EU410
Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design
This information is for the 2019/20 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis CBG.5.05
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Sciences Po), MSc in Political Economy of Europe and MSc in Political Economy of Europe (LSE and Sciences Po). This course is not available as an outside option.
Course content
This series of workshops and lectures offers an introduction to research methods and design for all students taking masters degrees in the European Institute. Themes discussed include: methods in the social sciences and in the humanities; common problems of research design; advice on writing coursework essays and dissertations; advice on critical reading and interpretation of texts; the logic of comparative case-studies; comparative research and an introduction to quantitative methods and data sources. Each session will consist of short lecture elements followed by group work in which students with their different backgrounds help each other to solve specific problems of research design.
Teaching
4 hours of lectures and 3 hours of workshops in the MT. 4 hours of lectures and 3 hours of workshops in the LT.
A total of 4 hours of lectures in both MT and LT. Two 1.5 hour workshops in Reading week 6 of MT and LT.
Indicative reading
Bob Hancké, Intelligent Research Design: A guide for beginning researchers in the social sciences, Oxford UP 2009.
Assessment
There is no examination for this course.
Teachers' comment
Key facts
Department: European Institute
Total students 2018/19: 111
Average class size 2018/19: 111
Controlled access 2018/19: No
Value: Non-credit bearing
Personal development skills
- Self-management
- Application of numeracy skills
- Specialist skills
This is an unexamined course. We do not currently undertake a course survey.