What Methods Do Social Scientists Use to Study Disasters? An Analysis of the Social Science Extreme Events Research Network
What Methods Do Social Scientists Use to Study Disasters? An Analysis of the Social Science Extreme Events Research Network
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DOI：
10.1177/0002764220938105
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Wu, Haorui
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作者：
Peek, Lori;Champeau, Heather;Wu, Haorui
方法很重要。它们影响我们在危险和灾难背景下所了解的内容以及我们对谁的了解。研究方法对于该领域的学术进步至关重要，因此，越来越多的出版物关注与极端事件研究相关的研究方法和伦理实践。尽管如此，仍然存在显着的差距。美国国家科学基金会资助的社会科学极端事件研究 (SSEER) 网络的成立，部分是为了满足有关社会科学危害和灾害研究人员的现状和专业知识的更具体信息的需求。本文利用来自联合国 (UN) 五个地区 1,013 名 SSEER 成员的数据，报告了 SSEER 研究人员的人口特征；提供社会科学危害和灾害研究人员使用的新颖方法清单；并探讨了方法论如何因特定研究人员属性而异，包括学科、专业地位、基于该领域参与程度的研究人员类型、研究的危险/灾害类型和研究的灾害阶段。研究结果对培训、指导和劳动力发展计划具有影响，这些计划旨在确保多样化的下一代社会科学研究人员做好研究灾害的根本原因和社会后果的准备。
Methods matter. They influence what we know and who we come to know about in the context of hazards and disasters. Research methods are of profound importance to the scholarly advancement of the field and, accordingly, a growing number of publications focus on research methods and ethical practices associated with the study of extreme events. Still, notable gaps exist. The National Science Foundation-funded Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) network was formed, in part, to respond to the need for more specific information about the status and expertise of the social science hazards and disaster research workforce. Drawing on data from 1,013 SSEER members located across five United Nations (UN) regions, this article reports on the demographic characteristics of SSEER researchers; provides a novel inventory of methods used by social science hazards and disaster researchers; and explores how methodological approaches vary by specific researcher attributes including discipline, professional status, researcher type based on level of involvement in the field, hazard/disaster type studied, and disaster phase studied. The results have implications for training, mentoring, and workforce development initiatives geared toward ensuring that a diverse next generation of social science researchers is prepared to study the root causes and social consequences of disasters.