CS students and researchers are encouraged to attend a launch event for Co-Production – The Researcher’s Toolkit, hosted by University of Aberdeen’s Dr Michelle Sader in collaboration with fellow Research Innovation Scotland member SINAPSE.
This is a hybrid event 11am-12pm on Thursday, 15 January 2026.
Co-production is a collaborative approach to research, where people with both lived and learnt experience work together to conceptualise, conduct and disseminate research. Co-production not only benefits a variety of different communities, but is also increasingly sought after by academic funders and journals. As part of a previous workshop co-sponsored by the University, the Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform For Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE), the Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative and Alzheimer’s Research UK, workshop attendees and organisers co-designed a 35-page resource toolkit focusing on co-production. This talk will provide an overview of research co-production and will focus on formally launching the toolkit, an open-source and free resource aiming to guide researchers looking to implement participatory research approaches in their own work. We will also discuss examples with which researchers across disciplines can implement co-production, as well as signposting our next steps and where the toolkit may be found.