Youth Co-Researchers
We work with youth co-researchers from across our project partners to understand ideas of equitable practices in makerspace from a youth perspective and to co-produce research together.
Young people’s research
The research and ideas from the youth co-researchers in Making Spaces 2 have been added to this interactive Padlet page. You can find videos, posters and quotes from the young people that explore different research themes.
The Padlet page is a resource for makerspaces to find out more about the views young people have about barriers to participation, inclusion in makerspaces, tips for staff and more!
The Making Spaces project ran workshops with groups of young people from each of our partners on themes such as gender and STEM, inclusion, and youth outcomes in makerspaces. The workshops were delivered by the UCL research team face to face where possible and online with support from our partners. Youth co-researchers were compensated by the project for their time and were also provided with a piece of equipment to aid their research such as a camera, voice recorder or tablet.
In the workshops, the youth co-researchers are supported to express their ideas in interactive activities as well as learn about and develop research skills such as writing research questions, interviewing and observational research. After each session, the young people are given ‘fieldwork tasks’ where they can put their new skills into practice by researching ideas in their makerspace and community. They will then share and discuss their research with each other and the UCL team when they next meet. The youth co-researchers work from Making Spaces 2 has been collated on to an ‘interactive Padlet page’ – see the resource above.
