Navigating Intersectionality & Public Involvement

Eligibility Criteria

This programme is open to people and organisations based in the North East and North Cumbria, as well as those from the following organisations:

  • NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
  • NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC)
  • NIHR Innovation Observatory (IO)
  • NIHR Research Support Service (RSS)
  • NIHR Policy Research Unit (PRU)
  • NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN)
  • NIHR HRC in Diagnostic and Technology Evaluation (HRC)

Course Information

Conducting research alongside marginalised groups may bring issues of power and privilege to the foreground, and there may also be some cultural twists and turns to navigate.

In this session Mark Adley and two of the public contributors involved in his funded PhD will share some of their experiences of working together. In addition to exploring issues around identity and intersectionality, there will also be discussion about possible bias embedded into existing study designs, and what additional steps we might need to consider in order to make space in our research for the quietest voices.

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Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, a learner will be able to:

  • Understand intersectionality
  • Consider their Public Contributors’ multiple social identities
  • Understand the benefits the time to find the right team
  • Have an awareness of our ‘rear view mirror’ as researchers
  • Consider bias in study designs
  • Understand the extra resources in reaching the margins
  • Being to power, positionality, and safety
  • Be introduced to the concept of cultural humility

Course Dates

Course Start Date:  Thursday, September 18, 2025 10:00 AM

Course End Date :  Thursday, September 18, 2025 1:00 PM

Enrolment Dates

Enrolment Start Date:  Tuesday, June 24, 2025 8:00 AM

Enrolment End Date :  Tuesday, September 16, 2025 11:30 PM

Course Location

Teesside University

Course Tutor/s

Dr Mark Adley

Course Delivery Type

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Course Fees

This is a free course.