EU410
Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Dr Denisa Kostovicova
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 & Columbia) and MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Sciences Po). This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes.
The Moodle page can be accessed by any European Institute student.
This course is only available to European Institute students.
Course content
This series of lectures and workshops offers an introduction to research methods and design for students on the MSc Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe programmes within the European Institute. Themes discussed include: methods in the social sciences and in the humanities; common problems of research design; advice on writing dissertations; advice on critical reading and interpretation of texts; an overview of comparative method and case-study research; and an introduction to discourse analysis and qualitative coding. Each session will consist of lecture elements followed by group work in which students with their different backgrounds will work together to solve specific problems of research design.
Teaching
15 hours of lectures in the Autumn Term.
This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term.
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.
Key facts
Department: European Institute
Course Study Period: Autumn Term
Unit value: Non-credit bearing
FHEQ Level: Level 7
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: 34
Average class size 2024/25: 34
Controlled access 2024/25: NoCourse selection videos
Some departments have produced short videos to introduce their courses. Please refer to the course selection videos index page for further information.
Personal development skills
- Self-management
- Application of numeracy skills
- Specialist skills