Updates from our team
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Qualitative Research on Social Tensions in Lebanon
To complement and extend the tension monitoring system, UNDP commissioned a longitudinal qualitative research to gather rich insights from Syrians and Lebanese host communities themselves on social stability as a means ‘to unpack how inter-community tensions are related, why changes have been observed, and how incidences could be mitigated’. Over the course of 2019, Empatika worked with both Syrian and Lebanese researchers to explore these dynamics through an RCA study implemented across Lebanon’s eight governorates. This study was completed in December 2019 and provided insights into the factors driving tension and, more often, cooperation among these communities and how these relations are shaped by aid, politics, and economic factors. Empatika’s Lebanon-based research team is looking forward to bringing the skills they developed to its next study with UNICEF Lebanon, exploring barriers to education for stateless children in Lebanon. |
Syrian children drawing in Mt. Lebanon
One neighbourhood where our researchers stayed
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During the immersion, researchers did extensive observation on people's habits on eating, snacking, as well as infant/young child feeding.
Maternal, Adolescents, and Young Child Nutrition and WASH study and Action Research (Indonesia)
In 2019 Empatika began a multi-phase project using a variety of participatory approaches to explore maternal, adolescents, young child nutrition and WASH. This research will support the development of Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) strategies for stunting alleviation programs in Indonesia. The first phase has now been completed, involving immersions with families in four locations across West Java and Nusa Tenggara Timur.
The later phases will begin in early 2020 and will include structured research to follow-up on issues highlighted during the exploratory phase. This will provide the basis for Human Centered Design (HCD) workshops at the community level to brainstorm and prototype solutions to address challenges identified by community members themselves.
This project builds on Empatika’s previous work in 2019 that used immersion research to support a HCD process related to complementary feeding in Indonesia. We are excited to continue bringing research insights into action.
In 2019 Empatika began a multi-phase project using a variety of participatory approaches to explore maternal, adolescents, young child nutrition and WASH. This research will support the development of Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) strategies for stunting alleviation programs in Indonesia. The first phase has now been completed, involving immersions with families in four locations across West Java and Nusa Tenggara Timur.
The later phases will begin in early 2020 and will include structured research to follow-up on issues highlighted during the exploratory phase. This will provide the basis for Human Centered Design (HCD) workshops at the community level to brainstorm and prototype solutions to address challenges identified by community members themselves.
This project builds on Empatika’s previous work in 2019 that used immersion research to support a HCD process related to complementary feeding in Indonesia. We are excited to continue bringing research insights into action.
While waiting to be called at this Posyandu in West Java, children are enjoying sweet snacks
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A body mapping visual made by a teenage girl in one of the East Nusa Tenggara locations highlighting, among other things, the parts of her body that she likes the most
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See our 2019 year in review!