The Inclusive Research Hub

Welcome to The Inclusive Research Hub! This is a living resource created by the Inclusive Research Collective in collaboration with the University of Bristol’s People Development Team. It was developed in response to growing calls for research to be more equitable, inclusive, and intellectually rigorous. Recognising that research often reinforces existing societal inequities, the Hub offers a starting point for researchers across disciplines to critically reflect on their practice, access key concepts, and explore practical ideas for change. Rather than providing a fixed framework, it encourages contextual, creative approaches and welcomes ongoing contributions to grow and improve together.

Introduction

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The Hub

The content of the Hub is organised into modules that represent different stages of the research process, find out more below.

Contextualising Research

Contextualising Research

Research does not happen in isolation. It is important to engage with social and philosophical foundations of research by considering things like the purpose of research, what makes research valid (or not), why research is the way it is, and who research is for.

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Forming a Research Question

Forming a Research Question

All research starts with a question, but there are an infinite number of questions we could ask… It is important to think about why we choose the questions we do, what shapes our thinking about these questions, and what constrains our approach to answering them.

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Designing a Research Project

Designing a Research Project

Project design is crucial to being able to answer your research question accurately. Researchers must make hundreds of decisions when they design a research project. Each of these decisions will shape how inclusive, or exclusionary, the research ultimately becomes.

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Collecting Data

Collecting Data

Data collection is a fundamental part of any research project. Although it can look very different depending on the kind of research being done, it is always important to consider how we can be inclusive during this part of the process.

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Analysing and Interpreting Data

Analysing and Interpreting Data

Once data is collected, we need to make meaning from that data. The analysis of data and interpretation of results involves hundreds of decisions, each of which can carry human bias.

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Communicating Results

Communicating Results

The way we communicate the outcome of our research can have huge consequences, both on wider society and the research that gets done in the future. It is important to consider how the communication choices we make can exclude people and harm our research.

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