Universität Wien

290065 SE Migration and Population Dynamics in the Context of Global Change and Development (2022S)

Research Design, Implementation and Analysis

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Saturday 19.03. 09:45 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Saturday 30.04. 09:45 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Saturday 28.05. 09:45 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Saturday 25.06. 09:45 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

A successful research process and project requires not only knowledge of [qualitative] methods of data collection and analysis, but also knowledge of how these methods can be meaningfully embedded in research projects, as well as experience in thinking through, planning and implementing a research design in its entirety. This includes knowledge about basic approaches and strategies for developing [qualitative and mixed-methods] research designs and about quality criteria for assessing the quality of research designs.
Therefore, the aims of the project seminar are that after successful completion of the course, the participants:
- have an overview of research paradigms and related methods of data collection and analysis;
- know different basic types of research designs and their use cases;
- Know and have applied strategies and approaches to develop a research design starting from a topic;
- know a number of quality criteria in order to be able to assess the quality of a (own or other) research design;
- are able to successfully develop and implement research designs for their own research projects after jointly developing and critically reflecting on several research designs;
- successfully apply selected methods, which they have tried out in the project seminar, in their own studies.

The project seminar will be based primarily on case study-related and action-based learning, i.e. the participants will work on problems in groups, develop smaller research projects and apply selected qualitative methods for data collection and analysis in these projects.

Note: it is strongly recommended that participants also take the UE "290064-1 UE Key Methods in Analysing Migration and Population Dynamics (2022S)" or have prior knowledge of qualitative research techniques and design.

Assessment and permitted materials

- regular and active participation in the course (at least 80% of the sessions),
- independent research work,
- Working out (in between the course blocks) and presenting qualitative research designs in groups (oral and written summary),
- individual preparation of a research report on a combination of methods carried out (written).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation in at least 80 percent of the seminar sessions. In the case of illnesses, which are proven with a medical certificate, or in the case of other justified absences, absences in excess of this can be compensated for by additional written assignments.

The presentation of the group development and presentation of research designs and the written preparation of a research report each count for 50 percent of the grade. Both partial performances must be passed independently of each other for a positive final assessment. The performances are passed if they have been assessed with a grade of at least 4.
Grading key:
100 - 86 % - Grade 1
85 - 71 % - Grade 2
70 - 56 % - Grade 3
55 - 41 % - Grade 4
40 - 0 % - Grade 5
A grading scale for the written assignments can be viewed on Moodle and will be explained separately in the seminar.

Examination topics

The examination material includes the analysis, presentation and discussion of relevant literature and documents on the topic, the independent research of sources and materials, the presentation of these work results and their written elaboration.

Reading list

All texts of the compulsory reading can be downloaded in Moodle or copied from the reference collection in the institute library.

Association in the course directory

(MG-S4-SE) (MG-S6-SE) (MG-W5-PI) (MG21 APF MIGSPEC) (MR6) (MA UF GW 02)

Last modified: Mo 28.03.2022 12:29