Research and Dissertation II

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Analysis of published articles.

Writing research papers.

Methodological exercises aimed at practicing research design and methods of analysis.

Tutorships: regular meetings with the home and host tutor.

Learning Outcomes

This teaching unit is devoted to the development of research competencies. This type of research training is organised and developed by all partner institutions, with the support of research staff.With the help of an experienced researcher (research tutor), the students will formulate a research problem, retrieve and review the existing literature on the topic, elaborate a research and sampling design, get access to respondents, collect data, and carry on statistical and other analysis. In addition, the students will prepare, with the help of their home and host tutors, a research project as well as a manuscript that reflects the manner in which they responded to the research problem.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Reviewing the literature on a selected topic.

Elaborating research questions.

Formulating research hypotheses.

Designing an empirical study.

Elaborating and presenting a position paper.

Gathering and analyzing data.

Interpreting the research results.

Writing and presenting the empirical study.

Head Lecturer(s)

Leonor Maria Gonçalves Pacheco Pais

Bibliography

N/A