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Working with an advisory group to co-create innovative intergenerational climate change research

Aled Singleton Orcid Logo, Merryn Thomas Orcid Logo, Carol Maddock Orcid Logo, Aelwyn Williams, Deborah Morgan Orcid Logo, Charles B. A. Musselwhite Orcid Logo, Tavi Murray, Jennifer Twelvetrees, Tom Bateman, Russell De’Ath, Luci Attala Orcid Logo, Laura Sorvala

Cogent Gerontology, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Start page: 2587010

Swansea University Authors: Carol Maddock Orcid Logo, Aelwyn Williams, Deborah Morgan Orcid Logo, Tavi Murray

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This article discusses the opportunities of working with an Advisory Group on intergenerational climate change research. We co-created creative workshops to explore and articulate climate change perceptions and future imaginaries between younger and older people in Wales, UK. This 12-month programme...

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description This article discusses the opportunities of working with an Advisory Group on intergenerational climate change research. We co-created creative workshops to explore and articulate climate change perceptions and future imaginaries between younger and older people in Wales, UK. This 12-month programme of research activities led to a bilingual (Welsh and English) and bespoke comic, and a follow-up project that co-created an intergenerational activity book. Using a research diary format, we show how to practically follow the Responsible Research and Innovation dimensions of inclusion, reflexivity, anticipation, and responsiveness during the data collection stage. The opportunities for co-creation discussed here relate to two main areas: imagining and communicating futures through intergenerational workshops; and the extent to which the Advisory Group were co-creators. The voices of four members of the Advisory Group and the work of comic book artist show the benefits of an early involvement of time, resource and trust in a group who are potential critics, advocates, and bridge-builders. We make four recommendations: the importance of time and imagination in intergenerational climate research; the value of Advisory Groups in improving participatory methods; the need for sustained community-university partnerships and that Advisory Groups should be involved from the very beginning of research.
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