Introduction ~ Bogusia Temple and Rhetta Moran; Refugees as researchers: experiences from the project "Bridges and fences: paths to refugee integration in the EU" ~ Elizabeth Mestheneos; Limited exchanges: approaches to involving people who do not speak English in research and service development ~ Bogusia Temple and Rosalind Edwards; Breaking the silence: participatory research processes about health with Somali refugee people seeking asylum ~ Rhetta Moran, Zeinab Mohamed and Hermione Lovel; Home/lessness as an indicator of integration: interviewing refugees about the meaning of home and accommodation ~ Priya Kissoon; The community leader, the politician and the policeman: a personal perspective ~ Manawar Jan-Khan; Complexity and community empowerment in regeneration, 2002-04 ~ Felicity Greenham with Rhetta Moran; Refugee voices as evidence in policy and practice ~ Kirsteen Tait; Challenging barriers to participation in qualitative research: involving disabled refugees ~ Jennifer Harris and Keri Roberts; Why religion matters ~ M. Louise Pirouet; Action learning: a research approach that helped me to rediscover my integrity ~ Anna Maria Miwanda Bagenda.