APG5054 Research methods for development practice and change

The unit provides students with high level skills in research design, research methods and effective and ethical research practice for development work, and to enact change. The focus is on how development workers use research, identifying when research is the best approach, and how to use research to enact policy and practice transformation. Topics covered include successful research design, understanding and selecting appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods, ethical research practices, data analysis and fieldwork practice. We will also examine the importance of communicating research and promoting research uptake. Students complete both written work and oral presentations in these areas.