Description
This proposal is to take part in the Living Knowledge Conference 2026 Storytelling Sessions with an exploration of university-community participatory methodologies in a deprived area in Cork City, Ireland’s second city, through the lens of Theme 2: Fostering University-Community Solidarity. This storytelling session proposes to explore as a case study a university-community research project that took place in 2024 between the School of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork, Cork City Council Northwest Quarter Regeneration, and young people from the community of Knocknaheeny. Academics and academic departments at University College Cork have built and sustained a community of practice with these partners in past years through collaborative research relationships involving various stakeholders in the community of Knocknaheeny, including residents of all ages, Cork City Council staff, elected officials, service providers, schools, community organisations and employers. This research represents the latest in a long tradition of bottom-up university-community research approaches to collaborative knowledge production translated into research practice emerging and evolving from the need for change.| Period | 8 Jul 2026 → 10 Jul 2026 |
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| Event title | Living Knowledge Conference 2026: Research and Solidarity |
| Event type | Conference |
| Conference number | 11 |
| Location | Gdańsk, PolandShow on map |