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Importance of Public Involvement Research

The Inclusive Involvement in Research theme are supporting a series of national events highlighting the important role of public involvement in research. The sessions will discuss findings from the variety of research within this theme and share different and effective methodologies for engaging with diverse communities.

Upcoming National Webinars 

In collaboration with ARC South London, ARC South West Peninsula (PenARC) and ARC East of England:

March 26th 2025 15:00-16:30 Emotions in Public Involvement: Webinar

What role do emotions play in public involvement? To what extent is PPI labour emotional labour? How can we recognise, value and make space for this kind of labour in research?

In this webinar, Lauren Asare, Naomi Morley and Kristin Liabo of the NIHR ARC South West Peninsula Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) team will discuss their research and conceptual review on this topic: Emotion in public involvement: A conceptual review

The webinar will be chaired by Stan Papoulias, PPI research theme lead at NIHR ARC South London.

This is the second in a series of ARC National events on PPI research which aim to foster conversations and methodological development of patient and public involvement, inclusive involvement and co-production.

Who should attend?

This event is for PPIE workers, public contributors, researchers, clinicians and anyone interested and/or involved in supporting, facilitating or leading patient and public involvement.

Register for this webinar here.

Previous webinars

Session 1: Invisible Labour of Public Involvement 

The first in a series of ARC National events on Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) research took place on Thursday 5 December 2024 with over 100 delegates which included public involvement leads/facilitators, researchers and PPI Public members.

Read more about the session here

Watch the recording below: