Data for: "Shifting a food system conference online mitigates structural barriers to equitable participation, but hinders meaningful interpersonal connections"

Walton, Z. 2023. Data for: "Shifting a food system conference online mitigates structural barriers to equitable participation, but hinders meaningful interpersonal connections". [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003485.

Walton, Z. Data for: "Shifting a food system conference online mitigates structural barriers to equitable participation, but hinders meaningful interpersonal connections" [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2023. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003485.

Walton, Z (2023). Data for: "Shifting a food system conference online mitigates structural barriers to equitable participation, but hinders meaningful interpersonal connections". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003485.

Description

Research data collected as part of a project to explore the differences in participant experience during online conferences relative to in-person conferences. Data was collected by the ANH Academy team for the purpose of understanding and facilitating the equitable and sustainable exchange of knowledge and research across disciplines, regions, and perspectives at the ANH Academy Conference 2021. It is comprised of [1] quantitative data outlining participant engagement with online training sessions held during the conference and [2] qualitative data collected through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews to understand participants' experiences of attending and participating in a conference online in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Description of data capture

Data was collected by the ANH Academy team for the purpose of understanding and facilitating the equitable and sustainable exchange of knowledge and research across disciplines, regions, and perspectives at the ANH Academy Conference 2021. The project collected information from Zoom videoconferencing data of participants session duration, chat box activity, and total number of sessions attended across a three day research conference. It was followed up with exploratory qualitative data collection in the form of focus group discussions and in-depth interviews to understand participants' experiences of attending and participating in a conference online in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

Data capture method

Interview, Focus Group, Aggregation

Data Collection Period

From	To
21 June 2021	31 May 2022

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

11 August 2023

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Walton, Z
Associated roles	Yates, J (Supervisor)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Population Health (2012- )
Research Group	The Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) programme
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Projects

Funders

Project	Funder	Grant Number	Funder URI
UNSPECIFIED	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	INV-002962	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000865
UNSPECIFIED	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	300654	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100020171