Workshop: From Participation to Partnership in Community Engaged Research

16 Jun Workshop: From Participation to Partnership in Community Engaged Research

Posted at 13:00h in Carnegie Events, Engagement Australia Events by
Tuesday 16 Jun 2026, 1:00–3:00 pm AEST

Cost: $165 (+ Booking Free) | 25% Discount Tickets available for member institutes

Workshop Overview

Most universities want to do community engaged research well. Far fewer have the structures, cultures and practices in place to actually support it. This workshop moves past the principles and into the practical, what does it concretely take to build an institution where reciprocal, community led research can happen and be sustained?
Using the Melbourne Social Equity Institute’s Community Fellows Program as a working case study, participants will examine the design decisions, institutional levers and partnership models that make community engaged research viable at scale. Drawing on the Carnegie Framework’s standards for deep, pervasive and integrated engagement, the session will help participants audit their own context, identify gaps and think through realistic next steps.

Come ready to reflect, discuss and leave with something useful.

Learning Outcome

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
  • Map the institutional enablers and barriers to community engaged research in their own context
  • Identify practical design features that support reciprocal and community led research partnerships
  • Apply the Carnegie Framework’s standards for deep, pervasive and integrated engagement as a self-assessment tool
  • Define at least one concrete next step for strengthening community engaged research in their institution

Speaker Bio
Charlene Edwards is Manager and Community Fellows Program Director at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute, University of Melbourne. She facilitates interdisciplinary and community-engaged research across a broad range of social equity issues. She is the co-creator of the Community Fellows Program and is deeply committed to inclusive and emancipatory research practices. Charlene holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Music and Drama/Theatre Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London, a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Master of Public Health from the University of Melbourne.