In May, Feinstein faculty and researchers conducted several workshops for students (particularly those with upcoming summer research internships) to help them prepare for practicalities in the field:

• Kim Wilson and Roxani Krystalli hosted a Lean Research workshop that discussed how to design rigorous, respectful, relevant, and right-sized research in volatile settings or with vulnerable groups. The workshop featured a keynote by the Girl Effect’s TEGA team, who worked with MIT’s D-Lab to design a tool and methodology for enabling adolescent girls to become researchers in their own communities, as opposed to always being researched.
  • Read the Workshop Agenda
  • Read the Lean Research Working Paper
  • Read the Lean Research framework guidance
• Karen Jacobsen and a consortium of faculty and researchers who focus on forced migration in Boston-area universities hosted a methods workshop for students interested in conducting research with refugees. The workshop explored questions of entry and access, methodologies of participatory research, ethics, the challenges of translation, and more.
• Dyan Mazurana, Karen Jacobsen, and Kim Wilson hosted their third annual workshop on Practicalities of Field Research, discussing researcher safety, security, and well-being in field settings.