Workshop Title:

Inclusive Research Methods: Exploring Gender, Age, and Migration

Date:

March 13th, 2023 (GMT)

Organizer:

Northumbria University

Keywords:

• Ageing
• Migration
• Research Methods
• Inclusion

Workshop Chair:

Personal Bio:

Dr Nafhesa Ali is a Lecturer in Sociology at Northumbria University and is an interdisciplinary Sociologist with expertise in the everyday lives of racialized and minority communities. Nafhesa's interest includes ageing, migration, relationships and environmental sustainability. Her forthcoming book titled Older South Asian women's experiences of ageing in the UK: Intersectional feminist perspectives will be published with Palgrave Macmillan in December 2023. Nafhesa's previous publications include two edited books, Storying Relationships (2021) and A Match Made in Heaven: British Muslim Women write about Love and Desire (2020) and journal publications in Sexualities, Ethnicities, Ethnic and Racial Studies and Cultural Geographies.

Workshop Description:

Background:

Inclusive research extends participatory research methods as the breakdown of power between the researcher and researched begins from the early stages to dissemination and delivery. With prompts for researchers to be more aware of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), in all aspects of their work, this workshop draws attention to the usefulness of inclusive methods to dismantle positions of power. Inclusive research centres research participants in the research process, where participants work with researchers to shape the research, design research tools such as surveys, interview guides, and creative approaches used to gather data and disseminate the research. Inclusive methods recognise previous tensions from participants where research 'being done on' participants has pushed for calls for more inclusive practices throughout the research process, which this workshop aims to address.

Goal / Rationale:

The workshop will draw attention to the ways in which researchers engaged with the workshop themes of gender, migration and age have encouraged the use of inclusive research practices, the challenges they continue to face in fully achieving this, and the reasons why. Topics such as how to nurture relationships between those involved, recognition of language within research and negotiations of power through political spaces or everyday understandings will be some of the discussions the speakers will engage in. By the end of the workshop participants will be able to understand the use and application of inclusive research methods, and how to engage with it in their own research.

Scope and Information for Participants:

Participants will hear from workshop speakers in the form of a panel addressing the provocations, "What does inclusive research mean in gender research?", "How can we get a better understanding of ageing research by looking to inclusive methods?" and "how do we adopt inclusive practices for migration research?". Speakers will present for 10 minutes on their research area and then answer the question they have been posed. Participants will have the opportunity to ask workshop speakers questions after the provocations.

Highlights:

The Power and Intersecting Inequalities Research Cluster hosted the 'Inclusive research methods: exploring gender, age and migration' workshop series which aims to discuss how inclusive research methods can be adopted by researchers to create an inclusive research culture that increases the inclusion of seldom heard and underrepresented groups.

The workshop was Chaired by Dr. Nafhesa Ali and included a guest talk and roundtable discussion with Professor Kathryn Cassidy from the Geography Department at Northumbria University. It was hosted during International Women's Day (IWD) week. Kathryn's research focuses on situated intersectionality and the border and we had some fruitful discussions around migration, intersectionality and legislation, which broached upon NHS practice and policy.

The workshop took an intersectional approach examining migration at the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity, and the roundtable discussion explored topics such as how to nurture relationships between those involved in research, recognition of language and negotiations of power through political spaces or everyday understandings. By the end of the workshop participants were able to understand the use and application of inclusive research methods, and how to engage with it in their own research to increase knowledge around the inclusion of a range of diverse voices.

Venue:

Sutherland Building, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE1 8ST, Northumbria University, UK

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