Adapting research methods in COVID-19 era

In response to the challenging times, researchers from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences have organised a space to offer forums for discussion, ideas for redirecting research or modifying methodologies, and opportunities for networking.

This week's Fieldwork Futures Seminar covered two main topics: "ReDesigning Research - Exploring methodologies" (second part), and "Ethics and reframing protocols to be COVID-safe".

In this instance, Rob Ackland presented the VOSON Lab R tools: vosonSML and VOSONDash, and an example of a network constructed with CASS Twitter handles (schools, centres, projects) as the seeds.

The seminar was held on October 21, 2020, via Zoom. The Fieldwork Futures group is also organising a website to make resources available (tools, methods, data, etc.).