A key function of the Department of Methodology is to provide training for PhD and MSc students in the design of social research and in qualitative and quantitative analysis. Methodology courses are open to all LSE students taking MSc or PhD programmes. This means that research students are welcome to attend any of the Department's courses, regardless of which department they are based in. They should seek approval from their research tutors or supervisors.
Watch our introductory Methodology course videos.
Methodology courses for MSc students
Methodology courses for PhD students
Methodology Workshops
We're offering workshops under MY530 and MY560 on a variety of specific and advanced topics in qualitative and quantitative research methods.
These workshops are primarily aimed at PhD students but may be taken by Masters students. The workshops are non-examinable, self-contained and may be attended independently. Workshops usually take place in Winter and Spring Terms, with the schedules and course outline available from the MY530 and MY560 Moodle pages, and in the relevant workshop tabs below.
Explore our Methods Short Courses collection and sign up via Eventbrite, which opens for bookings two weeks prior to the corresponding workshop.
As part of the Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) network, the Department reserves and small number of places on MY530 and MY560 workshops for non-LSE external visitors. Interested parties can also sign up via Eventbrite under external ticket admissions (non- LSE).
Please be sure to check out the Frequently Asked Questions section below. For queries about workshops, please email methodology.research@lse.ac.uk.
Spring Term
Week 1 - 30 April 2024
In-depth Interviewing by Dr Aliya Rao
Register here
Week 1 - 02 May 2024
Thematic Analysis by Dr Aliya Rao
Register here
Week 3 - 14 May 2024
Conjoint Survey Experiment by Dr Noam Titelman
Week 3 - 16 May 2024
Researching Wealth and Inequality in the Global South by Aroop Chatterjee
Week 5 - 23 May 2024
Small-n Case Studies and Comparative Analysis by Dr Ellie Knott
Week 5 - 28 May 2024
Process Tracing: Methodological Innovations and Best Practices for Qualitative Case Studies by Dr Ellie Knott
Week 7 - 13 June 2024
Fieldwork Preparation and Logistics: Budgets, Ethics, Participant Recruitment by Dr Florian Kern
Spring Term
Week 2 - 9 May 2024
Reproducible Pipelines for Social Scientific Research in R by Dr Daniel De Kadt (Hybrid)
Week 3 - 14 May 20024
Conjoint Survey Experiemtns by Dr Noam Titelman
Week 7 - 11 June 2024
How to analyse data from population registers and other administrative sources by Dr Ben Wilson
I cannot find the Methods Workshop schedule/ information/ sign- up link.
Any news relating to the Methods Workshop will be updated on this page. If you cannot find the relevant courses or schedule that you are looking for, please stay tuned. Please note that sign- up links will only become available two weeks prior the event. Thank you for your patience.
I am an LSE student, where can I find the relevant details for the workshops?
Please visit our Moodle pages
MY530
MY560
I am not an LSE student; can I still sign up for Methods Workshops?
Yes, our workshops are open to the public but spaces are limited. Please sign up for our workshops via our Eventbrite page. Be sure to follow our Eventbrite page so you don't miss our public events.
When do Methods Workshops run?
You can find a list of our upcoming workshops on this page or on our Eventbrite page. Our workshops run during the Winter Term and Spring Term. Please find the LSE Term dates here.
Where are these workshops held?
These workshops are held in-person only at CON 1.01, Department of Methodology, Connaught House, 65 Aldwych, London WC2B 4DS. Unless stated otherwise on the event page/ Moodle.
I can no longer attend the workshop I signed up for.
Please diligently cancel your ticket on Eventbrite to allow another waitlisted participant to join.
Will I get a certificate for attending these workshops?
Attendance Certificates are available upon request, please contact our team at methodology.research@lse.ac.uk
The workshop I signed up for has been cancelled.
Apologies for the inconvenience caused. Should any workshop be cancelled, a member of staff will contact you by email and let you know whether the workshop has been rescheduled or not.