MY580
Methodology Short Courses
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Lucia Pedrioli
Ryan Hubert
Availability
This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in International Relations and MPhil/PhD in Management - Information Systems and Innovation. This course is freely available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. It does not require permission.
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 the Department of Methodology's Eventbrite page. 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.
Course content
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.
Teaching
This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Winter Term.
Sessions will be held in term time throughout the year. Participants must sign up via the Department of Methodology's Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/my580-methods-short-courses-3029179.
Research students can sign up for as many workshops as they wish (subject to availability).
Indicative reading
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.
Assessment
This course is non-examinable.
Key facts
Department: Methodology
Course Study Period: Winter and Spring Term
Unit value: Non-credit bearing
FHEQ Level: Level 8
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: 1
Average class size 2024/25: Unavailable
Controlled access 2024/25: NoCourse selection videos
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