Research projects are increasingly interdisciplinary enterprises, with stakeholder processes and engagement with SMEs considered a priority. In this changing professional context, gaining relevant research skills is becoming a necessity. Increasingly, natural scientists are faced with the need to work with people, in our case mostly with fishers; collaborating, communicating and participating together to increase the knowledge base and policy relevance of our work. A consequence of this, is a need for more targeted training in methods strongly developed in social science research, such as interviewing, observing and mapping.
This course will have a ‘learning by doing’ set up, whereby the facilitators give guidance on the basics of applied social science methods, give participants the confidence to use them, some social science theory underpinning them, and give background information (such as about the epistemology and ontology of the social sciences) for participants to learn more. Throughout the course, the facilitators will use interactive and inclusive work formats that can also be used in stakeholder meetings.
The objective is that through gaining new skills, participants will be better able to work effectively with stakeholders in (collaborative) research projects, as well as having a better appreciation of the strengths of social sciences in fisheries and marine research.
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It is assumed that scientists who have a ‘natural science’ (or interdisciplinary) background, will have some experience with working in collaborative research projects, working with stakeholders or are otherwise interested in learning more about social science methods in fisheries science. No knowledge of social science is required.
Registration closes on 08th of December 2025 at 23:59.
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