Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Project Title
For a pilot study on data collection in conflict-affected countries
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
46 months
Description
The scarcity of qualitative and quantitative data owned and collected by Africans with African-led methods contributes to major inequalities in knowledge production informing peacebuilding research in Africa. In response to a request for proposals, the Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD) and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) will address the lack of localized peacebuilding solutions developed by African academics and practitioners, and explore the role of governance in spurring violence in specific localities. Focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, the ACORD/HHI partnership will develop a data methodology and dataset examining the relationship between citizen participation in service delivery mechanisms and localized conflict.