  8. Foreword xv
  9. Introduction 1
  10. Just what is participatory research? 8
  11. How do we begin to plan our participatory research project? 19
  12. What do we want to explore and why? 29
  13. What ideas are the foundations of our research? 42
  14. How will we go about exploring our questions? 57
  15. Who can get involved to explore our questions? 72
  16. How shall we collect our data? 88
  17. What do we do with our data? 105
  18. How do we get our messages out there? 123
  19. How do we keep everyone safe? 134
  20. Doing and reviewing participatory research 149
  21. Conclusion 164
  22. References 169
  23. Index 171
The Practitioner Guide to Participatory Research with Groups and Communities
This chapter is in the book The Practitioner Guide to Participatory Research with Groups and Communities
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447362296-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of figures and tables iv
  4. Glossary v
  5. About the authors xii
  6. Acknowledgements xiii
  7. Foreword xiv
  8. Foreword xv
  9. Introduction 1
  10. Just what is participatory research? 8
  11. How do we begin to plan our participatory research project? 19
  12. What do we want to explore and why? 29
  13. What ideas are the foundations of our research? 42
  14. How will we go about exploring our questions? 57
  15. Who can get involved to explore our questions? 72
  16. How shall we collect our data? 88
  17. What do we do with our data? 105
  18. How do we get our messages out there? 123
  19. How do we keep everyone safe? 134
  20. Doing and reviewing participatory research 149
  21. Conclusion 164
  22. References 169
  23. Index 171
Downloaded on 8.5.2026 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.56687/9781447362296-009/html?lang=en
Scroll to top button