The ambition of this course is to introduce students to the general spirit of original research and to cultivate critical research skills. It teaches fundamental issues of research such as writing a research project, and the ethical dimension of research, and discusses methods of theoretical exploration of new ideas and their application to research. It also aims to familiarize students with established methods of collecting and techniques of quantitative-statistical and qualitative data analysis, including the use of primary sources in literature research, expert interview techniques, questionnaires and focus group interviews.
See below educational audiovisual material on topics of the course.
“Methodology of Extrapolation of New Theoretical and Methodological Ideas / Implications” (video and ppt).
“Interviews and Interviewing” (video and ppt).
“Conducting expert interviews: The case of doing research on EU institutions” (video and ppt).