Community-based Research with Vulnerable Populations

Lesley Wood is Director of Community-Based Educational Research at North-West University, South Africa. A National Research Foundation rated researcher, she has published over 100 articles, books and chapters in the field of action research for lifelong learning and development.

• Part 1: Community-based Research in Higher Education.- Chapter 1: Community-based Research in Higher Education: Research Partnerships for the Common Good, Lesley Wood and Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt.- Chapter 2: Rethinking Ethical Processes for Community-based Research Partnerships: Lessons from Practice, Mary Brydon-Miller and Lesley Wood.- Chapter 3: Building Capacity for Community-based Research, Lesley Wood.- Part 2: Case Studies of Partnership for Community-based Research with Vulnerable Populations.- Chapter 4: Developing and Sustaining Community-University Partnerships: Reflecting on Relationship Building, Heloise Sathorar and Deirdre Geduld.- Chapter 5: Community-based Research to Enhance Holistic Wellbeing in School Contexts, Ansie Elizabeth Kitching and Robert Tubb Carstens.- Chapter 6: Developing Relationship for Community-based Research at Rhodes University: Values, Principles and Challenges, Diana Hornby and Savathrie Maistry.- Chapter 7: A Community-based Approach to Engaging Older Adults in the Promotion of their Health and Wellbeing Through Social Dance, Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain and Amanda Clifford.- Chapter 8: Community-based Research for Peace: A Case Study in Colombia, Doris Santos.- Chapter 9: An Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Community-based Research for Development of a Social Enterprise, Karen Venter and Alfi Moolman.- Chapter 10: "University Mtaani”: A Case  Study of Service Learning and Civic Engagement for Social Transformation in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements, Nkatha Mercy and Jonas Yawovi Dzinekou.- Chapter 11: The Importance of Access, Time and Space: Developing the Collective Change Facilitator Role as Part of a Multi-Partner Research Programme, Sara Branch, Kate Freiberg, Ross Homel and  Charmaine Stubbs.- Part 3: A Framework for Conducting Ethical, Inclusive and Sustainable Community-based Research.- Chapter 12: Towards Holistic and Community-led Development: The GULL System for Self-Directed Lifelong Action Learning, Richard Teare.- Chapter 13: Community-based Research with Marginalized Populations as Transformative Adult Education, Lesley Wood.- Chapter 14: An Ethical, Inclusive and Sustainable Framework for Community-based Research in Higher Education, Lesley Wood.