Research Methodology
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As nations around the world continue to seek to understand the COVID-19 pandemic and find ways to protect their most vulnerable citizens, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has presented both interesting solutions and disturbing challenges. This video, which features a presentation from the 4th Autumn School on the Methodology of Research in Law, explores the use of inclusive research methodologies that capture crucial international perspectives that can help to advance the pursuit of accountable AI.
Professor Angela Cameron and Professor Suzie Dunn lead an informative discussion about methodologies for bringing a feminist approach to legal research. They address how specific methods of social inquiry, like institutional ethnography and a delicate balance of qualitative and quantitative data collection, bolster their work and enable them to look to the margins to include often overlooked voices and perspectives.
Professor Jane Bailey of the University of Ottawa’s Common Law Section and Dr. Valerie Steeves of the Faculty of Social Sciences have developed new ways of putting empirical social science research into conversation with policy and theory. Their research on young people’s use of networked spaces aims to give youth a chance to articulate their own experiences and needs and has necessitated the creation of new, inclusive research methodologies.
Professor Aimée Craft of the Common Law Section of the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law leads an in-depth discussion of Indigenous research methodologies, exploring what “Indigenous research” really means. She sheds light on specific approaches to research with, for and by Indigenous communities, paying special attention to the ethical questions, community dynamics, relationships and concepts of reciprocity that must be taken into account to create effective research methodologies.
