Participation Unit - Papers And Articles

Papers: Forthcoming

• 'The impact of participation' — a paper exploring the effects of participation on organisations and the communities who participate.
• 'Models for engagement' — a paper drawing on several recent projects, designed to uncover the essential ingredients for successful engagement in association with the Home Office.
• 'A developer's guide to involving communities in the planning process' — to be published in association with English Partnerships.
• 'Conversations: how good are we at talking to each other?' — Ipsos MORI are contributing to this DEMOS work-stream.
• 'Who are the socio-political influencers?' — a paper exploring the different definitions of influence, how it is defined, and who the influencers are, particularly focussing on political influence.
• 'Response to Education Bill' — in particular, responding to the concept of parental choice and the role of parents in setting up and choosing between schools for their children.

Papers: Published

• The Value Of Peers pdf, 207KB, presented at RESEARCH 2006: Connections' — MRS Annual Conference (Spring '06): This paper developed the 'Fair Trade' model explored at the 2005 conference' — looking at the value of involving peers from the perspective of participants, agencies and clients.
• A View From A Peer pdf, 118KB, presented at the SRA Annual conference (Winter, 2005)' — a paper reporting the results of a methodological trial, comparing and contrasting the work of peer interviewers and Ipsos MORI Executive Interviewers.

Articles

• Guardian: The next year is crucial if we are to make poverty history at home (March, '06)
• Research Magazine:
  • Respondents key to research future (2006)
  • Beyond the ballot box (2005)
• brandrepublic: 'power to the people' research
• New Start — Never mind the ballots: where have all the voters gone? (Summer '05) or download the report, pdf, 535KB