Civic participation and co-creation through visual methodologies (DEMOCRACY-01-02-06-09)

Using visual art as a research method to generate qualitative knowledge within research and innovation projects. These methods support citizen engagement, co-creation, and research communication, aligning with the conceptual and methodological framework of each project.

My approach uses visual practices—such as participatory photography, drawing, and video—as epistemic tools to explore how research topics are experienced, interpreted, and negotiated in social contexts. These processes generate qualitative material combining visual and textual narratives, enabling participants to articulate perspectives, behaviours, and lived experiences.

The generated material supports qualitative analysis while contributing to a deeper understanding of societal dimensions of research. These methods contribute directly to research by generating qualitative evidence grounded in how societal and cultural processes are experienced, interpreted, and negotiated within everyday contexts.

Methods are carefully adapted to the project's theoretical positioning (e.g. critical, participatory, or applied frameworks), ensuring coherence with the overall research approach.

I also develop context-specific communication outputs emerging from the participatory process, supporting dialogue between researchers, stakeholders, policymakers, and communities.

What I bring to a consortium

• Design of tailored visual methods for qualitative research

• Implementation of participatory processes with diverse groups

• Generation of qualitative insights from societal perspectives

• Development of research communication grounded in participant-generated material

• Contribution to method development, toolkits, and evaluation frameworks

• Support in proposal writing to strengthen participatory and engagement components

Role in the project

I can contribute as:

• Lead or partner in citizen engagement and co-creation work packages

• Contributor to research communication and dissemination

• Methodological partner across work packages

• Support during proposal development phase