Browsing by Author "Mercier J"

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    From Partnership to Ownership: Reflections on a Community-University Research Partnership
    (SAGE Publications, 2025-12) Mercier J; Sanders J; Takie ME; Kerr L; MacNicol D; Hall H
    This article presents an example of a community-university research partnership which was focused on issues of sustainability and long-term community benefit throughout. It documents a five-year relationship between an Aotearoa New Zealand based university and a number of youth and community organisations. The project aimed to co-develop tools and resources that would support youth and social service practitioners to maintain effective helping relationships with vulnerable young people. It also aimed to develop a kaitiaki (caretaker) group of community partners at the project conclusion so that they could continue to share the resources with others. The article documents reflections from both community and research partners, outlining relational processes of finding our way, negotiating and renegotiating, and shifting ownership that supported community partners to see themselves as kaitiaki of the research and the resources. The processes highlight learning that may be valuable for others working in long-term partnerships where post-project sustainability is prioritised.
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    Relational Resources for Change – New Futures for Youth With Complex Needs: A Research Protocol
    (SAGE Publishing, 2024-03-27) Liebenberg L; Sanders J; Webster J; Mercier J
    This research project creates and tests sets of resources that support practitioners to build effective change-focused relationships with young people. It does this using a Community of Practice (CoP) approach that brings together researchers, social sector and tangata whenua (indigenous) practitioners and international experts. The research has three steps: (1) Development of prototype resources; (2) Testing the prototype to confirm usability and efficacy; and (3) The creation of kaitiaki (guardianship) processes which will secure the ongoing availability of the resources beyond the end of the research project. This protocol details the origins of the project in community relationships and the methods used to create the resources and the kaitiaki processes.