Public Policy Resources at HBKU

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According to Kilonzo & Ojebode, (2023) "Public policy research is one whose primary aim is to understand or explain social, political, economic, cultural and other issues that are significant to the society and which require the intervention or attention of policy actors".

Therefore, researchers are expected to do comprehensive, thorough and trustable research in multidisciplinary resources as well as subject specific ones, and use multiple research approaches, including but not limited to, general and legal research.

 General Research

If you feel overwhelmed or confused how to start your research, follow the general research approach:

• Plan your research well. It saves you time, and helps you get a well structured and focused work.
• Decide on the types of information sources that you need and how each type will be used in your research.
• Apply the search techniques to get the most relevant results.
• Review the results and select the most pertinent resources.
• Cite the sources properly in text and in the references list.

 Legal Research

In terms of Legal Research, the steps are slightly more specific, please refer to the Legal Research in the Law Resources at HBKU guide for more details.

• Define your Legal Research Question
• Understand the area of law in the question by consulting Secondary Sources
• Locate laws in Primary Sources
• Continuously Review Results as you go about your research
• Check Good Laws

Reference:

Kilonzo, S. M., & Ojebode, A. (2023). Research Methods for Public Policy. In E. R. Aiyede & B. Muganda (Eds.), Public Policy and Research in Africa (pp. 63–85). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99724-3_4