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Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

01/02/2005

7 pages long

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Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

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Since March 2000, in partnership with the Women’s Centre of Montreal and other units at Montreal universities, McGill’s Centre for Developing-Area Studies has carried out an action-research programme on gender and human security issues in the context of war and reconstruction. Our interdisciplinary team of researchers and activists has been working locally with women refugees, […]

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The promise of appreciative inquiry as an interview tool for field research

01/04/2005

9 pages long

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Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has long been used as a methodology for understanding organisational learning and change. This paper discusses its applications to interview-based field research within the development context. While AI begins by looking at the best of an organisation or individual’s experience, it can help researchers to gain a textured and detailed understanding of […]

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Academic-community collaboration, gender research, and development: pitfalls and possibilities

01/02/2006

12 pages long

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Academic-community collaboration, gender research, and development: pitfalls and possibilities

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Collaboration has become a watchword for development practitioners and theorists. Yet collaboration or partnerships between academics and community-based researchers and activists have often proved difficult. This is particularly true for partnerships with smaller, grassroots community researchers, who are generally less resourced than their academic partners. This paper focuses on such partnerships in gender research, with […]

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Transdisciplinary innovation research in Uzbekistan – one year of ‘Follow-the-Innovation’

01/08/2011

13 pages long

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In 2008, a German-funded interdisciplinary research project in Khorezm province, Uzbekistan, initiated a participatory approach to innovation development and diffusion with local stakeholders. Selected agricultural innovations, developed by the project and identified as ‘plausible promises’, have since then been tested and modified accordingly by teams of researchers, local farmers and water users. This paper discusses […]

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Researching public action and development concepts in the context of mental health

01/04/2007

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This report summarises a project of participatory action-research combining concepts from the field of development management with practice in international mental health. The research was conducted in Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, and Romania. The policy-as-process model is central to understandings of development management, but it is unfamiliar to organisations working in mental health, even those working from […]

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Reflections on the use of the life history method in researching rural African women: field experiences from Uganda and Zimbabwe

09/07/2007

10 pages long

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Reflections on the use of the life history method in researching rural African women: field experiences from Uganda and Zimbabwe

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This article examines some methodological issues in using the life history approach in social research. Although there are diverse opinions on how the approach should be used, there are certain methods of collecting, analysing, and reporting ensuing data that are often associated with it; these methods were used by the authors in recent studies carried […]

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Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

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Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

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This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

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Realising the potential of agroforestry: integrating research and development to achieve greater impact

01/08/2001

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Investments in process-oriented and farmer-participatory research have led to the emergence of sustainable agroforestry solutions to the problems of land degradation, poverty, and food insecurity in rural areas. Thousands of farmers in diverse eco-regions have taken up innovations that demonstrate the potential of agroforestry. This paper highlights the importance of institutional change through illustrating the […]

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Research Round-up

01/11/2002

8 pages long

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Research round-up based on ‘An Intellectual history of the United Nations’ and ‘Is `Development Studies’ a discipline or a pig’s ear? Some thoughts on the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Learning from complexity: the International Development Research Centre’s experience with Outcome Mapping

01/08/2002

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This paper introduces the major concepts of Outcome Mapping and discusses the International Development Research Centre’s experience in developing and implementing Outcome Mapping with Northern and Southern research organisations. It explores how the fundamental principles of Outcome Mapping relate to organisational learning principles and the challenges associated with applying theory to practice. It presents cases […]

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Journal article

Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

01/02/2005

7 pages long

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Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

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Overview

Since March 2000, in partnership with the Women’s Centre of Montreal and other units at Montreal universities, McGill’s Centre for Developing-Area Studies has carried out an action-research programme on gender and human security issues in the context of war and reconstruction. Our interdisciplinary team of researchers and activists has been working locally with women refugees, […]

Journal article

The promise of appreciative inquiry as an interview tool for field research

01/04/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has long been used as a methodology for understanding organisational learning and change. This paper discusses its applications to interview-based field research within the development context. While AI begins by looking at the best of an organisation or individual’s experience, it can help researchers to gain a textured and detailed understanding of […]

Journal article

Academic-community collaboration, gender research, and development: pitfalls and possibilities

01/02/2006

12 pages long

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Academic-community collaboration, gender research, and development: pitfalls and possibilities

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Overview

Collaboration has become a watchword for development practitioners and theorists. Yet collaboration or partnerships between academics and community-based researchers and activists have often proved difficult. This is particularly true for partnerships with smaller, grassroots community researchers, who are generally less resourced than their academic partners. This paper focuses on such partnerships in gender research, with […]

Journal article

Transdisciplinary innovation research in Uzbekistan – one year of ‘Follow-the-Innovation’

01/08/2011

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

In 2008, a German-funded interdisciplinary research project in Khorezm province, Uzbekistan, initiated a participatory approach to innovation development and diffusion with local stakeholders. Selected agricultural innovations, developed by the project and identified as ‘plausible promises’, have since then been tested and modified accordingly by teams of researchers, local farmers and water users. This paper discusses […]

