Her Science, Her Story: Lived Experience Driving Human-Centred Research

This 90-minute session celebrates the power of authenticity, collaboration, and positionality in driving socially and ecologically relevant research. Together, panellists will discuss how integrating lived experience, both personal and communal, can lead to more inclusive questions, participatory methods, and lasting impact. 

What to Expect and Goals

• First-hand insights into how personal and community experiences shape research priorities, design, and outcomes
• Strategies for integrating reflexivity, equity, and community engagement into scientific practice
• Inspiration for early-career researchers to embrace their identities as strengths
• Emphasis on interdisciplinary, cross-sector, and community-informed approaches to science
• Creative and participatory interventions
• A redefinition of “expertise” that values both scientific and lived experience in co-creating impactful research 

Whether you are an early-career scientist, a policy advocate, or a community partner, this session offers a grounded, hopeful vision of science that listens, adapts, and transforms.