Croucher Summer Course 2017 - Research Methodology for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response
(This course has completed.)Course Objectives
Since 2013, CCOUC, with the generous support from the Croucher Foundation, has been organizing biennial research methodology training in the field of disaster and humanitarian crisis.
This upcoming five-day residential summer course is the third cohort of the training. It aims at equipping and inspiring postgraduate students, early careers researchers and experienced practitioners or policy makers especially in Asia Pacific region with practical knowledge on research methodology for disaster and medical humanitarian response. The main areas of concerns of this course include:
- Principles of research design;
- Quantitative and qualitative research methods;
- Latest research methodology development (e.g. Big data initiative in supporting research);
- Key hot topics in disaster and humanitarian settings (e.g. Sendai Framework, Sustainable Development Goals);
- From research to practice: implementation and application of field research setting
Date
3-7 July 2017
Venue
Lecture Hall, Jao Tsung-I Academy (800 Castle Peak Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
Faculty members (In alphabetical order)
- (Course Director) Prof. Emily Chan - Centre Director, Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response
- Prof. Mike Clarke - Chair of Research Methodology, Queen’s University Belfast and Director of the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub
- Prof. Colin Graham - Director, Professor & Honorary Consultant in Emergency Medicine,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Prof. Sian Griffiths, OBE, JP - Emeritus Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Prof. Kevin Hung - Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Dr. Ryoma Kayano - Technical Officer, Kobe Centre, World Health Organisation
- Prof. Virginia Murray - Consultant in Global Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Health England
- Prof. Elizabeth Newnham - Curtin Research Fellow, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
- Dr. Gabriele Rossi - Malaria Research Coordinator, MSF OCB, Cambodia
- Prof. Rajib Shaw - Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
- Prof. Qian Ye - Executive Director, Integrated Risk Governance Project, Future Earth/ICSU
- Prof. May Yeung - Assistant Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Application
Please complete the online Application Form and send along with your CV to ccouc@cuhk.edu.hk.
Deadline: (This course has completed.)
Late application to the course maybe considered but he or she will not be considered for scholarship.
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