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Researching public action and development concepts in the context of mental health

01/04/2007

6 pages long

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Overview

This report summarises a project of participatory action-research combining concepts from the field of development management with practice in international mental health. The research was conducted in Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, and Romania. The policy-as-process model is central to understandings of development management, but it is unfamiliar to organisations working in mental health, even those working from […]

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Reflections on the use of the life history method in researching rural African women: field experiences from Uganda and Zimbabwe

09/07/2007

10 pages long

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Reflections on the use of the life history method in researching rural African women: field experiences from Uganda and Zimbabwe

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Overview

This article examines some methodological issues in using the life history approach in social research. Although there are diverse opinions on how the approach should be used, there are certain methods of collecting, analysing, and reporting ensuing data that are often associated with it; these methods were used by the authors in recent studies carried […]

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Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

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Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

Journal article

Realising the potential of agroforestry: integrating research and development to achieve greater impact

01/08/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Investments in process-oriented and farmer-participatory research have led to the emergence of sustainable agroforestry solutions to the problems of land degradation, poverty, and food insecurity in rural areas. Thousands of farmers in diverse eco-regions have taken up innovations that demonstrate the potential of agroforestry. This paper highlights the importance of institutional change through illustrating the […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/11/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round-up based on ‘An Intellectual history of the United Nations’ and ‘Is `Development Studies’ a discipline or a pig’s ear? Some thoughts on the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Learning from complexity: the International Development Research Centre’s experience with Outcome Mapping

01/08/2002

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the major concepts of Outcome Mapping and discusses the International Development Research Centre’s experience in developing and implementing Outcome Mapping with Northern and Southern research organisations. It explores how the fundamental principles of Outcome Mapping relate to organisational learning principles and the challenges associated with applying theory to practice. It presents cases […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

01/02/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

Keywords

Overview

Since March 2000, in partnership with the Women’s Centre of Montreal and other units at Montreal universities, McGill’s Centre for Developing-Area Studies has carried out an action-research programme on gender and human security issues in the context of war and reconstruction. Our interdisciplinary team of researchers and activists has been working locally with women refugees, […]

Journal article

The promise of appreciative inquiry as an interview tool for field research

01/04/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has long been used as a methodology for understanding organisational learning and change. This paper discusses its applications to interview-based field research within the development context. While AI begins by looking at the best of an organisation or individual’s experience, it can help researchers to gain a textured and detailed understanding of […]

Journal article

Academic-community collaboration, gender research, and development: pitfalls and possibilities

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Academic-community collaboration, gender research, and development: pitfalls and possibilities

Keywords

Overview

Collaboration has become a watchword for development practitioners and theorists. Yet collaboration or partnerships between academics and community-based researchers and activists have often proved difficult. This is particularly true for partnerships with smaller, grassroots community researchers, who are generally less resourced than their academic partners. This paper focuses on such partnerships in gender research, with […]

Journal article

Transdisciplinary innovation research in Uzbekistan – one year of ‘Follow-the-Innovation’

01/08/2011

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In 2008, a German-funded interdisciplinary research project in Khorezm province, Uzbekistan, initiated a participatory approach to innovation development and diffusion with local stakeholders. Selected agricultural innovations, developed by the project and identified as ‘plausible promises’, have since then been tested and modified accordingly by teams of researchers, local farmers and water users. This paper discusses […]

Journal article

Researching public action and development concepts in the context of mental health

01/04/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This report summarises a project of participatory action-research combining concepts from the field of development management with practice in international mental health. The research was conducted in Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, and Romania. The policy-as-process model is central to understandings of development management, but it is unfamiliar to organisations working in mental health, even those working from […]

Journal article

Reflections on the use of the life history method in researching rural African women: field experiences from Uganda and Zimbabwe

09/07/2007

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reflections on the use of the life history method in researching rural African women: field experiences from Uganda and Zimbabwe

Keywords

Overview

This article examines some methodological issues in using the life history approach in social research. Although there are diverse opinions on how the approach should be used, there are certain methods of collecting, analysing, and reporting ensuing data that are often associated with it; these methods were used by the authors in recent studies carried […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

Journal article

Realising the potential of agroforestry: integrating research and development to achieve greater impact

01/08/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Investments in process-oriented and farmer-participatory research have led to the emergence of sustainable agroforestry solutions to the problems of land degradation, poverty, and food insecurity in rural areas. Thousands of farmers in diverse eco-regions have taken up innovations that demonstrate the potential of agroforestry. This paper highlights the importance of institutional change through illustrating the […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/11/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round-up based on ‘An Intellectual history of the United Nations’ and ‘Is `Development Studies’ a discipline or a pig’s ear? Some thoughts on the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Learning from complexity: the International Development Research Centre’s experience with Outcome Mapping

01/08/2002

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the major concepts of Outcome Mapping and discusses the International Development Research Centre’s experience in developing and implementing Outcome Mapping with Northern and Southern research organisations. It explores how the fundamental principles of Outcome Mapping relate to organisational learning principles and the challenges associated with applying theory to practice. It presents cases […]