Prof Hyun Shin S601F

Additional teacher(s): Professor Sylvia Chant; Professor Gareth Jones; Dr Neil Lee; Professor Claire Mercer; Dr Romola Sanyal; Dr Austin Zeiderman, Dr Mara Nogueira

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Urban Policy (LSE and Sciences Po) and MSc in Urbanisation and Development. This course is not available as an outside option.

This course is available on the MSc in Urban Policy (LSE and Sciences Po) for those students who choose the MSc in Urbanisation and Development track for their Year 2 studies.

• Designing an urban research project and ethics
• Comparative (case) studies
• Working with archives
• Interviews and focus groups
• Conducting ethnography
• Quantitative data and questionnaires
• Analysis and write-up

12 hours of lectures and 12 hours of seminars in the LT. 6 hours of workshops in the ST.

Workshops are for students to present their research proposals. Seminars normally involve individual and/or small group activities, some of which are carried out in advance in preparation for seminars.

Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the LT.

Flyvbjerg, B. (2001) Making social science matter: Why social inquiry fails and how it can succeed again. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Hay, I. (ed.) (2010) Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Heimer, M. and Thogersen, S. (eds.) (2006) Doing fieldwork in China. Copenhagen: NIAS Press

Hennink, M. et al (2011) Qualitative Research Methods. London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE

Sayer, A. (1992) Method in social science: A realist approach. London: Routledge

Ward, K. (ed.) (2012) Researching the city: a guide for students. London: Sage

Essay (60%, 2500 words) in the LT.
Presentation (20%) and research proposal (20%) in the ST.

Department: Geography & Environment

Total students 2018/19: 22

Average class size 2018/19: 24

Controlled access 2018/19: No

Value: Half Unit