Lecture: Ethics of Co-production in Research

In academia, researchers are increasingly involving communities for contributing to the urban agenda, but they frequently end up implementing a researcher-centred process and de facto ‘using’ communities to fulfilling researchers’ interests, causing communities’ distrust of researchers. This lecture will address the nature of co-producing research and ethical issues, and what should be considered in research projects to foster positive collaborations with communities for making changes. 

Diana Mitlin is Professor of Global Urbanism in the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester and Principal Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). For more than 20 years, she has worked on the issues of urban inequality and poverty in cities in the Global South, with a particular interest in co-production with grassroots organisations. Renowned for these topics globally, she was also invited for UN-Habitat Global Urban Lectures on ‘Co-producing sustainable cities’. She has published numerous articles and chapters on urban poverty, empowerment, co-production, the role of NGOs, and rights-based approaches.

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More information

• About the GS course “The Ethics of Coproduction Research”
• About Diana Mitlin
• The UN-Habitat Global Urban Lectures on ‘Co-producing sustainable cities’