The aim of this course is to broaden the range of research skills that students are required to develop by asking specific methodological questions in the field of social, political and human sciences. The course opens with issues of historiography and continues with further ontological and epistemological questions. It also considers issues such as the study of social movements, and methods for investigating ethical phenomena and political systems, and a lecture is devoted to research methods used in European Studies.
See below educational audiovisual material on topics of the course.
Challenges in Writing Contemporary History (video και ppt).
The use of Primary Sources in Historical Research (video και ppt).
Techniques of researching Social Movements (video και ppt).
Types of moral enquiry (video και ppt).
PhD research in Political Systems (video και ppt).