I do research on the relationships between universities and local governments by asking the research question (how) can universities contribute to the design (and implementation) of public policies at local level? With the help of a case study (Warsaw – Poland) I want to provide evidence of the role of university stakeholders in the process of design and implementation of the current Warsaw Development Strategy (adopted in 2018) and contrast this with their role in the historical process of designing the previous strategy (adopted in 2005). The data for the study are drawn from semi-structured interviews with key actors involved in the process of design and implementation of both documents. In addition, the data collection combines secondary sources in the form of policy documents and reports of both City of Warsaw and HEIs in Warsaw. I am not sure how to describe the method used for this purpose. It is a qualitative case study, but what about the perspective of investigating the phenomenon in two time points? I'm aware it is not the longitudinal approach, because I’m not interviewing the same people many times (just once, also in case of people taking part in both processes and being asked about two processes).
Dear Anna Dabrowska,
I don't know how far I understand your query, but depending on my understanding I am trying to give some input.
If you want to get confirmed about the case study at different times ,then definitely it will be a confirmation.
But the spending time is not that much suitable or nobody wants to spend much time to come the conclusion.
So, what we do in Physics, is called ENSEMBLE PROCEDURE.
We take similar systems at a time and instead of time we use large no of equivalent systems.
In this case study , I think , this procedure will be helpful to come to the conclusion.
Please consider a few no if Universities and the local governments.
If you carry on the same study for a no of Universities and local Governments at a time and if you find the same trend for all cases , then this is equivalent to the time scale study of single University and local Government.
So, you can come to the conclusion.
Thanks
N Das
Dear Anna Dabrowska,
I don't know how far I understand your query, but depending on my understanding I am trying to give some input.
If you want to get confirmed about the case study at different times ,then definitely it will be a confirmation.
But the spending time is not that much suitable or nobody wants to spend much time to come the conclusion.
So, what we do in Physics, is called ENSEMBLE PROCEDURE.
We take similar systems at a time and instead of time we use large no of equivalent systems.
In this case study , I think , this procedure will be helpful to come to the conclusion.
Please consider a few no if Universities and the local governments.
If you carry on the same study for a no of Universities and local Governments at a time and if you find the same trend for all cases , then this is equivalent to the time scale study of single University and local Government.
So, you can come to the conclusion.
Thanks
N Das
I would treat this as a comparative case study design, where the goal is to do systematic investigation of the similarities and differences between the two cases. Robert Yin's book on Case Study Research gives a great deal of useful advice on how to carry out comparative case studies.
Thank to all of you for your effort and for your answers. This is very helpful.
David, the comparative case study sound very convincing, thank you for your suggestion. If I understood correctly, the two case are just two processes of policy desing (in 2005 and 2018) within the same institution (the local government of Warsaw and their partners - including universities)?
I will definitely have a look at the work of Robert Yin. Thank you again.
Nityananda, thank you for you answer. I need to consider your suggestion.
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