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Research can be undertaken as an individual activity and for many students resources and regulations can make inclusive and collaborative projects difficult. However, inclusion can now be seen to be featuring significantly in the arena of social research. Indeed, in terms of research making a difference to policy and practice, it makes sense to involve those in the change area, be they professionals, those who use services or, as is increasingly being acknowledged, those who wear multiple hats, in the process. Ensuring that ‘end users’ are included and participate in research is increasingly being recognized as a means of building capacity, and although, clearly, not everyone can be involved to the same extent, incorporating inclusivity as a matter of course into the design of a research project is now being taken on board by research funders as well as by those carrying out research projects.

However, it also has to be recognized that ‘inclusivity’ can be variously interpreted and it is not just a question of inviting everybody along; a great deal of thought has to go into making inclusion and participation work. This is an area we refer to throughout this book and specifically focus on in Chapter 2, where we look at partnerships in research, Chapter 4, where we explore turning ideas into viable research projects, and Chapter 7, where we consider forms of evaluative researching.