03 April 2014

Essex Summer School in Human Rights Research Methods, University of Essex
30 June - 5 July 2014

The Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex will of a pioneering six-day summer school on methods for human rights research at it Colchester Campus.

Despite the level of research on human rights that is carried out by academics, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organisations such as the United Nations, very little attention has been paid to the methodology used. Yet, methodology has a direct bearing on the strength, persuasiveness and legitimacy of research findings and their impact on policy and practice.

The absence of a strong methodology can also affect ability to attract funding even to the most innovative of proposals and activities.

This summer school provides the core methods and skills needed to carry out human rights research, whether for academic scholarship, bids for large research projects, reports for NGOs, international organisations and governments, or to support litigation.

It is an essential course for postgraduate students, academics, lawyers and human rights professionals working in NGOs, government and international organisations, and the legal profession.

Learning outcomes
Participants on the summer school will learn how to design research projects and carry them out anywhere in the world. They will learn about the range of tools and methodologies for human rights research (whether academic or practical) and when, why and how to employ particular methods in particular research contexts. All sessions will address research design, methodology and impact and will draw heavily on examples and case-studies.

In taking this course, participants will:
• have a strong understanding of the key methods used in human rights research and the way in which they can be used on their own or in combination (mixed methods);
• learn to design research projects with a strong methodology, including for grant applications and to
• have optimal impact on policy and in practice;
• have a strong understanding of how to ensure that the research meets ethical standards including in NGOs without ethics committees;
• gain a strong appreciation of qualitative interviewing techniques including issues involved with interviewing victims and affected communities and carrying out research on sensitive human rights topics;
• learn how to interpret data gained through interviews;
• become ‘literate’ in carrying out quantitative research and collecting, processing and using data;
• understand how to do research in different countries, including using ethnographic techniques and researching in closed and challenging societies; and
• how to design and carry out comparative country research.

Information on the teaching team, the different sessions, fees, accommodation and how to apply, can be found here.

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    1. i went to hospital to give the final test to the disease and the doctor said i am HIV negative, i am very amazed and happy about the healing doctor Abija gave to me from the ancient part of Africa,

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    2. i went to hospital to give the final test to the disease and the doctor said i am HIV negative, i am very amazed and happy about the healing doctor Abija gave to me from the ancient part of Africa,

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  2. I wonder why he is called the great papa Abija, i never knew it was all because of the great and perfect work that he has been doing that is causing all this.

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    1. I work in a communication company I want to share my testimony to the world, my name is Doris pinto, i am from united kingdom i

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    2. This is not design to convince you but its just a personal health experience . I never taught doctor Abija could ever get my HIV-AIDS cured with his healing spell,

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