Research resources
Supporting the growth of researchers with lived experience of displacement is the cornerstone of our approach. Our facilitation model enables a learning by doing’ approach. Our team of six research facilitators are fully dedicated to mentoring, supervising, and creating opportunities for displaced colleagues. Mutual accountability and structured skill exchange are central to creating genuine space for displaced researchers. This process is not only about ‘training’ displaced researchers, but also about gradually stepping back as their expertise grows and they take on leadership roles. We will be publishing more resources on our facilitation in 2026.
RLRH has also developed a curriculum on research methods, implementation, and analysis that is systematically provided to all team members, and was made public.
Training Package
The RLRH Training Package offers a comprehensive, accessible introduction to research methods, providing practical tips for early career researchers to design a qualitative study, collect, and analyse qualitative data.
There are 11 sessions available in the package:
- 1. Introduction to the research process & developing research questions
- 2. Getting start on a desk review and using Zotero
- 3. Introduction to research methods
- 4. Qualitative research
- 5. Arts-based and participatory research methods
- 6. Proposal writing
- 7. Developing qualitative tools
- 8. Developing a budget
- 9. Planning for data collection
- 10. Collecting qualitative data
- 11. Basics of qualitative data analysis
In each session folder, you will find a summary PDF, a video recording (between 20 and 35 min), possible responses to the exercise, and relevant open-source material cited in the session. The RLRH is not currently able to provide feedback on your individual exercises.
To receive the package, please click on the sign-up link below and complete the Google Form. Receiving the package is free of charge.
Guidelines for co-produced research
In 2023-2024, Harley and Wazefadost, with Act for Peace and the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, brought together several organisations, including the RLRH, to develop guidelines for co-produced research with refugees and other people with lived experience of displacement. These guidelines provide valuable and actionable guidance on applying ethical care throughout the research process. Researchers interested in co-production are strongly encouraged to refer to these guidelines, which were shaped by inputs from refugee researchers themselves.
