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Research Methodology for Young Researchers

A hands-on programme that takes the researcher from the research question to a research plan ready for implementation, with practical training in data collection and analysis tools.

Dates
19–23 October 2026
Duration
5 days · 25 training hours
Venue
The Center's premises — Baghdad · In person
Fees
75,000 Iraqi dinars

Who it is for

Postgraduate students, early-career researchers and staff of research units in organisations.

Objectives

  • Framing an answerable research question and defining its scope.
  • Choosing the right research design: quantitative, qualitative or mixed.
  • Building a questionnaire and an interview guide and field-testing them.
  • Reading results and presenting them in clear tables and figures.
  • Writing a five-page research plan, reviewed at the end of the programme.

Modules

  1. 1From the idea to the research question
  2. 2Literature review and building the conceptual framework
  3. 3Research designs and sampling
  4. 4Data collection tools: questionnaires, interviews and focus groups
  5. 5Basics of analysis and presenting results
  6. 6Research ethics and protecting respondents' data
  7. 7Presenting and reviewing the research plans

Trainer

Dr Zainab Al-Khafaji

Researcher — Society and Education

Dr Zainab Al-Khafaji studies education policy, school dropout and young people's transition to work.

Certificate

A certificate of participation accredited by the Center for those who attend 80% of the hours and submit the research plan.