Essex Human Rights Online Summer School University of Essex

Overview

Taught by an international faculty of leading experts in the field, the Summer School will examine human rights research methods, advocacy and campaigning strategies, and aspects of professional development. The programme includes sessions that address growing challenges human rights professionals face and highlights opportunities to overcome them. The curriculum is designed to build the capacity of both mid-career human rights professionals and postgraduate students to be successful human rights defenders and researchers.

Key Facts

In taking this Essex Human Rights Online Summer School from University of Essex, participants will: 

• Acquire a strong understanding of the several methods used in human rights research covering qualitative and quantitative methods as well as emerging methods such as the use of experiments in the social sciences

• Understand how to do research in different country contexts including in closed and challenging societies

• Learn to design research projects with a strong methodology to have optimal impact on policy and practice

• Gain a strong appreciation of a range of advocacy tools including litigation, international advocacy as well as of strategies on running campaigns to achieve change