A better how: Manage relationships when starting and ending research with human participants
Establishing and nurturing relationships with communities is critical for the success of development research involving human participants. By investing resources and effort into fostering these relationships, researchers can cultivate mutual…
Contextually grounded research in postgraduate research training in Africa: why and how
Stepping into postgraduate research training in Kenya The process of founding Eider Africa, an African-led research mentorship organization in Kenya in 2016, has been thought-provoking, healing, occasionally perplexing, and inspirational.…
Tafakari Yearbook 2024
  Yearbook You are not alone: human behavior under pressure Download PDF Busara SECTORBehavioral sciencePROJECT TYPEYearbookBEHAVIORAL THEMECollaboration| Community| Engagement OVERVIEW As an organization dedicated to behavioral science in pursuit of…
We’re WEIRD: addressing the narrowness of behavioral science
Note: this blog post is an excerpt from Steve’s chapter in the soon-to-be-published book: Behavioral Science for Development: Insights and Strategies for Global Impact, edited by Luis Artavia-Mora & Zarak…
Participant voice first: The Busara research agenda on ethical research in the Global South
Groundwork Participant voice first: The Busara research agenda on ethical research in the Global South Download PDF SECTOR Ethical research PROJECT TYPE Field and Lab Experiments BEHAVIORAL THEME Integrity…
When the measure is broken the solution is wrong: a project on intimate partner violence in Nairobi shows why choosing the right measure matters.
Measures enable us to estimate behavior change due to a particular intervention. In research settings, reliable and valid measures are a prerequisite to answer research questions and draw conclusions about…