This week’s topics
Doctoral Research Risk Identification and Mitigation
- Organisational access barriers and gatekeeper challenges
- Ethical review processes and compliance risks
- Mitigating methodological and data collection attrition
- Managing relational dynamics with academic supervisors
- Painting our way through data collection: memories and challenges in the field | The PhD Sketchbook
- What are the Ethical Issues to consider for a researcher before data collection from participants??
- Data Collection: Data Collection Ethics & Informed Consent
What you will be able to do
- 2.5 Discuss how to manage risk in a DBA project.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss how to manage risk in a DBA project.
Study materials
Videos
- Painting our way through data collection: memories and challenges in the field | The PhD Sketchbook · YouTube · UCL Institute of Education · 23 min · for registered students
- What are the Ethical Issues to consider for a researcher before data collection from participants?? · YouTube · Search Research · 7 min · for registered students
- Data Collection: Data Collection Ethics & Informed Consent · YouTube · Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs · 11 min · for registered students
Further resources
- ESRC research ethics guidance (UKRI) · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
- MIT OpenCourseWare 15.347 Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods I (Fall 2004) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
- MIT OCW ESD.36 System Project Management (Fall 2012), Risk management · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
