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Care for the future. A scenario study together with education and health care professionals
In the project ‘Care for the future’, researchers, education and health care professionals carried out a research together based on the principle of equality. The research focused on scenarios for vocational students and their teachers to start their education as early as possible in practical settings. In the research project, a scenario tool was developed together with the practitioners to guide decision-making. The study reflects on the challenges of engaging practitioners as co-researchers and offers three key insights: distinguishing their roles as stakeholders and co-researchers, acknowledging that scenarios actively shape the future, and recognizing scenario studies as design-oriented research. The authors provide lessons for qualitative researchers interested in participative scenario development, underscoring the dynamic interplay between research, design, and transformative change in practice.