Dear all,
This Friday we will hold both the on-site seminar (11-12.30pm) and the online webinar (1-2.30pm), and will cover case-study methodology, students' all time favourite dissertation method.
In preparation for our workshop activity, please watch the video on how Nigeria succeeded in containing its Ebola outbreak in 2014, and come prepared to discuss the following:
(a) why Nigeria’s experience with the epidemic was to a large extent, unique, and why the lessons from that case can only in part be learned by other countries, particularly for the COVID-19 pandemic;
(b) Please clearly highlight which lessons may be valid in other contexts, and which may not, and;
(c) Name and justify three specific policies you could recommend to countries to prepare for present and future epidemics, based on Nigeria’s experience?
As usual for this blended modality of ours to be effective, it is essential that you cover ALL the material posted in the relevant QM+ pages - pay particularly attention to the link to the video lecture. The specific readings for this session are:
Readings for this session:
- Barzelay, M., 2007. Learning from Second-hand Experience: Methodology for Extrapolation-oriented Case Research. Governance 20(3), pp.521–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0491.2007.00369.x.
- Crowe, S., Cresswell, K., Robertson, A., Huby, G., Avery, A., and Sheikh, A., (2011). The Case Study Approach. BMC Medical Research Methodology 11(1), p.100. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-100 (Links to an external site.).
- Heale, R. and Twycross, A., 2018. What Is a Case Study? Evidence-Based Nursing 21(1), pp.7–8. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2017-102845 (Links to an external site.).
- Seawright, J. and Gerring, J., (2008). Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options. Political Research Quarterly 61(2), pp.294–308. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912907313077.
- Yin, R. K. and Campbell, D. T., 2018. Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods. Sixth edition. Los Angeles: SAGE.
