Search for Ideas

If you cannot find an existing solution that closely meets your design criteria, the activities in this module will help you uncover ideas that could form part of a solution.

Search using formal channels

This activity will guide you in the use of formal approaches for finding solutions within your organisation, in other humanitarian organisations, or in other sectors.

Search using informal networks

This activity will guide you in the use of informal methods to uncover information on potential solutions that isn't available through formal channels.

Search for Solutions

Find solutions that are already being used to address the problem you have identified. They need to have been tested and used in real-world environments, showing positive impact in addressing a directly comparable problem.

Search within crisis-affected communities

This activity will guide you in the use of ethnographic methods to look for solutions from within the crisis-affected community.

Assess research feasibility

This activity will help assess your learning objectives and potential contextual and resource constraints that might impact results.

Design your research agenda

This activity will help you develop a document articulating how you will undertake your research, the methods you will use, the data you will collect, and the learning outputs you intend to produce.

Analyse and interrogate your data

This activity will help you analyse the data you've collected, compare findings and draw conclusions in response to your research questions.

Research and Learning

The activities in this module will help you design a robust research agenda and facilitate a process of continuous learning and discovery, generating evidence to inform decision making.

Project Design and Implementation