1. Introduction: Researching development NGOs Susannah Pickering-Saqqa PART 1 Working together
2. Working together: NGOs, academics, practitioners and researchers Kathryn Kraft Dilemma Box 1: How to avoid unequal research partnerships between NGOs and academics, UK Jennifer Eggert Dilemma Box 2: The Re-education of a Fish and Chips Researcher, Somaliland Hamda Mohamed Discussion Susannah Pickering-Saqqa PART 2 Working with theory
3. Re-theorizing and Researching Non-Governmental Development Organisations Jonathan Makuwira 4. Playing power games: Analysing a Chinese non-governmental organisation’s practice in Mathare, Kenya Yi Wang 5. What happened to domestic programmes? The intriguing case of Islamic Relief Worldwide Susannah Pickering-Saqqa Dilemma Box 3: Fundraising for an NGO working with youth prisoners, Brazil Cally Magalhaes Dilemma Box 4: The role of NGOs in Ethiopia Endalkachew Yaregal Discussion Susannah Pickering-Saqqa PART 3 Working with data
6. A New Materialist approach for NGO research: The NGO-research Assemblage Emma Jones 7. Promoting linguistic inclusivity in NGO work Angela Crack 8. Using theatre as a data collection tool in menstrual health research in rural India Meera Tiwari and Allan Brimicombe Dilemma Box 5: Volunteering and Sustainability at Otra Cosa Network, Peru Juany Murphy Dilemma Box 6: Technologically mediated citizen-led welfarism in Nigeria Boluwatife Ajibola Discussion PART 4 Working with Methods
9. Historical Research of International NGOs and Global Development: Historiography, Methods and Critical Discussion Andrew Jones 10. Unlocking perceptions of civil society using photo elicitation: a case study from the Central African Republic Sarah Thomas 11. Rethinking NGO activism in light of postcolonial and decolonial feminist perspectives: evidence from sexual harassment interventions in Bangladesh Arunima Kishore Das Dilemma Box 7: Relevance and access ? challenges for students researching NGOs, Denmark Emma Munk Byrne Dilemma Box 8: Research in NGOs: in house or external? India Swati Saxena Discussion and Conclusions