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トピック：Doing Qualitative Research in Cyberspace
日時：2020年11月18日(水)、19日（木）　9：00～11：00
実施方法: オンライン(ZOOM)

Report
Kyoto University School of Public Health Short Course on 18th and 19th Nov 2020 (9:00-11:00 AM, JST)
Doing Qualitative Research in Cyberspace

Speaker:
Prof. Pranee Liamputtong
Professor of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia

Opening Remarks:
Opening remarks and introductions were made by Dr. Ayako Kohno from Internationalization Promotion Office (IPO), Kyoto University. Professor Liamputtong is currently located at the School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia. She is a global leading scholar in qualitative research methodology and has more than 300 publications on various topics, as well as textbooks on how to conduct qualitative research.

Summary:
On the first day, Prof. Liamputtong described the nature of online research, the advantages and disadvantages, practicalities, and possible sources for online research data. She explained what research questions are suitable for online research, how we can approach the population, which types of data sources we can use, and how we can gain e-data while maintaining confidentiality and security with concrete examples.
On the second day, she explained the methods of online qualitative research. She included some means of collecting data online such as through the unobtrusive methods, focus groups, individual interviews, virtual ethnography, and surveys and questionnaires. She also introduced her previous researches and explained the details and feasible tips for conducting qualitative research online.
We had an active Q & A session with questions related to conducting online researches on both days.

Organized by:
Ayako Kohno, Program-specific Assistant Professor
Internationalization Promotion Office (IPO),
Kyoto University School of Public Health

Staff:
Mai Takeshita, DrPH. candidate, Dept of Health Informatics
Swati Mittal, MPH candidate, Dept of Health Informatics