The network’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. KCO’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.
One subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice.
Social research methods and ethics
Collecting evidence about people fairly and safely, when those people may be at risk.
- Status
- Open
- Fields
- 5
- Courses
- 1
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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How this page handles evidence
Every figure carries its measure, year, source and label. Unknown is shown as unknown.
- Verified
- A label: the item matches its primary record, such as the official table or the Crossref entry.
- Secondary source
- A label: the figure comes from a reliable report about the source, not from the source itself.
- To verify
- A label: the item is listed as found and still needs checking against its source.
Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- Vedat Tüfekçi (2025). The Sheikh Mahmud Rebellion as Reflected in Ottoman Military Archives: A Struggle for Kurdish Independence under British Occupation. International Journal of Kurdish Studies. DOI 10.21600/ijoks.1722635
- Hasan IE, Al-Atroshi SJA (2026). Mabast dataset for Sorani Kurdish dialect semantic text classification.. Data Brief. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2026.113121
- Christine ALLISON (2005). Oral History in Kurdistan. Journal of Kurdish Studies. DOI 10.2143/jks.2.1.519234
- Kurdistan24 Interview at Kurdish Exile Museum (2020). Kurdish Exile Museum.
- Kurdistan TV Interview at Kurdish Museum (2020). Kurdish Exile Museum.
01Fields
The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.
- Qualitative methods
- Survey research
- Participatory research
- Community data and privacy
- Research ethics
02Classification
Where the discipline sits in the international lists of fields.
| Scheme | Code | Steward |
|---|---|---|
| OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.2 | 5.9 | OECD |
| ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013) | 0388 | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
03Courses
Proposed 1
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Community data and privacy
Outline in preparation.
Wave 3 Planned
A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
04Communities of practice
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Community of practice: Indicators and Methods
A A proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides. A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on indicators, figures and the methods behind them.
Proposed
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Community of practice: Peer Review
A proposed community of practice that reviews the network’s content and outputs before use.
Proposed
05Contribute to this field
Experts of every background teach, review and advance the field.
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Course author
Write or revise a course of this field, from its outline to its lessons.
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Expert reviewer
Review outlines, lessons and assessments in your field before teaching starts.
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Translator
Translate courses and pages of this field into the languages of the community.
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Steward
Keep the field’s map of courses, sources and Anyone who writes, reviews, translates or teaches here, from any background, named only with consent. current.
06Related service subsites
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Research
Kurdish studies: the observatory, reading lists and new research.
07More in this department
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Migration and refugee studies
Forced displacement, settlement, return and statelessness, from the camps of the region to European cities.
1 course5 fields
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Diaspora studies
Communities that live apart from a homeland and keep ties to it, and the politics of those ties.
1 course4 fields
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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Social research methods and ethics. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/research-methods/
- Chicago
The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Social Research Methods and Ethics.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/research-methods/.
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@misc{kco2026_learn_disciplines_research_methods, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Social research methods and ethics}, url = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/research-methods/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/research-methods/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - The Kurdish Cooperation Organization DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - kco2026_learn_discip N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Social research methods and ethics UR - https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/research-methods/ ER -
08Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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Vedat Tüfekçi · 2025 · International Journal of Kurdish Studies
ArticleCrossref
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Mabast dataset for Sorani Kurdish dialect semantic text classification.
Hasan IE, Al-Atroshi SJA · 2026 · Data Brief
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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Christine ALLISON · 2005 · Journal of Kurdish Studies
ArticleCrossref
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Kurdistan24 Interview at Kurdish Exile Museum
2020 · Kurdish Exile Museum
ArticleKurdish Exile Museum
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Kurdistan TV Interview at Kurdish Museum
2020 · Kurdish Exile Museum
ArticleKurdish Exile Museum
Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; Europe PMC (Metadata reusable; full text under each article’s licence), 2026-10-23; Kurdish Exile Museum (Site feed; headline and link only), 2026-10-23.