Hive: creative minds, participatory research

Join our online conference, 23-24 March

What’s on

Hive is a brand new conference, bringing people engaged with and interested in peer research together to explore opportunities, address challenges, and debate key questions for the sector.

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Meet the speakers

Sharon Long, Director at Partnership for Young London

Mariana Meshi, Different & Equal

Dr Silvie Bovarnick, Safer Young Lives Research Centre

Sophie Daud, Future Leaders Network

Cristina Wilkinson-Salamea, ClearView

Chimeme Egbutah, Luton Council

Sarah McCready, Barking Riverside Limited

Peter Babudu, Youth Endowment Fund (YEF)

Kieron Boyle, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation

Holly Donagh, Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Diana Melnyk, Association for Young People’s Health

Lindsay Starbuck, Association for Young People’s Health

Nirsuhan Sudarsan, Race Alliance Wales

Jami Abramson, Ethnic Minorities and Youth Support Team Wales

Dr Xia Lin, Toynbee Hall

Emily Kay, Selah Collective

Nick Gray, University of Bristol

Dr. Niamh McGarry, ClearView

Dearbhaile Slane, The Centre for Effective Services

Alison Montgomery, The Centre for Effective Services

Laura Robertson, Poverty Alliance

Laura Clarke, Association for Young People’s Health

Andrew Paterson, Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC)

Daiana Contini, 5 media

Silvia Pau, University of the Arts London

Pauline Blanchet, Aral Sea

Sara Bloch, Barking Riverside

Chris Ross, Children in Scotland

Nicola Murphy-Evans, Greater London Authority

Steph Gaydon, Selah Collective

Matthew Walsham, Partnerships for Young London

Sandra Hicks, ClearView

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Explore the sessions

The art and craft of commissioning participatory research

Through her eyes: women’s stories of climate change in the Global South

Towards new models for youth engagement in decision-making

‘She wouldn’t talk to me because she had seen me around’: exploring issues around safety, stigma and rapport in youth peer research on sexual violence

Connecting European youth through storytelling: peer researching the impact of Covid-19 using community reporting

Leading the way: the benefits and challenges of supporting community-led action research

Democratic and digital participation through critical media production

Involving peer researchers in service evaluations: benefits, opportunities and learning

One size fits no one: young women’s experiences of navigating inadequate employment opportunities and the benefits system

Monster extraction: using creativity to release monsters in people’s lives

The impact of Covid-19 and health equity: experiences of South Asian women

Lessons learned from co-monitoring nature based solutions with community peer researchers in Thamesmead

Kickstarting your career with peer research

The Listen Up! project: utilising innovative community reporting methods to tackle homeless health inequalities

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