Conducting Research Amidst Conflict with Zoe Marks and Will Reno

02/23/21 • 55 min

We welcome Zoe Marks from Harvard Kennedy School and Will Reno from Northwestern University to talk about doing research in insecure or conflict-affected situations, and learning how to keep our research participants, our teams, and ourselves safe in difficult environments.
Producers: Harper Barbaree, John Gehman
Editors: Hannah Jones, Garrett Madden, Gabriel Wallen, Lila Zarrella

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Creatively Collecting Information with John McCauley, Rich Nielsen, and Lindsey O'Rourke

Once you're in "the field," how can you most effectively gain knowledge and collect information? How do you build trust and connections with local leaders? How to show respect and become part of a new community? How to access and decipher classified archival documents? We welcome John McCauley from The University of Maryland, Rich Nielsen from MIT, and Lindsey O'Rourke from Boston College to discuss the creative strategies they used to navigate each of these research challenges in Central and West Africa, the Middle East, and the United States.
Producers: Harper Barbaree, John Gehman
Editor: John Gehman

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We welcome Matthew Cancian from MIT, Kristin Fabbe from Harvard Business School, and Kristin Michelitch from Vanderbilt University to talk about conducting field surveys and experiments. We discuss what goes into designing an experiment or survey, developing local relationships, and navigating the ethical and logistical challenges of conducting complex research projects with multi-member research teams.
Producers: Harper Barbaree, John Gehman, Alyssa Iferenta
Editors: Zeyad Anwar, Sam Biasi, Shavonne Farrell, Abigail Hamilton, Garrett Madden, Madison Sarka