SECTION 6:
THE NEXT STEPS
The aims of this project have been essentially methodological: to test the Buxton/Hanney approach in the context of the work of the AHFMR. In the short period involved some of the conclusions from this are necessarily somewhat tentative, and need further confirmatory testing. This final section attempts to summarize what has been found and to propose a series of possible next steps. These fall into three broad categories:
- Steps that the AHFMR might reasonably take to apply this approach as it stands;
- Further work that the AHFMR might undertake or commission to further develop and test more formally approaches for its future use;
- A number of key issues that need to form part of a broader research agenda in which the AHFMR might wish to be involved but which is not specific to it.
In each case the suggestions or recommendations are offered here for discussion and would benefit from further thought, development and refinement.
