{"id":6194,"date":"2015-09-17T09:54:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T09:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?page_id=6194"},"modified":"2015-09-18T07:26:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T07:26:15","slug":"designing-public-centric-forms-of-public-engagement-with-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?page_id=6194","title":{"rendered":"Designing public-centric forms of public engagement with research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5636\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Designing-\u2018public-centric\u2019-forms-of-public-engagement-with-research-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Designing-\u2018public-centric\u2019-forms-of-public-engagement-with-research-icon-300x300.png\" alt=\"Designing \u2018public-centric\u2019 forms of public engagement with research\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Designing-\u2018public-centric\u2019-forms-of-public-engagement-with-research-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Designing-\u2018public-centric\u2019-forms-of-public-engagement-with-research-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Designing-\u2018public-centric\u2019-forms-of-public-engagement-with-research-icon.png 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designing \u2018public-centric\u2019 forms of public engagement with research. Cover Design: Peter Devine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What happens if we put \u2018the public\u2019 at the centre of our efforts to conceptualise, conduct and evaluate publicly engaged research? <\/p>\n<p>Written by Nick Mahony, an <a href=\"http:\/\/oro.open.ac.uk\/42551\/\" target=\"_blank\">Open University pamphlet<\/a> outlines a public-centric approach to engagement you can make use of in your own settings.<\/p>\n<p>Designing public-centric forms of public engagement with research is available for <a href=\"http:\/\/oro.open.ac.uk\/42551\/\" target=\"_blank\">free download<\/a>, under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons licence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on insights from recent empirical research and key strands of the theoretical literature on the public the pamphlet foregrounds a set of questions you can ask at key stages of the engagement process to help you make choices about how you will engage.<\/p>\n<p>The public-centric approach is designed to support researchers working across all disciplines that are involved in publicly engaged research projects. <\/p>\n<p>By helping to make sense of the public in public engagement, the pamphlet also sets out to contribute to wider on-going debates and developments concerned with improving the effectiveness of public engagement with research.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>This pamphlet is one outcome of the Open University\u2019s RCUK-funded Public Engagement with Research Catalyst, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?page_id=173\" target=\"_blank\">An open research university<\/a>&#8216;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?p=251\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Mahony<\/a> was a Co-investigator on this project, leading the work package that explored the publics of engaged research. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens if we put \u2018the public\u2019 at the centre of our efforts to conceptualise, conduct and evaluate publicly engaged research? 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