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| How it Works: Research |
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The Program builds research portals tailored to a particular conflict
or issue area - in this case, on Building Human Security in Indonesia. The portals are, in essence, 'one-stop
shops' of specifically crafted Web-based research tools that provide
researchers and policy makers with the information and analysis
that are necessary conditions for informed debate and policy
making. They also help local and international organizations to form
networks to share and focus ideas and projects. The portals have a
number of objectives:
- They provide easy access to critical information and analysis
on human insecurity issues in risk-prone countries and
regions.
- They provide a structure that can be used to create virtual
networks enabling individuals and institutions with common
interests to communicate and share information and analysis.
- They can alert policy makers, both in government and civil
society organizations, to relevant academic material and
locally based projects that would otherwise be ignored. In so
doing they can help increase the policy relevance of academic,
‘think tank’ and NGO research.
Throughout the conference, new documents will be added to the portal in response to
issues brought up in the debate, specific requests or
postings by the participants. It is hoped that the participants will
find the research platform a useful resource for the duration of
the conference.
In order to suggest a document or organization for inclusion in
the portal, please either email the document (or the document's web address) to hpcr@hsph.harvard.edu or submit it through our website.
From the research database, the Conference Moderator has
selected a few documents of particular relevance to the issue at
hand along with a series of key questions to catalyze the debate.
These pieces should be considered as a potential starting point
and participants may choose whether to address them or to
provide other inputs into the debate.
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