Into the Wild: Beyond the Design Research Lab by Alan Chamberlain & Andy Crabtree

Author:Alan Chamberlain & Andy Crabtree
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030180201
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

4 Challenges

In this section, we unpick some of the major challenges we faced in applying the Catalyst sprint and launchpad model to community-University partnership research projects. We draw on specific examples where appropriate.

4.1 Working in the Community

At its inception, Catalyst articulated a strong principle of joint decision making in partnership projects. That is, projects were told to avoid a model of researchers as the drivers of the project. This principle was put in place for two reasons. Firstly, community groups were investing precious time in working with the university. Catalyst took their involvement seriously and wanted to avoid researchers “parachuting” in and then leaving nine months later when the funding ran out. Secondly, it was argued that community ownership of the research outputs was critical for longer term sustainability of the outputs and of the partnerships themselves. There was little point in researchers developing a digital solution if the community partners were not invested in its success and were prepared to take ownership of it in the longer term.

As working in partnership with communities was a major element of Catalyst, we reflect in this section on some of the major challenges we faced.

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