ABSTRACT

Social researchers have been adapting methods and practices in response to COVID-19. In the wake of these adaptations, but still in the midst of intersecting crises that the pandemic has exacerbated or shifted (e.g. health-social-political-economic), researchers face a future suffused with methodological uncertainties. This paper presents a Collaborative Research Manifesto that responds to this by promoting markers for meaningful collaborations in future research. The manifesto was co-written primarily through a series of workshops and events that were designed to identify challenges within, and potential for, collaborative research. Through this exploratory collaborative qualitative process, we highlight what the future of such research could look like and describe methodological commitments that collaborative researchers should embody. The discussion draws on wider methodological literature to articulate the key role that ‘collaborative research’ can offer in uncertain times whilst being sensitive of the limitations of our assertive and radical programme.

摘要

社会研究人员一直在调整方法和实践来应对 COVID-19。在这些适应之后，但仍然处于大流行加剧或转移的交叉危机之中（例如健康-社会-政治-经济），研究人员面临着充满方法论不确定性的未来。本文提出了一份合作研究宣言，通过促进未来研究中有意义的合作标记来回应这一问题。该宣言主要是通过一系列研讨会和活动共同撰写的，这些研讨会和活动旨在确定合作研究中的挑战和潜力。通过这种探索性的合作定性过程，我们强调了此类研究的未来可能是什么样子，并描述了合作研究人员应该体现的方法论承诺。