List of figures; List of tables; Introduction: the de-mystification and democratisation of research; Part 1. The Co-production of knowledge with community partners: Dilemmas and debates; Chapter 1: Emperors old clothes: re- contesting the involvement of community partners; Chapter 2: The tyranny of transformation: Debates and dilemmas within participatory research; Chapter 3: Peer research: epistemological symbolism, proxy trust, conscious partiality and the near-pee; Chapter 4: PPIRs Key Claim: Towards critical pedagogic reflective spaces; Part 2. Participatory Pedagogic Impact Research: towards a process; Chapter 5: Meaningful organisational impact: winning stakeholders over to the process; Chapter 6: Ethical considerations in PPCR: negotiating power and position; Chapter 7: Defining your terrain: Community member and Issue identification; Chapter 8: Methodology in action: transforming participant knowledge; Chapter 9: Analysis: grounding your data in community; Chapter 10: Dissemination and impact: accounting for and privileging process; Part 3. Notes from the field: research in action; Chapter 11: Reflection on peer and participatory research within a homelessness self-help organisation. (Simone Helleren); Chapter 12: Courage of our convictions: Peer research in the criminal justice system. (with Beth Coyne); Chapter 13: The Absent lens of the peer researcher: reflections on and beyond a research project into youth violence. (Richard Campbell); Chapter 14: From Relationships to Impact in Community-University Partnerships (Randy Stoecker, Karen Reece, and Taylor Konkle); Chapter 15: Using Volunteer-employed Photography: Seeing St Davids Peninsula through the eyes of locals and tourists (Nika Balomenou & Brian Garrod); Conclusion: toward truly ethical co-productil3%