Learning how to research disasters and related fields so you can understand how to help people during moments of crisis. How can we help other people before and or during disasters? How we can improve water and sanitary facilities in refugee camps? How can drones and virtual reality technologies help with emergency response exercises? Get answers to these questions and more with this course that explains the vital research processes necessary for responses to emergencies and disasters.
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You will have the opportunity to learn how to design, prepare and carry out research into these and other areas. You will examine the approaches to summarising and writing up your research.
What topics will you cover?
- The wider research process
- How to identify a meaningful title
- Writing an effective literature review
- Choosing the best data collection methods
- Research ethics issues
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
- Explore what research is and why it is important
- Explore the research process
- Develop and derive a suitable research question
- Explore how to utilise library resources for research
- Compare effective research strategies
- Summarise and effectively review literature
