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210015 UE BAK4: Qualitative Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung (2020S)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
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max. 35 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Deutsch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

There will be no class on the 03/25 and 04/01 and the students will be required to develop a first draft of the assignment.

Preliminary Course Outline:
11.03.Introduction to the course. Why qualitative methods? How do I structure my research design?
18.03. Research Design
Data Collection
22.04. Ethnography / Participant Observation
(first draft research design due)
29.04. Ethics in research
06.05. Interviews
(second draft research design due)
13.05. Data collection to study international negotiations in practice
Data Analysis
20.05. Data analysis methods
(third draft research design due)
27.05. Comparative Case Studies
03.06. Introduction to Social Network Analysis
10.06. Document / Text Analysis
17.06. Research Design Presentations
(final draft research design due)
24.06. Conclusion / Presentations/ Q&A

  • Mittwoch 11.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 18.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 25.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 01.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 22.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 29.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 06.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 13.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 20.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 27.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 03.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 10.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 17.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Mittwoch 24.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

How can we study international negotiations and decision making processes? Which tools are available to make sense of what happens in negotiation rooms and to explain why policy-makers act and decide in a certain way? What is the role of political scientists in studying these processes?

In this seminar, students are introduced to methodological approaches for studying political processes, with a focus on researching international environmental negotiations and decision making processes. This seminar benefits from the ongoing research of the MARIPOLDATA ERC research project which studies the current UN negotiations on a new international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ). The seminar enables students to develop an understanding of how to choose and apply qualitative methods in empirical research to meet their research goals.

Course content will be structured into different parts: Research Design, Data Collection and Data Analysis. Over the time of the course, students will be introduced to the methods of:
- (Event) Ethnography and Participant Observation
- Interviews
- Data and Document Analysis
- Comparative Case Studies
- Social Network Analysis

At the end of the seminar, students will have gained knowledge on a range of qualitative methods and their empirical applications. Students will understand why and how to use qualitative methods for empirical research and critically assess literature in light of the applied methods. They will have developed skills to formulate research questions and hypotheses from their preferred topics and continuously worked on their research designs over the time of the course. The students will have formulated their own research designs by the end of the course and written a paper to answer their research questions. The seminar will also address how to combine different qualitative and quantitative methods.

Teaching methods include:
- reading of academic literature
- presentation of academic literature (every student is expected to present one text)
- development of a research design throughout the course
- short presentations of research designs (every student is expected to pitch his research design)
- autonomous research
- discussions in class

This seminar will offer an introduction into qualitative research. Prior knowledge of qualitative methods is not required. Course content and academic literature, as well as the student presentations and the final paper will be in English language. The final paper cannot be replaced by an oral exam.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Up to 10 Points: active participation in class
Up to 20 Points: presentation of class readings
Up to 30 Points: final research design presentation
Up to 40 Points: final research paper. The research design of the final research paper will be developed throughout the course. Four (ungraded) drafts have to be submitted in two-session intervals. First draft due on 22.04.; second draft due on 06.05.; third draft due on 20.05.; final research design due on 17.06.

100-87 Points Very good (1)
86-75 Points good (2)
74-63 Points Satisfactory (3)
62-50 Points Sufficient (4)
49-0 Points Insufficient (5)

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Students need to have more than 49 points in total and hand in all drafts and papers in time to pass the course.

Prüfungsstoff

Final research paper: 3000 words, (excluding reference list), due 30.08. The final research paper may be written in a group
Final research paper should contain: Research Question, hypotheses, method(s) covered in class, ethical & reflexive considerations, results, reference list

Literatur

Preliminary Literature:

Bourdieu, P. (2003). "Participant objectivation." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 9(2): 281-294.

Campbell, L. M., et al. (2014). "Studying global environmental meetings to understand global environmental governance: Collaborative event ethnography at the tenth conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversity." Global Environmental Politics 14(3): 1-20.

Gerring, John. "Qualitative Methods." Annual Review of Political Science 20.1: 15-36.

Hoffmann, M., et al. (2019). "Introduction." Global Environmental Politics 19(2): 1-3.

O’Neill, K. and P. M. Haas (2019). "Being There: International Negotiations as Study Sites in Global Environmental Politics." Global Environmental Politics 19(2): 4-13.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:21