Rapid, remote and responsive research during Covid-19

Bibliographic Data

ID4737584
AuthorsJane Richardson (0000-0002-8230-7537, University of Liverpool, corresponding author), Barry Godfrey (0000-0002-4119-5137, University of Liverpool), Sandra Walklate (0000-0002-1628-9713, University of Liverpool)
Year2021
Volume14
Issue1
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMethodological Innovations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2059-7991 • E-ISSN: 2059-7991
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/20597991211008581
OpenAlexW3153136788
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited26

In March 2020, the UK Research and Innovation announced an emergency call for research to inform policy and practice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This call implicitly and explicitly required researchers to work rapidly, remotely and responsively. In this article, we briefly review how rapid response methods developed in health research can be used in other social science fields. After outlining the literature in this area, we use the early stages of our applied research into criminal justice responses to domestic abuse during COVID-19 as a case study to illustrate some of the practical challenges we faced in responding to this rapid funding call. We review our use of and experience with remote research methods and describe how we used and adapted these methods in our research, from data gathering through to transcription and analysis. We reflect on our experiences to date of what it means to be responsive in fast-changing research situations. Finally, we make some practical recommendations for conducting applied research in a 'nimble' way to meet the demands of working rapidly, remotely, responsively and, most importantly, responsibly

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminal justice · Criminology · Data collection · Data science · Engineering ethics · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Psychology · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access