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Project properties |
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| Title | Research for Human Rights, with Human Rights Watch |
| Group | Public Administration and Policy |
| Project type | internship |
| Credits | t.b.d. |
| Supervisor(s) | Dr. Otto Hospes (PAP) |
| Examiner(s) | Prof. Dr. Katrien Termeer (PAP) |
| Contact info | otto.hospes@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2017/03/22 |
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| Description | The first step of any human rights agency that wishes to report on possible violations of human rights and to hold authorities accountable is to conduct systematic research and to collect reliable data. Human Rights Watch is an international human rights agency with researchers in 80 countries all over the world. HRW has established a general research methodology that is geared towards sound data collection and lobby&advocacy. The purpose of the internship is to experience the challenges and limitations of a HRW researcher in collecting data over politically controversial issues and processes; to learn from and assist this researcher; and to understand the complexity of the political regime or political economy of a country.
Region: any |
| Used skills | Qualitative research methods |
| Requirements | We look for one or more highly ambitious student(s), who is/are capable of working autonomously, has/have affinity with both public policy and research methodology, and has/have experience with using qualitative research methods. Students are expected to further develop the above in a stand-alone research proposal and to take the lead in drafting a letter/proposal to one of the HRW researchers in a specific country. |