Confessions of a Jobbing Researcher

Authors: Parker, Gillian; Baldwin, Sally

Source: Disability & Society, Volume 7, Number 2, 1992 , pp. 197-203(7)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

<p>The relationship between research and policy making is complex and not always direct. This paper describes disability-related research for policy makers which is carried out at the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of York. A distinction between the ways in which research is formed and the ways in which it is informed is made. The informing of research influences how it is carried out; the research questions themselves, the choice of design and methods, the form of analysis, and the pattern of dissemination. The seminar series has helped SPRU reappraise its disability-related research. Disabled people must be able to influence the framing and elaboration of research questions more directly; there must be an increased commitment to employing and to training disabled researchers; dissemination must be wider; â-˜crucial gatewaysâ-™ to policy makers and practitioners have to be identified; and the debate on informal care must be moved further on.</p>

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02674649266780221

Affiliations: 1: Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, Heslington, York, YO1 5DD, United Kingdom

Publication date: 1992-01-01

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