(How) can we co-create? Interactive workshop and lecture by dr. Saloua Berdai-Chaouni

In this session, we engage with the challenge of co-creation in research through a conversation with dr. Saloua Berdai-Chaouni. The talk will be followed by a discussion in which we can further share our experiences and formulate a way forward for implementing co-creation at our faculty. Dr. Saloua Berdai-Chaouni is a transdisciplinary researcher at the Society and Ageing Research Lab at Vrije Universiteit Brussels and a senior researcher and lecturer at Karel de Grote University College. Recognized as a pioneer in addressing issues at the intersections of aging, migration, and care, she has developed innovative approaches, contributed to policy guidelines, and led initiatives promoting equitable care for marginalized and racialized (older) populations. This work was recognized with the Charles Ullens Award (2012) and the Diwan Award (2018). Her current research focuses on older migrants, equitable aging and dementia care, racism’s health impact in midlife, and the decoloniality of research and care. She will share with us her experiences in applying participatory and decolonial methods, the successes and benefits she achieved, but also the barriers and her ways of managing these.