The fourth event in the ESRC funded seminar series âTowards equal and active citizenship: pushing the boundaries of participatory research with people with learning disabilitiesâ, will be taking place on April 10th 2014 at The Open University. This event will explore commonalities and differences in inclusive research involving different groups of people.
Presentations will explore participatory research with people with dementia; with looked after children and young people; with people who use mental health services and their carers; and people with learning disabilities. These presentations will enable us to consider the factors that shape a participatory approach to research with different groups, so that we can reflect upon what unites this work, as well as instances of diverging practice. What can researchers learn from each otherâs experiences? How might this influence the participatory research agenda in the future?
 The purpose of this event is to:
- Hear about participatory research with different people
- Think about what is the same
- Think about what is different
- Think about what we can learn from other peopleâs research
- Think about how this might affect participatory research in the future
The first three events in the seminar series have reviewed the landscape of participatory research with people with learning disabilities, explored the process of inclusive data analysis, and considered the ways in which people with high support needs have been enabled to participate in research, and the barriers that make this difficult. Â
 Please contact HSC-RE-Events if you would like to book a place at this event: HSC-RE-Events@open.ac.uk
 There is funding available to cover 10 bursaries for this event. More information about the day can be found here: OU Seminar 4 Programme
 If you have any other queries, please contact Liz on
 With best wishes
 Liz Tilley and Mel Nind
