Objective 

To equip students with the knowledge and skills to conduct research in the field of disaster management.

Content 

This course fundamentally exposes students to the processes involved in conducting research on issues related to disaster risk reduction. These include philosophy of social science research, conceptualization of a research problem, data collection and instrumentation, techniques in fieldwork, data analysis and presentation of results.

Mode of Delivery

The course will be delivered through lectures, seminars, fieldwork, individual and group presentations.