Category: CR Blogs

  Matty Amartey – Centric Community Researcher I wanted to join Centric as I have a natural interest in the work I heard they are involved in. Their work resonates with my personal life and I feel I have skills that will add value to the team and the work being done. Being a part… Continue reading Matty Amartey – Community Researcher

  “If we own our innovation that comes from our cultural nuance, then we could empower ourselves” – Brixton Resident. Researchers going into marginalised communities to research and feedback to institutions, with little or no input or follow-up with those communities, is what Gaudry (2011) coined as the ‘extraction model of research’. Herein, local insights… Continue reading Extraction Models of Research

  In many ways, e-scooters, in light of COVID-19 and people’s wish to avoid crowded public transport and be outside in the open air, have been heralded as a commodity providing a number of solutions in the current context. With Transport for London (TfL) aware of this shift in 2021, and the need to adapt… Continue reading E-Scooters, Discrimination and the Urban Metropolis

My experience and engagement with community research (CR) methods began between 2003 to 2010 while working on the Clapham Park Project. The programme was ineffective until the community were placed at the forefront of the work, consistently, from top to bottom. I realised that you can’t really help the community effectively without including them meaningfully.… Continue reading Bringing the power of upskilling to our people

  After some initial meetings, we then decided to formulate a piece of research which combined academic rigour with community-based nuances related to health within parts of the urban locale which possess health narratives and activities often regarded as being under-the-radar. The particular locale which we wanted to focus on was Brixton, South London, due… Continue reading Health Activism in Brixton