Last August, Queen's University Belfast hosted the 4th Living Knowledge conference which aimed to provide an opportunity for policy makers, academics and civil society organisations to consider current practice and future opportunities in the field of research partnerships. 

Living Knowledge 2009 brought together some of the key thinkers and practitioners in the area of community based research, university/community partnerships and Science Shops. Among the many workshops held was one chaired by CARDI entitled Emerging Models of Knowledge Exchange: Planning for Demographic Change. Speakers included:

Martha Doyle, Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland presenting: " Conducting participatory research with older people" 

Liesbeth De Donder, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium presenting "Feelings of safety in context:  Social policy for and by older people - peer to peer research with older people"

Michael Quinn, UKCRC centre of Excellence for Public Health (NI), Queen's University Belfast, NI presenting: " The voice of older people in longitudinal studies"

You can watch an interview with Frank Kee, Queen's University Belfast, who attended the session here.

More videos from the conference and other video from the Science Shop, Queen's University Belfast are available here.