Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module students will be able to:
• Develop a research proposal for a research project;
• Conduct a literature review and to establish a study framework of relevance to community resilience;
• Has demonstrated the capacity to identify and justify research methods that are appropriate for research relating to community resilience;
• Design and implement a mixed methods research project relating to community resilience in a controlled setting;
• Analyse and present both quantitative and qualitative data as part of a mixed research project focusing on community resilience;
• Apply best practice in programme/ project monitoring and evaluation of relevance to community resilience.
• Critically reflect on the use of methods, their limitations and the knowledge gained therefrom in terms of ethical aspects and the researcher’s position.
Indicative Module Content:
- Kick-off Session (Timetable, SPSS, NVivo, ODK, Projects)
- Introduction to Applied Research Design I
- Introduction to Applied Research Design II (broad areas of research)
- Community Resilience
- Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments
- Urban Resilience
- Research Proposal Workshop
- Literature Reviews: Conceptual Frameworks; Analytical Frameworks
- Literature, methods, and data management workshop
- Quantitative Research Methods I
- Quantitative Research Methods II (ODK/Kobo Tools)
- Qualitative Research Methods I and II
- Participatory (Qualitative) Research Methods
- Quantitative Data Analysis and Presentation I (Theory)
- Quantitative Data Analysis and Presentation II (SPSS)
- Qualitative Data Analysis and Presentation I (Theory)
- Qualitative Data Analysis and Presentation II (NVivo)
- Qualitative Data Analysis and Presentation II (NVivo)
- Project presentations – Webinar