so many volunteer-led community-based organisations have an appetite for asking questions through research to inform their work, but there is a distinct lack of resources to help folks figure out how to do this.

groups want to engage in research but it's still so exclusive.

also so time pressured!

folks working 9-5 jobs, with caring responsibilities and trying to shape and conduct research into a topic that is literally changing by the week.

i have a bad feeling that research will be seen as an even more exclusive activity after the pandemic.

makes me reflect on how lucky i have been to be able to have the time to coordinate the @_taraki__ research into punjabi communities, covid-19 and mental health.

not because i don't have other things to do, but because i have more flexibility with managing my time.