Ethics, Collaborations & Research Impact

Organised by Patria Roman-Velazquez & Serena Iervolino, CMCI Impact Co-Leads

Workshop facilitated by Dr. Sohail Jannesari from Inspiring Ethics & Open Routes Research

When: 24 June 2026 /  2:00-5:00pm

Where: MACADAM BLDG MAC 302

Registration: Limited to 25 participants

Universities increasingly emphasise research impact, yet the ethical dimensions of partnership work are often left underexplored. Working with communities, groups, organisations, and institutions brings not only opportunities, but also responsibilities that shape how relationships are built, maintained, and sustained.

This interactive workshop offers a space to reflect on the ethical questions that arise in impact work. We will explore questions like:

• How do ethics shape relationships and help sustain partnerships over time?
• How is power exercised in impact and partnership work, and who gets to decide what, how, and why?
• What does participation look like in practice, and where do structures, limits, or exclusions emerge?
• How are authorship, ownership, and credit negotiated, recognised, and shared?

Drawing on participants’ own experiences – whether from ongoing or future projects – we will explore how ethics inform partnership practices, decision-making, and accountability. The session encourages shared reflection, practical discussion, and collective learning around how to do impact work thoughtfully and responsibly.

The workshop will:

• Discuss tensions between community-based research and university ethics/values, including power, extraction, competing accountabilities, and uneven benefit.
• Reframe ethics as integral to research impact and potential social change in and of itself.
• Enable critical reflection and peer input on attendee projects, including trying to identify overlooked ethical concerns and opportunities associated to this work.
• Develop practical approaches for equitable, relational, and accountable impact work.
• Build connections with others grappling with ethics and impact.

Approach: A creative, practice-based workshop for 20-30 participants, combining reflection with provocations, skills building and knowledge exchange. It will be a practical workshop where we will focus on participants’ ongoing / planned work.