ADVANCE YOUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH
Learn how to conduct evidence-based research to inform and bolster your social advocacy and accountability efforts! This practically-focused course will immerse you in the fundamentals of social science and participatory research, and introduce you to data collection and documentation techniques. You’ll learn how to utilize research results to influence public policy, hold powerful public figures accountable, and more effectively amplify and raise awareness about community needs, voices, and human rights violations.
COURSE OUTCOMES
- Learn how to utilize research results to influence public policy and policy makers and to hold officials and corporations accountable
- Learn how to utilize research to increase public awareness
- Understand advocacy research as a distinct form of research
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Social science research, data collection and documentation methods
- Participatory evidence research
- Public action research techniques and issue-based studies
- Accessing information
- Social accountability, social audits, and citizen score cards
WHO THE COURSE IS FOR
Governance and development practitioners who depend on evidence research to raise the profile of citizen concerns and community issues