Mental Health in Post-Conflict and Forced Migration Contexts
Cecilia Mo, Professor
Political Science
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
This project focuses on the impact of mental health in post-conflict and forced migration contexts. There are two primary research areas within the larger project: (1) producing a systematic review article on how living through and beyond trauma impact communities affected by conflict and forced migration, and (2) conducting an analysis of how policy and programming on mental health among international organizations has shifted in the past two decades.
Role: Students will be asked to assist in providing support for project research, writing and analysis, including:
- completing reviews of the literature of academic sources on trauma, conflict, and forced labor;
- assisting with quantitative data cleaning, analysis, and write up;
- preparing tables, infographics, and slides for presentations and reports.
Students will develop the following skills:
- conducting quantitative and qualitative data analysis;
- working with survey research design and analysis;
- completing basic programming in R and/or STATA.
Students will be introduced to Professor Mo at the beginning of the semester and will have the chance to discuss project progress, their own research, and/or professional interests with Professor Mo at the end of the semester.
Qualifications: Qualifications:
- Students should be detail-oriented, organized, and self-motivated, and interested in the research areas of global mental health, human rights, and/or peacebuilding;
- Some experience with programming (R, STATA, Excel, Overleaf) is a plus, but not required.
Please mention any experience with social science research methods (e.g., analyzing data, methods courses, programming experience) in your application.
Hours: 6-8 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: All meetings will be conducted remotely.
Related website: https://hsvt.berkeley.edu/
Social Sciences