TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovative research design - A journey into the information typhoon
AU - Chan, Jennifer
AU - Comes, Tina
N1 - Funding Information:
effort was supported by the work of volunteers that worked remotely – organized in networks such as the Humanitarian Open Street Map Team (HOT) or the Standby Task Force [3].
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Disasters are often characterized by their sudden onset and complex nature. The need for innovative and trans-disciplinary research that starts from the practice of disaster response is uncontested. Yet, the realities of field research require a rework of research design and processes. In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines in November 2013, a small team of researchers with different backgrounds came together in an innovative setting to investigate information management for decision support and sensemaking in the field. We combined the research in the field with remote support for logistics, communication and spot analyses. This letter describes our findings in working this setting, and discusses key methodological questions in the transformation of research from desk to field⋯ and back.
AB - Disasters are often characterized by their sudden onset and complex nature. The need for innovative and trans-disciplinary research that starts from the practice of disaster response is uncontested. Yet, the realities of field research require a rework of research design and processes. In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines in November 2013, a small team of researchers with different backgrounds came together in an innovative setting to investigate information management for decision support and sensemaking in the field. We combined the research in the field with remote support for logistics, communication and spot analyses. This letter describes our findings in working this setting, and discusses key methodological questions in the transformation of research from desk to field⋯ and back.
KW - Coordination
KW - Information management
KW - Typhoon Haiyan
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U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.07.038
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.07.038
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84914124774
VL - 78
SP - 52
EP - 58
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
SN - 1877-7058
T2 - Humanitarian Technology: Science, Systems and Global Impact 2014, HumTech2014
Y2 - 13 May 2014 through 15 May 2014
ER -