Multilingual research practices in community research: The case of migrant/refugee women inNorthEastEngland

Researching in communities where the research participants are multilingual raises questions about research design and practice. This paper illustrates post‐research reflections of a study of multilingual women from ethnic minority migrant/refugee/asylum‐seeking backgrounds living in the N orth‐ E ast of E ngland. The study involved 68 women speaking more than 25 languages, and 17 researchers, including volunteers, most of whom were multilingual. The analysis revealed the importance of flexible multilingualism in the project design – from inception, to choice of research instruments, data generation processes, analysis and write‐up – to accommodate participants' (and researchers') asymmetric multilingual practices. These multilingual research practices, often under‐discussed in research methodology, have implications for the authenticity and trustworthiness of the research outcomes, especially among marginalized, vulnerable, and disadvantaged groups.