This course is available to MPhil/PhD students from across the LSE who would like to develop specific aspects of their methodological training. MY580 is not a traditional course but a series of one-off workshops. Places on individual workshops are limited, and participants must register via LSE's Training and Development System. This course is also available to MSc students where regulations permit it, but priority is given to MPhil/PhD students as places on individual workshops are limited.

MY580 is a series of workshop modules that provide intensive training in specific methodological topics. The workshops cover a broad array of themes from research design to data collection to data analysis and do so from a broad array of methodological traditions – qualitative, quantitative, and computational. Topics to be covered each term will be listed on Moodle. Workshops typically range from two to four hours each and are a mix of traditional teaching and hands-on practical activities. These interdisciplinary sessions provide a space for students to develop advanced methodological skills and exchange ideas with peers.

Sessions are to be held in term time throughout the year. Participants are required to sign up via LSE’s Training and Development System.

Research students can sign up to for as many workshops as they wish (subject to availability).

Most workshops do not require reading prior to the session, but each session will provide its own recommended reading list, available on Moodle, where appropriate.

This course is non-examinable.