Researching in the Age of COVID-19 Vol. 1: Response and Reassessment

143 Pages·2020·3.746 MB·English

by  Helen Kara and Su-ming Khoo

RESEARCHING
IN THE AGE OF
COVID-19
Volume 1:
Response and
Reassessment
EDITED BY
HELEN KARA
SU-MING KHOO
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RAPID RESPONSE
Researching in the Age
of COVID- 19
Volume 1: Response and
Reassessment
Edited by
Helen Kara and Su- ming Khoo
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Table of contents
List of fgures and tables v
Notes on contributors vii
Introduction 1
Su- ming Khoo and Helen Kara
Part I: Going digital
1 Evaluating strategies to improve the effectiveness and
effciency of CATI- based data collection during a global
pandemic 9
Mridulya Narasimhan, Jagannath R and Fabrizio Valenti
2 Going virtual: fnding new ways to engage higher
education students in a participatory project about science 20
Helena Vicente, Ana Delicado, Jussara Rowland, João
Estevens, André Weiß, Roberto Falanga, Annette
Leßmöllmann and Mónica Truninger
3 Disorientation and new directions: developing the
reader response toolkit 30
Louise Couceiro
4 Digital divide in the use of Skype for qualitative data
collection: implications for academic research 40
Almighty Nchafack and Deborah Ikhile
5 Qualitative data collection under the ‘new normal’ in
Zimbabwe 9
Emmanuel Ndhlovu
Part II: Going with methods that are in hand
6 Social surveys during the COVID- 19 pandemic 63
Roxanne Connelly and Vernon Gayle
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7 Structured literature review of psychological and social
research projects on the COVID- 19 pandemic in Peru 72
Sascha Reinstein and Eli Malvaceda
8 Switching over instead of switching off: a digital feld
research conducted by small- scale farmers in southern
Africa and Indonesia 82
Judith Henze, Nicole Paganini and Silke Stöber
Part III: Needs and capabilities
9 Research methods to understand the ‘youth
capabilities and conversions’: the pros and cons of
using secondary data analysis in a pandemic situation 95
Paramjeet Chawla
10 Conducting the emergency response evaluation in the
COVID- 19 era: refections on complexity and positionality 105
Arun Verma and Nikolaos Bizas
11 Challenges of a systematization of experiences
study: learning from a displaced victim assistance
programme during the COVID-1 9 emergency in ethnic
territories in Colombia 115
Natalia Reinoso Chávez, Santiago Castro- Reyes and
Luisa Fernanda Echeverry
Conclusion 126
Helen Kara and Su- ming Khoo
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List of fgures and tables
Figures
1.1 Survey status and response rate 14
8.1 Farmer voices were captured weekly from all food
regions and published through social media channels 88
Tables
1.1 Summary of host studies 12
1.2 Summary of calls status 13
1.3 Completion rate and feld operations time investment 14
1.4 Regression: follow- up survey 15
1.5 Impact of audio audits on survey refusal rates 16
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Notes on contributors
Nikolaos Bizas is a Senior Evidence and Learning Advisor
for Save the Children UK. He has designed, conducted and
analysed research for academia (University of Edinburgh,
University of Warwick), the United Nations (IMO) and
the Scottish third sector (Scottish Social Services Council,
Voluntary Health Scotland).
Santiago Castro- Reyes is a Psychology and Philosophy
undergraduate student at the University of La Sabana,
Colombia. He is interested in community psychology, inter-
culturality and peace building.
Paramjeet Chawla is a PhD scholar at the School of
Development Studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences
(TISS), Mumbai, India. Her key areas of research are human
development and capabilities, horizontal inequality, social
inequality, gender, social exclusion, youth and Delhi.
Roxanne Connelly is a Senior Lecturer of Sociology and
Quantitative Methods at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Her work is focused in the areas of social stratifcation and the
sociology of education. Her methodological interests include
the analysis of large and complex social survey data, longitu-
dinal data analysis and research transparency.
Louise Couceiro is an ESRC-f unded PhD student at the
School of Education at the University of Glasgow, UK. Prior
to beginning her doctorate Louise worked in private educa-
tion and has taught in the UK, China and Australia.
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Ana Delicado is Coordinator of the Portuguese Persist_ EU
project evaluating the knowledge, beliefs and perceptions of
European university students on scientifc issues. She is also
Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University
of Lisbon, Portugal, specializing in the social studies of
science.
João Estevens is a social scientist, currently fnishing his PhD
in Global Studies. He is a Researcher at the Institute of Social
Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal, and the Portuguese
Institute of International Relations. His research felds are
security studies, migration, democracy and social studies of
science.
Roberto Falanga is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the
Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
He is a research member of Persist_E U, an EU- funded pro-
ject on students’ scientifc knowledge.
Luisa Fernanda Echeverry is a psychologist specializing
in health psychology working to provide mental health and
well- being to victims of armed confict. Luisa coordinates the
psychosocial component of the Pan- American Development
Foundation’s Humanitarian Attention for Victims of the
Armed Confict and Refugees programme.
Vernon Gayle is Professor of Sociology and Social Statistics
at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His main research inter-
ests include social stratifcation, the sociology of youth and
the sociology of education.
Judith Henze is a postdoctoral consultant for sustainable
innovations in agriculture, focusing on information and com-
munications technologies. She currently explores how artif-
cial intelligence can be employed to support farmers and food
systems and to minimize human– wildlife conficts.
Deborah Ikhile is a researcher with an interest in health
promotion and women’s health. She is currently a Research
Assistant in the Centre for Public and Psychosocial Health at
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Notes on contributors ix
Nottingham Trent University, UK, where she provides sup-
ports for international research activities in Uganda, Ghana,
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burkina Faso and the UK.
Helen Kara FAcSS has been an independent researcher since
1999 and an independent scholar since 2011. She is the author
of Creative Research Methods: A Practical Guide (Policy Press,
2nd edn 2020) and Research Ethics in The Real World: Euro-
Western and Indigenous Perspectives (Policy Press, 2018).
Su- ming Khoo is a Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology,
and leads the Environment, Development and Sustainability
(Whitaker Institute) and Socio-E conomic Impact (Ryan
Institute) Research Clusters at the National University of
Ireland, Galway. Her research is on human rights, human
development, public goods, development alternatives, deco-
loniality, global activism and higher education.
Annette Leßmöllmann is Professor of Science
Communication and Linguistics at the Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Germany, and Coordinator of the German
Persist- EU team.
Eli Malvaceda is Professor of Psychology at the Saint
Ignatius of Loyola University, Lima, Peru. His research inter-
ests include qualitative methodology and social and political
violence. He has experience in the development and imple-
mentation of social projects.
Mridulya Narasimhan is a Senior Research Manager at LEAD
(Leveraging Evidence for Access and Development), located
at the Institute for Financial Management and Research of
Krea University, Chennai, India, managing the enterprises
research portfolio in partnership with various governments
in India. Mridulya holds an MSc in Public Management and
Governance.
Almighty Nchafack is a communication professional
and a PhD researcher whose current work focuses on
knowledge translation and health promotion within the
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