After successful completion of the course, students are able to formulate a research design that fits well with their research question. They have a good overview of social and spatial research methodologies.

1st October 2019 Research Methodology and Design (Unit 1 and 2)

9am         Introduction

11am       Research Designs and Research Methodologies

9th October 2019 Research Paradigms, Processes and Strategies (Unit 3 and 4)

9am                Research Paradigms 

10:15am         Research Process

11:30am         Developing Research Strategies

13th Nov 2019 Case Study Based Research Design (Unit 5 and 6)

9am                Case Study Research

10:15am         Research Workshop I Single Case Study (Volunteer 1: NAME)

11:30am         Research Workshop II Multiple Case Studies (Volunteer 1: NAME)

14^th Nov 2019 (tbc)

Faculty Doctoral Colloquium

4th Dec 2019 Methods and Triangulation (Unit 7 and 8)

9 am               Research Methods, Multi-Method Research Design and Triangulation

10:15am         Research Workshop I Methods (Volunteer 3: NAME)

11:30am         Research Workshop II Triangulation (Volunteer 4: NAME)

18^th Dec 2019 Relation Theory and Empirics (Unit 9 and 10)

9 am               Empirical Theory and Theories of Middle Range

10:15am         Research Workshop I e.g. Grounded Theory, or other (Volunteer 5: NAME)

11:30am         Research Workshop II e.g. Critical Realism, or other (Volunteer 6: NAME)

8^th Jan 2020 Research Ethics and Positionality (Unit 11 and 12)

9 am              Research Workshop: Research Ethics and Researcher Positionality (Volunteer 7-10)

11:30am         Conclusions, Wrap-Up

Workshops, Group discussion, reading key texts.

Term Paper