Towards Transformative Participation: Collaborative Research with 'Urban IDPs' in Uganda

Refstie, Hilde; Brun, Cathrine

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“…Sandvik and Lemaitre (2013) used a case-study design combining traditional methods of legal analysis, ethnographic observation, and participation amongst university researchers and a research committee set up by an NGO. Refstie and Brun (2011) used co-identification of a research problem and co-analysis by academics and practitioners in focus groups. Chang et al (2010) used multiple rounds of action research intervention with reflective sessions involving researchers and practitioners.…”

Section: Collaborative Research In Humanitarian Supply Chainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because of the increasing scale of global humanitarian operations and the urgency of humanitarian logistics, an increasing environmental burden is occurring, such as the consequential cholera outbreak in Haiti (Cravioto et al, 2011). Green practices may not simply be Refstie and Brun (2011) Bridging the relevance gap between humanitarian logistics practitioners and academics Kunz and Gold (2017) Näslund et al (2010), Shani et al (2004), Sabri (2018), Jahre et al (2012Jahre et al ( , 2015, Sohn (2018), Pedraza-Martinez et al (2013), Sundel (1999), Refstie andBrun (2011), Chang et al (2010), Prasad et al (2017), Chandes and Paché (2010), Rutta et al (2005), Tanabe et al (2015), Lykes (2013), Lykes and Scheib (2016) To ensure rigour, involving a non-participatory researcher to monitor and observe the rigour of the entire research process Coughlan and Coghlan (2002), Näslund et al (2010) Understanding what are the economic/political/social/technical motivations behind this research Coughlan and Coghlan (2002), Canterino et al (2016…”

Section: A Collaborative Research Casesustainable Humanitarian Supply Chains 41 Contextmentioning

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Using collaborative research methodologies in humanitarian supply chains

Sabri

Zarei²,

Harland

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an existing collaborative research methodology process (Sabri, 2018), contextualise it for application in humanitarian supply chains and test it empirically. Design/methodology/approach Building on collaborative research methodology and humanitarian supply chain literature, the Sabri’s (2018) collaborative research methodology process is further developed to comprise eight phases of collaborative research contextualised for the humanitarian supply chain domain. The process is applied in a collaborative research case of academia–practitioner knowledge co-creation in a humanitarian supply chain setting, focussing on environmental sustainability improvement. The collaborative case analysis suggests a number of refinements to the elements of the process. This study undertook two cycles of academia–practitioner collaborative research. Findings In testing the process, a noticeable improvement in the collaboration among different humanitarian stakeholders was observed, leading to improved stakeholder management. The implementation improved the sustainability awareness and social inclusion of the affected population. Rurality, remoteness, security issues and resistance of field staff against change were among the main challenges for supply chain researchers to engage in collaborative research in the humanitarian domain. Originality/value The paper addresses the rigour‒relevance‒reflectiveness debate in the humanitarian supply chain domain. A collaborative research methodology process derived from action research is further developed using humanitarian literature, and then it is applied in a humanitarian logistics case focussed on environmental sustainability. The present collaborative research process facilitates engaged scholarship among the humanitarian stakeholders, as the researchers’ roles move from observatory to participatory knowledge broker.

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Section: Collaborative Research In Humanitarian Supply Chainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Collaborative Research Casesustainable Humanitarian Supply Chains 41 Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using collaborative research methodologies in humanitarian supply chains

Sabri

Zarei²,

Harland

2019

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“…In their study of refugees' perceptions of the quality of healthcare, Rutta et al (2005) argue that participation is a way to bridge the gap in 'qualitative information' in the evaluation of humanitarian assistance, making such assessments less top-down. Important recent publications, however, have moved beyond these criticisms, and concentrate on power differences between researchers and populations in crisis, research design, reflexivity, and the ethics of engaging in research with displaced populations (Doná, 2007;Pittaway, Bartolomei, and Hugman, 2010;Block et al, 2012;Refstie and Brun, 2012). Nevertheless, concerns were raised that (i) PAR failed to engage with issues of power and politics, (ii) it risked becoming 'the new tyranny' (Cooke and Kothari, 2001, p. 2), and (iii) it amounted to 'advocacy research'-and therefore lacked academic rigor (Goodhand, 2000;Jacobsen and Landau, 2003, p. 187).…”

Section: Implications For the Dynamics Of Humanitarian Actionmentioning

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“…Nevertheless, concerns were raised that (i) PAR failed to engage with issues of power and politics, (ii) it risked becoming 'the new tyranny' (Cooke and Kothari, 2001, p. 2), and (iii) it amounted to 'advocacy research'-and therefore lacked academic rigor (Goodhand, 2000;Jacobsen and Landau, 2003, p. 187). Important recent publications, however, have moved beyond these criticisms, and concentrate on power differences between researchers and populations in crisis, research design, reflexivity, and the ethics of engaging in research with displaced populations (Doná, 2007;Pittaway, Bartolomei, and Hugman, 2010;Block et al, 2012;Refstie and Brun, 2012). Yet, further empirical research is necessary: as Taylor (2011) points out, although PAR is common in refugee studies, little analytical attention has been paid to collective action, organising, or leadership.…”

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Internally displaced women as knowledge producers and users in humanitarian action: the view from Colombia

Sandvik

Lemaitre

2013

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The literature on evidence-based action in humanitarian crises commonly focuses on how inter-and non-governmental organisations can produce better knowledge and how this can be translated into improved programming. Yet, there is little recorded experience of, or concern about, how the beneficiaries of humanitarian relief can produce and use knowledge of their predicament. This paper is based on a case study of how the Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas, an internally displaced women's organisation in northern Colombia, employs proactively research-generated data to advance its own agenda in its interactions with donor bodies and the government. The paper finds that beneficiaries of humanitarian aid can, and do, use participatory research to advance their own ends in the legal and political spaces created around humanitarian crisis. However, their agency is limited by poverty, violence, and local balances of power. The paper concludes that beneficiaries' priorities in the production of data about humanitarian crises warrant further study.

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“…In urban areas, it is generally harder to observe assets and thus more difficult to cope with fraudulent claims for assistance. Many governments and humanitarian agencies have been hesitant therefore to address forced migrants in urban areas (Fielden, 2008;Refstie and Brun, 2011). However, the sheer scope of urban displacement, combined with increasing international recognition of the size of the affected population, is pushing actors to review their policies and practices.…”

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Displacement in urban areas: new challenges, new partnerships

Crisp

Morris

Refstie³

2012

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Rapid urbanisation is a key characteristic of the modern world, interacting with and reinforcing other global mega trends, including armed conflict, climate change, crime, environmental degradation, financial and economic instability, food shortages, underemployment, volatile commodity prices, and weak governance. Displaced people also are affected by and engaged in the process of urbanisation. Increasingly, refugees, returnees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) are to be found not in camps or among host communities in rural areas, but in the towns and cities of developing and middle-income countries. The arrival and long-term settlement of displaced populations in urban areas needs to be better anticipated, understood, and planned for, with a particular emphasis on the establishment of new partnerships. Humanitarian actors can no longer liaise only with national governments; they must also develop urgently closer working relationships with mayors and municipal authorities, service providers, urban police forces, and, most importantly, the representatives of both displaced and resident communities. This requires linking up with those development actors that have established such partnerships already.

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Towards Transformative Participation: Collaborative Research with 'Urban IDPs' in Uganda

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

Using collaborative research methodologies in humanitarian supply chains

Using collaborative research methodologies in humanitarian supply chains

Internally displaced women as knowledge producers and users in humanitarian action: the view from Colombia

Displacement in urban areas: new challenges, new partnerships

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