Political Science Research Methods (PSRM)
Etablissement : ESPOL European School of Political and Social Sciences
Langue : Anglais
Formation(s) dans laquelle/lesquelles le cours apparait :
Période : S3
This course is designed to familiarize students to different methods/ways of doing political research. In order for students to make the most timely and informed decision for their MA thesis, the sessions are « squeezed » at the beginning of September. All sessions will take place between Monday 8 September and Friday 12th (please check Hyperplanning for exact times and locations).
In the first three sessions, students are introduced with methods for de- and constructing relevant ideas, and how to trace them in the real world. In sessions 4-6, students learn about different ways of doing qualitative research. In sessions 7-9, students learn different ways of analysing discourse, ranging from more interpretevist approaches to more quantitative methodologies. Sessions 10-12 introduces students with survey research.
Please see the full list of sessions below.
The sessions
1 Benjamin Bourcier: Methods in political philosophy
2 Benjamin Bourcier: Methods in political philisophy (part 2)
3 Pierre-Yves Neron: Methods for understanding the social construction of values
4 Joe Earsom: Qualitative Comparative Analysis
5 Joe Earsom: Process Tracing
6 Joe Earsom: Interviews
7 Philippe Bonditti: Discourse analysis
8 Johannes Karremans: Qualitative content analysis
9 Alice Iannantuoini: Quantitative text analysis
10 Marta Gallina: Writing Testable Hypotheses in Quantitative Research
11 Marta Gallina: Designing Survey Questions and Answers
12 Marta Gallina: Planning and Running a Survey: Tools, Ethics, and Data Quality
