Theme leads
- Luisa Enria, Assistant Professor
- Shelley Lees, Professor in Anthropology of Public Health
About
The social science data theme brings a critical perspective to the knowledge production processes and highlights the contribution of qualitative and quantitative social science data to global health research, with an emphasis on anthropological data. This data not only considers individual experiences and perceptions of global health but also provides insights into political, social, economic and historical factors that impact on individual and community experiences and perceptions.
This theme explores how social science data can ensure a critical perspective in knowledge production processes, including looking at questions of ethics and equity. Additionally, it investigates innovative approaches to data collection analysis including community-led research methods, machine learning for data analysis, new efforts in developing open access qualitative data repositories and the use of ethnographic data for shaping epidemiological models. Finally, this theme takes a critical view on the ways in which different types of data are utilised to influence policy and offer opportunities to explore how hierarchies and priorities of certain types of data drive funding decisions.
Areas of active research
- PAVE - The Politics and Anthropology of Violence and Epidemics
- AVID
- Building trust in epidemic response
- Anthropology of Ebola Vaccine Trials in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo
- ALERRT Social Science Work Package
- Crisis of Confidence
- Online and Offline Rumours
- Rapid Anthropological Assessments of COVID-19 Impacts on Trust & Behaviours in Communities in the UK and Sierra Leone
- Violence against women