Research Protocol - For Researchers wanting to work with Transition Initiatives
NB: Members of the TRN are currently working together to further develop research protocols initially developed by Transition Network. In the meantime please take into account the recommendations below. Comments or questions about these protocols are very welcome. Please contact us.
Research is often undertaken as an extractive process with minimal benefit given back to the subject(s) being researched. This approach is not viable in the context of Transition. All researchers need to have identified and agreed a clear benefit for, at minimum, the Initiative(s) involved and preferably the wider network of Transition Initiatives .
Before engaging with any initiatives, please do the following research:
Once the work has been completed, please:
If you have any trouble adding your research to either of these two sites please email us.
Research is often undertaken as an extractive process with minimal benefit given back to the subject(s) being researched. This approach is not viable in the context of Transition. All researchers need to have identified and agreed a clear benefit for, at minimum, the Initiative(s) involved and preferably the wider network of Transition Initiatives .
Before engaging with any initiatives, please do the following research:
- Check the on-line Transition Research repository at "citeulike"
- Read the transition initiatives primer
- Check the initiative directory for the initiative - you may find information there that materially affects your plans
- Review the archived education and universities forum and archived research forums (new one here) to check what other academic activity may have occurred or may already be occurring at your target initiative(s)
- Add a note to the forum regarding your own intentions to alert other potential researchers of your plans
- Draft up an outline proposal for your research to submit to the initiative(s) that clearly establishes:
- the amount of effort that the initiative will be expected to provide, and when they'll need to provide it.
- the benefits they'll get from your research
- the benefits that the wider transition network will gain
- when your work will be completed
- the amount of effort that the initiative will be expected to provide, and when they'll need to provide it.
- engage with the initiative(s) to negotiate the work and timings
- update the forum when you know when the work will commence
Once the work has been completed, please:
- Add it to the resources directory on the Transition Network website, noting in the resource title the name of the specific initiative (if appropriate)
- Send your paper to us so that we can add it to the on-line Transition Research repository "citeulike"
If you have any trouble adding your research to either of these two sites please email us.
