The term ‘co-production’ is increasingly used to describe varied forms of research partnerships, expanding from its application within the health sector to other areas. In humanitarian settings, alongside more calls for localisation and decolonising aid, research co-production is emerging as a means of tackling power dynamics within NGO (non-governmental organisation)–academia research partnerships. Based on semi-structured interviews with practitioners and academics with experience of co-producing research and participating in research partnerships, this paper presents the opportunities and challenges associated with co-producing research in humanitarian settings. The findings suggest that similar to other buzzwords in the humanitarian sector, the label of ‘co-production’ is sometimes uncritically applied to any kind of research partnership. The study emphasises the importance of centring power within co-produced research in humanitarian settings and suggests that while the term co-production is sometimes misappropriated, the principles underlying this concept remain essential to unravelling power hierarchies within the humanitarian sector.

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非政府组织与学术界在人道主义环境中的研究合作：机遇与挑战

“合作生产”一词越来越多地用于描述各种形式的研究伙伴关系，从其在卫生部门的应用扩展到其他领域。在人道主义环境中，随着对本地化和非殖民化援助的更多呼吁，研究联合生产正在成为解决 NGO（非政府组织）- 学术研究伙伴关系中权力动态的一种手段。基于对具有共同研究和参与研究伙伴关系经验的从业者和学者的半结构式访谈，本文介绍了在人道主义环境中与共同研究相关的机遇和挑战。调查结果表明，与人道主义领域的其他流行语类似，“共同生产”的标签有时会被不加批判地应用于任何类型的研究伙伴关系。