Community Engaged and Coproductive Research Symposium
The Forum Theatre
Level 1, Arts West Building
The University of Melbourne
Parkville
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The core feature of community-engaged and coproductive research is a high level of community decision‑making and partner involvement in the purpose, design, conduct and use of research.
These approaches recognise the significant expertise of people affected by social inequities and engage with them as active agents in designing research for positive social change. They also recognise the value of engaging across sectors to access diverse knowledge and research settings, and support the strong take‑up of new research evidence.
This all day event will feature panel discussions on a range of topics related to community-engaged and coproductive research including decolonising research practice, trauma-informed research and dealing with disclosures and vicarious trauma, and lived experience researcher experiences and wellbeing.
Registration is free but tickets are very limited. A light lunch will be provided at no cost.
An online streaming option is available for those unable to attend in person. Recordings of the sessions will not be published after the event.
View a disability access guide to the Arts West Building. To discuss any accessibility requirements, please get in touch via social-equity@unimelb.edu.au or +61 3 8344 7603.
Symposium Steering Group Karen Block, Natalie Calleja, Charlene Edwards, Bridget Hamilton, Nicholas Hill, Panos Karanikolas, Kath Sellick and Vivian Romero
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Program
9.10am Welcome to Country and Introductions
Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Perry Wandin
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
Associate Professor Karen Block
Deputy Director of Melbourne Social Equity Institute and Associate Professor in the Gender and Women's Health Unit, Nossal Institute of Global Health
9.30am Panel 1: Decolonial and Anti-colonial Research Practices
Chair
Associate Professor Karen Block
Deputy Director of Melbourne Social Equity Institute and Associate Professor in the Gender and Women's Health Unit, Nossal Institute of Global Health
Speakers
Associate Professor Caroline Lennette
School of Social Sciences and Deputy Director of the Big Anxiety Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Pyae Phyo Maung
Research Consultant and PhD Candidate, Myanmar Research Network, University of Melbourne
Professor Sean Taylor
Director of Onemda and Professor of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
10.45am Morning Tea Break
11.15am Panel 2: Engaging with Universities as a Community Partner
Chair
Dr Kath Sellick
Lecturer, Department of Social Work, University of Melbourne
Speakers
Morgan Cataldo
Lived Experience Educator
Karen Fletcher
Executive Officer, Flat Out
Maia Tua-Davidson
Manager, Welcoming Clubs
12.30pm Lunch Break
1.30pm Panel 3: Trauma Informed Practice: Dealing with Disclosures and
Researcher Vicarious Trauma
Chair
Associate Professor Sally Baker
Migration and Education, POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
Speakers
Bernard Kelly-Edwards
Multimedia artist and Researcher
Dr Donna Lyon
CEO of Left Write Hook, Film Producer and Senior Lecturer
Dr Gemma McKibbin
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Work, University of Melbourne
2.45pm Afternoon Break
3.00pm Panel 4: Lived Experience Researcher Experiences and Wellbeing
Chair
Dr Panos Karanikolas
Research Officer, Melbourne Social Equity Institute
Speakers
Indigo Daya
Mad/survivor academic and activist
Kathryn Joy
Domestic Violence Homicide Researcher, Child & Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Mireille Kayeye
PhD Candidate, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne
4.15pm Final Reflections and Discussion
Chair
Dr Nicholas Hill
McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
Speakers
Simona Castricum
Architecture worker, musician and broadcaster
Jen Hargrave OAM
Honorary Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health