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CSED Research Team / Bangladesh

Research that helps learning and communities move forward.

We explore questions in education, skills development and social development. We work to understand real challenges, produce careful evidence and make research useful to the people it affects.

  • Listen
  • Investigate
  • Share

Explore the archive

Search reports, briefs, working papers, tools and updates. Narrow by topic, output type or language.

New to research?

Start with the basics. No background needed.

  • 1Learn what makes a good research question
  • 2Find and judge credible sources
  • 3Plan a small, ethical study
Start here

Find your path

One useful next step, whoever you are

Choose what describes you best. We will point you to the parts of the site made for you.

Learn research, step by step

Free introductory courses, a glossary, checklists and templates that take you from a first question to a small practice project.

Start with Research Basics

How we work

From question to insight, carefully

Every study follows the same simple promise: listen first, investigate responsibly and share what we learn with its limits.

Listen first

Begin with lived experience and the people closest to the question.

Investigate carefully

Review existing evidence, choose fitting methods and seek ethics review before involving anyone.

Share what we learn

Turn findings into briefs, tools and summaries people can actually use.

  1. AskStart with a clear, useful question
  2. Review evidenceLearn what is already known
  3. Design ethicallyFit methods, check risk, get approval
  4. StudyCollect data with consent and care
  5. AnalyseDocument decisions, check findings
  6. Share learningPublish conclusions with their limits

We publish only materials that have passed quality, privacy and rights checks.

About the Research Team

Practical, ethical and accessible research

We develop studies and evidence reviews, learn from community and programme experience, and share findings in formats that students, educators, practitioners and decision-makers can use.

Clear questionsEvery study begins with a question worth answering and a reason it matters.
Responsible methodsMethods that fit the question, with ethics review before we involve participants.
Respect for participantsVoluntary consent, privacy and safeguarding come before any finding.
Transparent limitsWe say what our evidence can and cannot show, and share openly where it is safe.
Plain language Local context Careful methods

Research Learning Academy

Learn research, step by step

A beginner pathway from “what is research?” to a small, ethical and well-documented practice project, with examples from Bangladesh.

All courses
Pilot course, opening soon

Course 1: Research Basics

What research is, how it differs from opinion, the types of evidence, and how to judge reliability and limitations.

  • Beginner
  • About 60 to 90 minutes
  • Short modules
  • Free
  • Explain the research cycle in your own words
  • Tell a research question apart from an opinion
  • Write one clear research question of your own
See the course outline
  1. 1
    Start hereCourse 1: Research BasicsExplain a research question, an evidence source and a limitation.
  2. 2
    Build the questionCourses 2 and 3: Literature and study designProduce a search log and a one-page concept note.
  3. 3
    Choose a methodCourse 4 or 5: Interviews or surveysDraft an instrument that fits your question, with a pilot plan.
  4. 4
    Work responsiblyCourses 6 and 7: Ethics and data managementComplete an ethics scenario and a data-management exercise.
  5. 5
    Share findingsCourses 8 and 9: Writing and research into actionWrite a referenced summary or a two-page practice brief.

Only list courses that are ready. Mark the rest “coming soon” and publish the passing criteria for any completion certificate.

Voices

Heard from the community

“Replace this with a real quote from a participant, partner, or reader.”

Source name, role

“Add a second consented quote, for example from a teacher or partner organisation.”

Source name, organisation

Quote cards are placeholders. Only add quotes and photos people have agreed to share, and never name a participant without consent.

From the team

Latest publications and updates

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Find studies, briefs and tools that matter to you, or start learning research from the very first step.