Engaging Citizens in Research: Design, Methods and Data

The recording of this workshop is now available here:

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Who can benefit from attending this Workshop?

The workshop is open to and could benefit researchers who wish to explore new approaches to doing research on regional entrepreneurship, regional economics and economic geography, regional innovation, and other social science disciplines, involving citizens. The workshop should also be of value to policy makers and practitioners engaged in working with and engaging citizens in local projects.

Project Website: https://www.regionalstudies.org/network/citizen-entrepreneurship-rsarnce/ 

Workshop Objectives

This is the second of the five planned workshops building on the first one which highlighted the conceptual underpinnings and the framework for the RSARNCE project. In common with the first workshop the second one is being offered virtually because of the continuing COVID-19 crisis.

The main objectives of the second  workshop are to:

1. Identify, discuss and develop different approaches to doing research involving citizens in varied communities engaged in entrepreneurship and economic development.
2. Present approaches developed and being used to date as part of the RSARNCE project.
3. Consider measurement indicators.
4. Development of CE Research and Project Practitioners’ Network

The RSARNCE Project Team

• Professor Jay Mitra (University of Essex, UK): jmitra@essex.ac.uk
• Professor Ursula Weisenfeld: (University of Leuphana, Germany) weisenfeld@leuphana.de
• Dr Mariusz Sokolowicz: (University of Lodz, Poland) sokolowicz@uni.lodz.pl
• Dr Agnieszka Kurczewska (University of Lodz, Poland) kurczewska@uni.lodz.pl

The Workshop Programme – 26 May 2021

Time – CEST/UK	Agenda Item	Who is Involved?	Scope
2pm/ 1pm	Welcome and Introduction	RSARNCE Project Team	Brief introduction to project; Work to date;
2.30pm/1.30pm	The research behind the project	RSARNCE Project Team as above	Overview of Research Design, Approaches, Methods and Data Collection
3.00pm/2.00pm Break
3.15pm/2.15pm	Discussion on Research for the project	All participants, led by RSARNCE Project Team	Involving project activists
4.00pm/3.00pm	Data Collected to date	RSARNCE Project Team	Work in progress. Type of data being collected, where and how.
4.30pm /3.30pm	Welcome to New Network Members + Next Steps	New Members facilitated by the RSA Project Team	Setting or re-setting objectives and next steps
5.00pm/4.00pm	Close of Workshop

 

Zoom Invitation and Web Link for Workshop

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Wednesday May 26, 2021 13:00 London

Register in advance for this meeting: https://essex-university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvcu6rrTojGt3cvG_iNRR1yvSf0fVfch7d

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.