Discover our academic publications:
 Hashem F, Zhang W, Mikelyte R, Rajan-Rankin S, Porumb E, Trapp O, Towers AM. (2024) Our approach to developing communities of practice to foster research capacities for the adult social care workforce. NIHR Open Research, 18;3:43. Click here to read: doi:10.3310/nihropenres.13461.2. |
 Keemink, J. R., Hotham, S., Zhang, W., Mikelyte, R., Smith, N., Hashem, F., Walton, G., Charles, A. & Towers, A. M. (2025). Increasing research capacity in adult social care: a research capacity-building partnership in Kent and its theory of change. NIHR Open Research, 5, 45. Click here to read: doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13890.2 |
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Mikelyte, R., Bates, A., Potts, J., Walton, G., Trapp, L., Zhang, W., Abrahamson, V., and Towers, A-M. (Under Review) Involving Experts by Experience in Adult Social Care Research Capacity Building: Impact and Reflections. Research for All. |
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Zhang, W., Towers, A. M., Charles, A., Trapp, O., Abrahamson, V., Allan, S., Smith, N., Hashem, F., & Mikelyte, R. (2025). Research and training fellowships as a mechanism for building research capacity in social care: an evaluation of a capacity-building programme in England. Click here to read the pre-print |
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Smith, N., Charles, A., Abrahamson, V., Mikelyte, R., Trapp, L., Zhang, W., Hashem, F., Potts, J., Walton. G, & Towers A-M. (Under Review) Facilitators and challenges to implementing a researcher-in-residence model to build research capacity in adult social care. Submitted (08-10-25) to Health Research Policy and Systems. |
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Abrahamson, V., Hashem, F., Fournel, S., Thornton, C., Zhang, W., Trapp, O., Mikelyte, R., Joles, L., & Towers, A-M. (Under Review). Using communities of practice in adult social care to build research capacity and foster best practice: a qualitative evaluation. NIHR Open Research. |
View our conference presentations:
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Smith, N., Mikelyte, R., Towers, A-M. (2025) Re-imagining research capacity building. Health Services Research UK Conference, Newcastle, 03 July 2025
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Bates, A., Mikelyte, R., Smith, N., Potts, J., Walton, G., Trapp, L., Abrahamson, V., Zhang, W., & Towers, A-M. (2025) Evaluating Expert by Experience Involvement in Research Capacity Building Initiatives: Insights from the Kent Research Partnership. Health Services Research UK Conference, Newcastle, 02 July 2025
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Zhang, Z., Gallimore, L., Gallimore, J., Nick Smith, N., & Towers, A-M. (2025) Co-producing Knowledge: Building Research Capacity in Social Care with Older People and Practitioners. British Society of Gerontology (BSG) Annual Conference, Guilford, 25-27 June 2025.
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| Hashem, F., Fournel, S., Abrahamson, V., & Towers, A-M. (2025) Using communities of practice to strengthen care givers’ and care receivers’ participation in co-producing knowledge, defining territory and inventing new practice. Transforming Care Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 25-27 June 2025.
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| Smith et al (2025) Barriers and Facilitators in the Implementation of a Researcher-in-Residence Model for Fostering Partnerships Between Social Care Practice and Research. NIHR SSCR Annual Conference, York, 20-21 May 2025.
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| Towers, A-M., Mikelyte, R., Birks, Y., Lister, G., Almack, K., Metcalf, C., Macdonald, G., Cabral, C., Boaz, A., Welbourne, P., & Sheaff, R. (2022). Working in Partnership: Testing Pragmatic Enhancement of Research Capacity and Evidence Based Practice in Social Care. Health Services Research Conference, Sheffield, 6 Jul 2022.
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