Catalogue of Competencies
Competency Domain 0. Discipline-specific research knowledge, skills and attitudes (disciplinary foundation)
Competency 0.1. Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to apply, adapt and advance core discipline-specific principles, concepts, theories, and frameworks.
- Basic level: Know about and comprehend core discipline-specific principles, concepts, theories, and frameworks.
- Skilled level: Appropriately apply core discipline-specific principles, concepts, theories, and frameworks under supervision.
- Advanced level: Independently apply and adapt core discipline-specific principles, concepts, theories, and frameworks and evaluate and further advance them.
Competency 0.2. Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to apply and adapt core discipline-specific research methods and approaches.
- Basic level: Know about and comprehend core discipline-specific research methods and approaches.
- Skilled level: Appropriately apply core discipline-specific research methods and approaches under supervision.
- Advanced level: Independently apply and adapt core discipline-specific research methods and approaches and evaluate and further advance them.
Explanatory note: As discussed in the introduction section of the full version of the Catalogue of Competencies, researchers have a background in one or more disciplines, based on their previous studies, and the vast majority will be anchored to one or several main disciplines during their doctoral and postdoctoral studies. The advancement of their disciplinary-specific competencies can be achieved in parallel with, in an intersecting way with, or part of a cross-/inter/trans-disciplinary approach to the development of competencies related to global health research. Competency Domain 0 is included to serve as a prompt for different research areas and disciplines within global health research to consider specifically how core-discipline competencies and global health research competencies will be relevant and intersect over the doctoral and postdoctoral journey. This should inform consideration of how this catalogue of competencies might need to be adapted to reflect these important contextual and operational factors. |