Course content

The course will cover the following topics:

• Conceptualising and researching various forms of gender-based violence
• Associations between violence and health: current knowledge
• Ethics, safety and researcher wellbeing
• Approaches to researching violence: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, intervention research
• Developing conceptual frameworks for violence and health research
• Social and gender norms, masculinities
• Evaluation research
• Violence research in health care settings
• Violence research in humanitarian settings

Teaching methods

The course will be taught through a series of face-to-face interactive lectures, practical exercises, group work and assigned reading. Lectures will be taught by LSHTM staff and international visiting lecturers.