Knowledge and Power in Collaborative Research

Louise Phillips is Associate Professor in Research Methods in Communication Studies at the University of Roskilde.

Focusing on dialogic communication theory, science and technology studies, and action research, this volume explores the methodological, epistemological, and ethical conundrums that arise within collaborative research in the dialog between researchers, policy makers, and citizens. It argues that researchers can best deal with the complexities and tensions of collaborative research through reflexive analyses of how "dialogue" and "participation" are played out concretely in different settings.

1. Tackling the Tensions of Dialogue and Participation: Reflexive Strategies for Collaborative Research Louise Phillips, Marianne Kristiansen, Marja Vehviläinen and Ewa Gunnarsson Part 1: Reflexively Analysing "Participation" and "Dialogue" in Collaborative Research 2. Learning from Discomfort: Science Communication Experiments Between Diffusion, Dialogue and Emergence Maja Horst 3. The Performative Practices of Public Participation: Negotiating Interests, Experiences and Normativity Pauliina Lehtonen 4. Participation and Reflection in Pragmatic Action Research: Harnessing the Potential and Dealing with the Dilemmas Karen Dons Blædel 5. Environmental Counselling in a Women's Organisation: An Analysis of Practices in the Tension Between Diffusion and Dialogue Marja Vehviläinen Part 2: Reflexively Tackling the Ethics of Collaborative Research Relations 6. My Discomfort: Practical Reflexivity as a Methodological Approach Ulla-Britt Lilleaas 7. Co-Producing Knowledge: Between Othering, Emotionality and Dialogue Birgitte Ravn Olesen and Christina Hee Pedersen 8. The Ethics of Involvement with the Already Involved: Action Research and Power Agnete Neidel and Trine Wulf-Andersen 9. Dialogical Ethics and Reflections on Unfinalizability: An Analysis of Dissenting Voices in a Film Contest Study Lisbeth Frølunde Part 3: Reflexively Tackling Epistemological Issues in Collaborative Research 10. Participatory Knowledge Production and Power: Co-Determination Through Dissensus in Dialogic Organisational Action Research Marianne Kristiansen and Jørgen Bloch-Poulsen 11. Reflecting on Work Practices: Possibilities for Dialogue and Collaborative Knowledge Production in Institutional Ethnography Riikka Homanen 12. Building Networks with Vague Intentions: A Vocabulary of Enrolment and Negotiations in Collaborative Research Practice Ursula Plesner Part 4: Tying the Ends Very Loosely 13. Characteristics and Challenges of Collaborative Research: Further Perspectives on Reflexive Strategies Louise Phillips and Marianne Kristiansen 14. In Lieu of a Conclusion Louise Phillips and Marianne Kristiansen