Welcome to the second of a three-episode series with Ibali researcher and Project Manager, Jennifer Agbaire, in conversation with five team members of the Southern African Rurality in Higher Education (SAHiRE) project from the UK and South Africa -  Sue Timmis (Associate Professor in Education), Sheila Trahar (Professor Emerita of International Higher Education) and  Lisa Lucas (Associate Professor in Higher Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Higher Education Transformations) of the University of Bristol as well as Kibbie Naidoo (Director of the Centre for Academic Staff Development in the Division for Teaching Excellence) of the University of Johannesburg and Nathi Madondo (Academic Literacy lecturer) of  Mangosuthu University of Technology. Leading from the first episode on the background and decolonial perspectives informing the SAHiRE project, this episode focuses on the research design of working with participants as ‘co-researchers’. The conversation highlights issues around access and power as well as the processes of navigating important ethical implications and managing data analysis in context. This podcast series was produced by Jennifer Agbaire and Motunrayo Oladeji. For more about the SAHiRE project, visit SARiHE – Southern African Rurality in Higher Education. For other engagement activities from Ibali, visit: Knowledge Hub | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (open.ac.uk).