Methods

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Credit: John Cairns

The Cluster focuses on methods and ethics in Area Studies research. The cluster's members conduct their research using a variety of methodological and epistemological approaches involving both qualitative and quantitative methods. The cluster offers opportunities of understanding of Area Studies research and development of comparative and mixed-methods projects. It aims to open up conversations with non-academic professionals and organisations on specific methods and on unique challenges when conducting research, including collecting data remotely, in conflict zones or authoritarian states.

Members

aikedan ainiwaer

Aikedan Ainiwaer

DPhil in Area Studies (China)

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Dr Sari R. Alfi-Nissan

Academic Visitor

emma davies

Emma Davies

DPhil in Area Studies (Africa)

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Dr Alice Gaya

Academic Visitor

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Dr Marnie Howlett

Departmental Lecturer in Russian and East European Politics

talia kollek

Talia Kollek

DPhil in Area Studies (Russia and East Europe)

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Dr Jody LaPorte

Senior Lecturer in Research Methods

rebekah lee

Professor Rebekah Lee

Associate Professor in African Studies

Matteo Legrenzi

Professor Matteo Legrenzi

Academic Visitor

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Dr Ruoxi Liu

Research Associate

jonathan lusthaus

Dr Jonathan Lusthaus

Director of The Human Cybercriminal Project & an Associate Professor in Global Sociology

Professor Nayanika Mathur

Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies; Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS)

Daniel Mcdonald

Dr Daniel McDonald

Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of History and OSGA Latin American Centre

jane messina

Jane Messina

Associate Professor in Social Science Research Methods

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Professor Rachel Murphy

Professor of Chinese Development and Society

Michael Odijie

Dr Michael E Odijie

Associate Professor in African History; Course Director of the MSc in African Studies

Gabrielle Robbins

Dr Gabrielle Robbins

Ioma Evans Pritchard Junior Research Fellow in the Anthropology of African Studies

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Dr Janaki Srinivasan

Associate Professor, Digital South Asian Studies

Martha Stolze

Martha Stolze

Academic Visitor

Gregory Thaler

Dr Gregory M. Thaler

Associate Professor of Environmental Geography and Latin American Studies

Zhe Wang

Zhe Wang

Departmental Lecturer in Contemporary Chinese Studies

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Dr Anna Wilson

REES Head of Language Studies and Teaching Fellow

guanlin wu

Guanlin Wu

DPhil in Area Studies (China)