PhD Fellowship 3

Co-creation is a novel approach to tackle complex global public health issues. However, to date there is no evidence to underpin co-creation and no scientific methodology to guide it and ensure it is effective.

This project aims to develop evidence based theory and methods for co-creation of public health intervention. The ESR will work specifically on understanding what methods work for whom and when at each stages of the co-creation process. This will involve creating a taxonomy of co-creation methods and working with the other 14 ESR in the network to provide evidence on their feasibility, reliability and efficacy. The ESR will investigate the impact of different methods on the outcome and process of co-creation of public health interventions in different contexts including health care, schools, workplace and communities. This work will contribute to the development of guidelines for co-creation and of a training course.

The successful candidate will be based at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), one of the largest Universities in Scotland, with over 20000 students and core businesses of education and research. At the last UK research assessment, GCU ranked as the top modern university in Scotland by research power and in the top 20 in the UK for health research at world-leading and internationally excellent standards. GCU is 43th in the world impact rankings. Within the University, the School of Health and Life Sciences is the largest and is an interdisciplinary school with a strong profile of external research funding. The Centre for Living is the School’s implementation and applied science research centre. Its core objectives are to facilitate the translation of evidence into health care and public health practice, training of health care practitioners, and public engagement.

The main supervisor on the project will be Prof Sebastien Chastin (GCU). The candidate will also be supervised by Health Cascade team members from Foundation Blanquerna (Spain), and from Later Life training (Scotland).  Later Life Training is a non-profit making company that designs and delivers training courses in evidence based health care.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to conduct an academic placement in Foundation Blanquerna (Spain), and non-academic placements with Later Life training and 3KQ (three key questions; UK). 3KQ are a company specializing in multi-stakeholder facilitation and consensus-building around difficult societal and environmental issues.