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Hosted by Peter Krause and Ora Szekely · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 20 episodes
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We talk to political scientists about what field research looks like on the ground. In each episode, we bring on expert guests to discuss different ethical and logistical aspects of the field research process, based on the book we co-edited with the same title: Stories From the Field: A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political Science (Columbia University Press, 2020).
Peter Krause and Ora Szekely hosts Stories from the Field, a education show with 20 episodes published.
Daniel Neep , who just published Syria: A Modern History , joins Ora Szekely , who published Syria Divided: Patterns of Violence in a Complex Civil War , for a conversation focusing on research on a specific conflict: th
After your field research is done, there is always that final, daunting step: publishing. We are joined by Caelyn Cobb , Senior Editor in global history and global politics for Columbia University Press, and Jacqueline H
When conducting research and fieldwork on civil war, it is not only challenging to remain impartial or get physically and emotionally close to conflict participants, but it is especially difficult to do both, given that
Even though you might think you know the place that you’re researching, things can still surprise you when you’re new to the field. In this episode, we welcome Ana Paula Pellegrino and Ulaş Erdoğdu . Pellegrino is the Ge
The study of civil war and political violence presents researchers with a wide range of ethical questions to navigate. In this episode, we welcome Christine Cheng (Senior Lecturer in War Studies at Kings College London)
Kira Jumet and Merouan Mekouar join the podcast to share their insights on what it means to be a “native scholar” and all the complications and benefits that can bring to the process of field research. We talk about the
The Stories from the Field Podcast is back for a second season! In this introductory episode of Season 2, Ora and Peter reunite to preview the new season line-up and look back on the origins of the podcast and the co-edi
In this special final episode, we weave together numerous lessons from throughout the book and podcast, from the value of unstructured time in the field to the surprising parallels between hosting a podcast and doing fie
Fotini Christia , Aliyu Zakayo , and Aidan Milliff offer their perspectives as a full professor, a medical doctor and researcher, and an advanced graduate student, respectively, on the ethical and logistical challenges p
We trace the process of learning field research by talking to a group of excellent undergraduate students ( Leah Hickert , Jack MacDonald , and Renata Martinez ) and advanced graduate students ( Vierelina Fernandez , Ays
We welcome Jesse Driscoll from UCSD, Milli Lake from the London School of Economics, and Sarah Parkinson from Johns Hopkins University to talk about teaching field research. How can we teach others how to think about, pr
We welcome Ravi Perry from Howard University and Sarah Zukerman Daly from Columbia University to talk about the crucial but oft-overlooked issues of health and safety in the field—whether in one's home community or in a
We talk to Enze Han from the University of Hong Kong and Robert Ross from Boston College about the significant potential and challenges of doing research in China. Our guests reflect on everything from their experiences
We welcome Matthew Cancian from MIT, Kristin Fabbe from Harvard Business School, and Kristin Michelitch from Vanderbilt University to talk about conducting field surveys and experiments. We discuss what goes into designi
We welcome Zoe Marks from Harvard Kennedy School and Will Reno from Northwestern University to talk about doing research in insecure or conflict-affected situations, and learning how to keep our research participants, ou
Once you're in "the field," how can you most effectively gain knowledge and collect information? How do you build trust and connections with local leaders? How to show respect and become part of a new community? How to a
How do our identities and lives outside of academia shape our fieldwork? And what does that look like in a region like the Middle East? We talk to Carla Abdo-Katsipis from Wesleyan University, Nadya Hajj from Wellesley C
Peter and Ora welcome Erica Chenoweth from Harvard Kennedy School and Zachariah Mampilly from the Marxe School of International Affairs at Baruch College to discuss research ethics, including whether political scientists
Ora and Peter welcome Christina Greer from Fordham University, Wendy Pearlman from Northwestern University, and Paul Staniland from the University of Chicago to discuss local knowledge, perhaps the most important aspect
In this introductory episode, Peter and Ora discuss the evolving definition of "field research," which is conventionally defined as research conducted outside of one’s institution to observe, interact with, and interview
Jacqueline Hazelton
International Security
1 appearance on this show
Caelyn Cobb
Columbia University Press
1 appearance on this show
Ana Paula Pellegrino
Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University
1 appearance on this show
Ulaş Erdoğdu
Northwestern University
1 appearance on this show
Christine Cheng
Kings College London
1 appearance on this show
Christopher Day
College of Charleston
1 appearance on this show
Milli Lake
London School of Economics
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Parkinson
Johns Hopkins University
1 appearance on this show
Jesse Driscoll
UCSD
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Zukerman Daly
Columbia University
1 appearance on this show
Ravi Perry
Howard University
1 appearance on this show
Robert Ross
Boston College
1 appearance on this show
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