About the C3 Study
C3 (Core Competencies and Reporting Items in Co-research) aims to generate evidence to create enabling environments for co-research with young people. It focuses on two critical aspects:
- understanding the core competencies and resources required by adult researchers to work in meaningful and effective partnerships with young people in knowledge co-production.
- defining essential elements for reporting to improve completeness and transparency in research outputs.
This study has approval from the University of Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee.
Frequently asked questions
Who can take part in the study?
- Youth experts: We would like to speak with young people (14-24 years) who have had experience working in partnership with adult researchers in a health and/or wellbeing research projects.
- Adult researchers: We are interested in speaking with researchers (>24 years) who have at least 6 months of experience in engaging in co-research or co-design with young people (14-24 years) or have integrated substantial, on-going adolescent consumer involvement through a formal mechanism.
What will participation in the study involve for me?
Youth experts
- Take part in a 1:1 chat online with a C3 team member about your experiences working with adult researchers. We would like to learn more about your role on the research, wat you enjoyed and what you would do differently.
- Take part in 2 short surveys to help us rank what skills and knowledge are important for adult researchers to have and what items need to be included in reports that describe youth partnerships in research.
Adult researchers
- Take part in an online interview to share your experiences on critical skills required to meaningfully engage young people in co-research or co-design. We will also explore what are essential reporting items.
- Take part in 2 rounds of a short anonymous online surveys to rank and reach consensus around core competencies and essential reporting items.