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所在平台: Coursera |
课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/learn/research-humanitarian
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课程名称：人道主义者的运筹学 课程概述：在决策过程中，证据是至关重要的，尤其在人道主义领域。每天都会产生大量与人道主义行动相关的证据，其中许多来自学术界和实践者的研究。这些证据能够帮助我们更好地理解现状，提高人道主义行动的有效性和责任感。然而，理解哪些证据与我们的情况相关，如何寻找这些证据，以及如何使用这些证据是一个挑战。 课程大纲： 1. **为何在人道主义环境中进行研究** 在本模块中，我们将深入探讨为何在人道主义环境中需要进行研究。我们将分析在这些环境中面临的复杂决策过程，以及如何在这种决策中依赖四种不同的输入类型。通过全球专家、执行实践者和同学的分享，我们将批判性地探讨研究的价值，思考为何、何时以及为谁开展研究。 2. **研究问题与研究设计** 本模块将帮助我们建立对研究及其过程、方法和核心术语的基础理解和技能。我们还将探讨如何回答“什么证据足够好”的关键问题，从而使我们能够检查常见研究设计的优缺点，为接下来的模块打下基础。 3. **在人道主义环境中进行研究** 在本模块中，您将了解人道主义环境的关键特征如何影响我们应用第二模块中讨论的研究设计。我们将探讨如何适应和结合研究设计和工具，以克服常见挑战，最终为人道主义环境提供更加合适的研究工具。 4. **伦理与社区参与** 本模块将深入探讨良好研究实践中的关键方面：伦理。我们将聚焦于进行研究的潜在风险和伦理困境，检视一些历史上著名的不道德研究案例，并建立良好的实践，以系统性地将伦理考虑和风险缓解整合到研究项目中，特别关注社区参与作为有效工具之一。 5. **将知识转化为行动** 最后的模块将连接我们所有的见解和学习，重新回到研究在人道主义环境中的价值问题。我们将重点讨论如何确保研究的价值以及如何将生成的证据转化为可操作的建议。我们将探讨分享证据的常见陷阱，并学习有效的方法和工具，理解考虑现存权力动态的重要性。 该课程适合对人道主义研究及其实际应用感兴趣的学习者，能够帮助他们在复杂环境中有效进行研究和决策。
Name:Why conduct research in humanitarian settings
Description:In this first module, we will dive right into the question of why there is a need for research in humanitarian settings. We will explore the difficult decision-making processes in humanitarian settings and how a good decision relies on four different types of inputs. The starting point will be the concept of evidence and how it connects to human biases and professional judgement. By hearing from global experts, implementing practitioners and your fellow learners we will critically explore the value of research by asking why, when and for whom?
Name:Research questions and study designs
Description:In this second module, we will gain a foundational understanding and skills around research and its processes, methods, and core terminology. We also explore ways of answering the key question of "What evidence is good enough?". This will help us to gain the skills to examine common study designs and identify each of their strengths and weaknesses. With this foundation, we will then - in the next module - explore how the concept of quality becomes a little more blurred when implementing research in humanitarian settings.
Name:Conducting research in humanitarian settings
Description:In this module, you will gain a solid understanding of how the key characteristics of humanitarian settings are affecting how we can (or cannot) apply the study designs that we covered in module two. We will explore how, to overcome these common challenges, we need to adapt and combine our study designs and tools. At the end of this module, you will be equipped with a slightly different research toolbox, one that is more appropriate to be used in humanitarian settings. Throughout this module's journey, we will be heavily guided by practical examples and existing projects.
Name:Ethics and community engagement
Description:The fourth module will delve into one of the most critical aspects of good research practice: Ethics. Having explored the potential benefits of research in humanitarian settings earlier, we will focus here on the potential risks and ethical dilemmas when conducting research. We will start with reviewing some infamous historical examples of unethical research, like the Tuskegee study. Together, we will then establish good practices of how we can systematically and genuinely integrate ethical considerations and risk mitigation into our research projects. As part of that, we will specifically look into community engagement as one of the many powerful tools that we have. This module will also help you understand many of the core research ethics processes, such as informed consent and ethical review boards.
Name:Translating knowledge into action
Description:With this final module, we will connect all our insights and learnings by returning to our initial questions on the value of research in humanitarian settings. This time, we will focus on the “how”, by seeing how we can ensure that our research is valuable and how to translate the evidence that we have generated into actionable recommendations. We will explore common pitfalls of sharing evidence and learn about approaches and tools that have proven themselves useful over time. Beyond learning a step-by-step process, we will learn to appreciate the importance of contextual approaches that take existing power dynamics into account.
Evidence is central to good decision-making both in the humanitarian sector and beyond. Every day, a vast amount of evidence is generated that is relevant to humanitarian actors, much of it through research by academics and practitioners. This evidence can be incredibly valuable. It can help us better understand a situation and make humanitarian action more effective and accountable. The difficulty comes with understanding what evidence is relevant to our circumstances, where to find it, and how
