Readings Overview – CALS602 [CLALD-MA 2023-1 OL] Sep 25 2023

This readings overview is provided as an openly-available list of the readings for this course.

Current registered students should access the official readings list for this course: use the links provided below the resources menu, or in Moodle.

Unit 1 Readings

Priority Library Guides for Unit 1

The University of Southern California has an extended research guide to Writing a Research Proposal .Remember that Assignment 4 will adhere to the template provided so, in case of any conflicting advice, you must follow the template.
A guide to digital research offers a good orientation to understanding literature as data.
The guide ontypes of academic writing offers insights into developing both reflective journals and the persuasive arguments that are key to successful research proposals.
Guides for referencing softwareMendeley or Zotero can help you track the literature you access, keep it organised, and make it easily citable for multiple purposes.

Required reading

Government of Canada (2021). Tri-Agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research (2021).

Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). The Selection of a Research Approach. In Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (5th ed., pp. 3-22). SAGE.

The Reconciling Ways of Knowing Society. (2021). Reconciling Ways of Knowing; Indigenous Knowledge and Science.

Recommended Reading

In each unit during the course, 1-3 relevant new readings will be assigned from newly published journal papers related to issues of the day, reflecting the quickly changing nature of knowledge affecting climate action. These readings will inform learning activities that support the learning outcomes.

These two Focus Readings for Unit 1 can be accessed through your library account. They offer insights into different approaches to understanding what drives climate action. While Whitmarsh et al. (2022) used surveys to understand if climate anxiety predicts engagement in climate action, Winkelmann et al. (2022) used expert insights to understand social tipping processes as potential drivers towards climate action. Consider the abstracts as overall guides to the research process, building from question formulation and literature review to choosing methods and analyzing data, all steps informing the discussion and conclusions. Make field notes of your impressions and thoughts for later reflection.

Whitmarsh, L., Player, L., Jiongco, A., James, M., Williams, M., Marks, E., & Kennedy-Williams, P. (2022). Climate anxiety: What predicts it and how is it related to climate action? Journal of Environmental Psychology, 83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101866

Winkelmann, R., Donges, J. F., Smith, E. K., Milkoreit, M., Eder, C., Heitzig, J., Katsanidou, A., Wiedermann, M., Wunderling, N., & Lenton, T. M. (2022). Social tipping processes towards climate action: A conceptual framework. Ecological Economics, 192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107242

Unit 2 Readings

Priority Library Guides for Unit 2

The Library Guide to understand arguments, Building an Argument, will help you to evaluate and construct knowledge through critical thinking.
The Library Guide on grey literature, What is grey literature?, will help to evaluate information sources such as government agencies, research institutes, organizations or companies

Required reading

Brownhill, S., Ungarova, T., & Bipazhanova, A. (2017). ‘Jumping the first hurdle’: Framing action research questions using the Ice Cream Cone Model. Methodological Innovations, 10(3).

Gorard, S. (2011, 2021/11/15). How do I choose between different research methods? London.

Rout, C. C., & Aldous, C. (2016). How to write a research protocol. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 22(4), 101-107.

Salmons, J. (2016). Choosing Methodologies and Methods for Online Studies. In Doing Qualitative Research Online (pp. 17-39). SAGE.

Unit 3 Readings

Priority Library Guides for Unit 3

The University of Southern California has an extended research guide to Writing a Research Proposal. Remember that Assignment 4 will adhere to the template provided so, in case of any conflicting advice, you must follow the template.
These Library Guides to research methods and appropriate software will help you to select appropriate data collection and analysis methods suited to your research purpose.
The Library guide to infographics will help you to visually communicate research findings and use graphics to make persuasive arguments
The University of Alberta Indigenous Research Guide provides information on Indigenous research methods, data sovereignty and citation styles.

Required Reading

Bhattacherjee, A. (2012). Interpretive Research. In Social Science Research: Principles, Methods and Practices (pp. 103-111).

Brock, T., Reed, M. G., & Stewart, K. J. (2021, Apr 1). Indigenous community participation in resource development decision-making: Practitioner perceptions of legal and voluntary arrangements. J Environ Manage, 283, 111922.