Inclusive research methods
What kinds of research methods and approaches to research engage disabled people in collaborative and equitable ways?
A new Inclusive Research Methods course for all researchers in TUOS [work in progress]
Critical reflections on an Inclusive Methods project: Nikita Hayden comes to WAARC building on her experiences with the Humanising Healthcare project - which showcases the humanising healthcare practices created by researchers with learning disabilities including colleagues from WAARC partners Speakup Self-advocacy and Sheffield Voices and reflects on participatory approaches to research from ethics through methods, analysis to dissemination and Open Research. Humanising Healthcare is also developing Humanising approaches to Open Data and Open Research - Nikita Hayden, Bojana Daw Srdanovic and Dan Goodley have written a document entitled 'Thinking of using this dataset? Read the team’s approach to Open Data that involves people with learning disabilities'. This explains how we have approached Open Data with a firm commitment to the lives and aspirations of people with learning disabilities - and a continued engagement with co-production. This document is a compulsory read for anyone who wants to use our data which. This document and the data can be found here deposited here.
Innovative approaches to community development and disability pedagogy:
The Disability Dialogues Lounge is an online collaborative space for everyone within the Critical Disabilities Studies (CDS) community to come together, guided by a key prompt for the month.
Letters to Critical Disability Studies - On the 17th July 2025, The Critical Disability Studies team met to think about who we are and the work we do within the field. This was supported and facilitated by the creative work and community spirit of Dal Kular.
Co-creation of the Reclaiming the Human in Healthcare Manifesto in collaboration with Nikita Hayden, Sheffield Voices, Speakup Self-advocacy and Sunderland People First
Revisiting access and inclusion in research methods
Background note: A collection of ‘Disability Inclusive Research Methods’ resources aimed at postgraduate taught/research students and Early Career Researchers. This includes inclusive research resources co-produced with Speak-up Self Advocacy. Our hope is that these resources can support conversations and a small number of workshops to enable others to do disability inclusive research. This will apply to a range of academic disciplines, and academic and non-academic partnerships. This work builds upon, and showcases, existing participatory, inclusive and disability research at the University of Sheffield and beyond. This includes the work of the Participatory Research Network who have bespoke training and resources on intellectual property, payment and remuneration and creative dissemination. It also includes the work that Speak-up Self Advocacy have led in relation to disability-inclusive research projects.
Our intention is to consider all research stages and a broader ethos of inclusion and accessibility which may include teaching, learning and communication. We will conduct creative workshops with the TUOS research community in order to develop conversations and emerging considerations around disability inclusive research methods.
iHuman
How we understand being ‘human’ differs between disciplines and has changed radically over time. We are living in an age marked by rapid growth in knowledge about the human body and brain, and new technologies with the potential to change them.