Universität Wien

180001 SE Interdisciplinary Research in Practice (2025W)

Developing Interdisciplinary Research Projects

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Moodle
Do 13.11. 09:45-11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien

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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Please note that this seminar starts earlier in the semester than many other seminars in philosophy.

This seminar is offered specifically for students of the MA Philosophy and Economics. Other students who wish to attend require a background in philosophy and in economics comparable to the backgrounds of students in the third semester of the MA Philosophy and Economics. These students need to apply for special permission before registering for this class, clearly stating and providing evidence of their background in both subjects (e.g. university transcripts), and briefly explaining their interest in this seminar.

  • Donnerstag 02.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 09.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 16.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 23.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 30.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 20.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 27.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 04.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 11.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 18.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 08.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 15.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 22.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Donnerstag 29.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3D, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/3. Stock, 1010 Wien

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The goal of this interdisciplinary research seminar is to collectively travel the journey from a broad initial research topic to a fully formed research project, and to thereby develop your skills as an independent interdisciplinary philosophy and economics researcher and to prepare you for your own individual research at MA thesis level.

Upon successful completion of the seminar, you will have developed your skills in independent interdisciplinary research. You will have practiced using and expanding your knowledge of philosophy and economics to independently develop your understanding of and individual position towards this seminar's research topic, and will be prepared to apply this skill to future topics of your own choosing.

The broad research topic of this seminar will be chosen by the seminar participants, as selecting a suitable topic is itself a crucial part of the research project. The topic will be selected based on students' interests and on feasibility. The latter will be determined by students' prior knowledge of relevant fields of philosophy and economics, as well as by the fit to the lecturer's research expertise.

Within this initial area of research interests, under the guidance of the lecturer, students will complete a series of research steps that lead
(a) from a rough expression of interest to a more focused research topic, taking into account considerations of scope, feasibility, prior knowledge of students, and expertise of the lecturer;
(b) from this research topic to the relevant body of literature and knowledge of key materials in philosophy and economics;
(c) to a fully formulated research question and a plan for a research paper or MA thesis.

Students will take some of these steps in individual and group-based seminar preparation, and others cooperatively with other students during the seminar. The seminar is taught and assessed in English, and will feature extensive small group discussions.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

The seminar is assessed through weekly research assignments which will be submitted in written form and will be presented in class, a final project presentation, and a reflection on the research process. The seminar furthermore requires active weekly participation.

Weekly research tasks (total weight 40%)
These tasks contribute to collaboratively exploring a new research topic and developing research plans, as well as to building understanding of existing philosophy and economics material on the seminar topic.

Weekly assignments are to be uploaded individually, but can be produced collaboratively and in coordination with other students (e.g. to be able to cover a wider range of literature through division of labour).

The deadline for these tasks is specified on Moodle for each task. Tasks that are late without authorisation get grade penalties, as follows: up to 2 hours late: +1.0, up to 2 days late: +2.0, up to 4 days late: +3.0. Later submissions will receive a failing grade. If upload is delayed for reasons outside of your control, e.g. illness, and lecturers have been informed, then this penalty does not apply.

Presentation of research project (weight: 40%)
In this presentation, groups of students present a research project plan, including literature background, research question, research approach and hypotheses, and research outline. The project plan can outline work of the scope of an MA thesis or individual research paper common in academic journals. Presentations are given a single mark that applies equally to all presenters, who should share presentation time roughly equally. The precise time constraints of the presentation will be determined at the beginning of the seminar.

Research process reflection (weight: 20%)
After the seminar, students individually write a short reflection on the research process, with the goal of extracting "lessons learned" and identifying strategies to apply to future individual independent research. Word count: 500-800 words. Deadline: March 1, 2026.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Each of the above three assessments is evaluated on a scale from 1 ("Very Good") to 5 ("Unsatisfactory"). A positive evaluation requires that you achieve an average pass grade (4) in the weekly tasks, as well as a pass grade (4) in the research presentation, and that you actively participate in the seminar sessions. Detailed marking criteria for each of the assignments and assignment options are posted on Moodle.

Conditional on fulfilling these necessary requirements, the final grade, comprised between 1 (“Very good”) and 4 (“Adequate”), is a rounded weighted average of the separate assessment grades. A failure to achieve a pass grade in one of the necessary requirements yields a 5 ("Insufficient").

By registering for this course/seminar, you tacitly agree to having all your electronic submissions checked by the plagiarism detection software Turnitin.

Use of generative artificial intelligence to produce text is not permitted for any assignment. You may use generative artificial intelligence as part of your literature search or for graphical and layout aspects of your presentation slides.

Prüfungsstoff

Your presentation must concern a research project / direction that fits within the overall topic of the seminar, and that has been approved by the lecturer.

Literatur

Since this seminar aims at learning independent research skills, there is no pre-set reading list. Students collaboratively explore the research topics and compile literature lists, under the guidance of and with possible additions by the lecturer.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Fr 24.10.2025 07:46