Building Equitable Partnerships

The fifth round of the Participatory Research Fund supported by Research England enabled seven collaborative projects. They are being delivered between November 2025 and June 2026. Awarded projects have been listed below with the name of their lead researcher. All will be completed in collaboration with partners from outside the University.

    Mary Ryder, School of Education, and Neil Carrier, School of Arts
    Reimagining drug policy reform in Bristol through a social justice lens
    Tracy Helliwell, School of Education
    Embedding a practitioner-research community across a local multi-academy trust: reinvigorating the professional growth of local teachers and improving the learning experiences of disadvantaged students
    Will Baker, School of Education
    Our Charter, Our Voices: Youth-Led Research on Food Education
    Aaron Lim and Clare French, Bristol Medical School
    Co-producing creative approaches to support hepatitis B screening among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa
    Mari-Rose Kennedy, Bristol Medical School
    Co-producing community-led mental health support with men from Senegalese and Gambian communities
    Sharon Collard, School of Geographical Sciences
    Using co-produced drama workshops to understand how to support the financial wellbeing of people with a learning disability
    Veronica Blanco Gutierrez, School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology
    Baby monitoring in labour and informed consent pathways: a multiple stakeholder perspective.