Creating knowledge together: Exploring the power of community-engaged research Creating knowledge together is a series of essays which aims strengthen and share the growing evidence base for the impact that community-engaged research can have. We believe that involving communities in setting research agendas, delivering projects, and shaping the research system can deliver tangible and significant benefit. It leads to better research, fairer institutions, and a society that is more actively engaged. Working alongside others in this area, we are committed to putting communities at the heart of research and innovation. The essay series, supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) draws together diverse perspectives from across the community and research landscapes to a broad-ranging collection of personal accounts, experiences and narratives that amplify the voices of those directly engaged in this work. We hope that by sharing these insightful stories, we can build awareness of, and support for, the work that communities and researchers are doing together. This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this essay series are not representative of the views of the British Science Association or UK Research and Innovation. Content note: Some of the essays touch on sensitive or emotive topics such as pregnancy, maternal health, wellbeing in trans+ communities, and structural racism. About the essays Welcome to the essay series Creating knowledge together: exploring the power of community engaged research. Find out more about the series and how we brought it together. A lived experience journey in health inequalities research Kiz Manley and Celeste Ingrams, Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities, led by University College London Black community power: Advancing equity through community-led research Dr Tamanda Walker, Founder and Director of Roots & Rigour Building community engagement into place-based research agendas: Constructing the co(laboratory) Dr Matthew J Young, Dr Rachel Handforth, Dr Rebekah Smith McGloin, Universities for Nottingham partnership; Julia Cons, PhD researcher; Prema Nirgude, NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board Community-based research in 2050: Speculative futures on a London estate Co-created by the Campsbourne Community Collective: Sheilla Atuhaire, Tohura Lily Begum, Aiyesha Deterville, Ellie Dunn, Filiz Erkmen, Jude Fransman, Ronald Kambeja, Burcu Keser and Anna Rognaldsen Creating shared accountability and ambition for community research Anna Coffey & Grace English, High Trees Community Development Trust & Lambeth Community Research Network. How to ethically share power with public research partners: AKA keeping blobs blobby Amy M. Russell, University of Leeds; Gary Bourlet and Samanatha Clark, Learning Disability England; Max Clark, Thinklusive It’s not the what, it’s the how. Joshua Artus, Hannah Yu-Pearson and Charlotte Kemp, Centric Lab; Angela Fonso, Clean Air for Southall & Hayes Listening, learning, and leading together: Redefining the relationship between communities and scientists Liz Crocker, PhD, Director AGU Thriving Earth Exchange and Natasha Udu-gama, PhD, AGU Director of Community Science Advancement and Sustainability The charter for anti-racist co-production in research: What can it do for you? Japheth Monzon, Policy & Research Officer at BSWN, and Chiara Lodi, Senior Researcher at BSWN. Contributed to by Professor Saffron Karlsen, School of Sociology at University of Bristol. The future of community engagement with the trans+ community Dr Melissa Stepney and Dr Clara Barker, University of Oxford; Dr Samantha Martin, Birmingham City University; Grin, co-founder of UK action network Trans Kids Deserve Better. Voices in data: The power of public involvement in data research Louise Marryat, Harriet Baird, Shayda Kashef, Elizabeth Nelson, and Katie Oldfield. Working with conflict in community research Niamh Kavanagh, University of Manchester; Shakira Evans, One Manchester Housing Association; Tina Cribbin tenant and poet-activist from Hulme, Manchester; Mark Hammond, Manchester Metropolitan University; Sanjay Thakrar and Oli Soutar, the Dunhill Medical Trust Find out more about our community engagement work Manage Cookie Preferences