This summer school will allow researchers and practitioners involved in the humanitarian field to develop and critically analyze their own research project. It aims at bringing together PhD students from around the world and professionals involved in humanitarian research projects to exchange with colleagues, international faculty and expert practitioners. The purpose is to encourage and share critical reflection on doing research in the humanitarian field, which necessarily draws on various disciplinary approaches. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a research platform in the capital of humanitarianism.
The summer school has several objectives for the participants:
- To offer them the possibility to present and discuss challenges of their research project in interactive sessions with peers and international faculty
- To participate in workshops and lectures led by top-ranked researchers that will allow the participants to deepen their understanding of different methodological approaches
- To build a research network and get an overview of existing postgraduate research programs
The program will have four main themes:
- Ethics and security of the research and the researcher in fragile contexts and involving vulnerable populations
- The use of new technologies and big data to improve research (crowdsourcing, etc.)
- The measure and evaluation of the impact of humanitarian interventions using qualitative as well as quantitative methods
- The implementation of an interdisciplinary approach in doing research on humanitarian action (epistemology, disciplinary tools and concepts).