The course is connected to the following study programs
- PhD Programme
Course description
Brief introduction
The introductory PhD course provides a general introduction to research methods within AHO’s disciplinary fields. The course focuses specifically on the challenges and possibilities of multi-method approaches and how AHO’s disciplinary fields often design their own methods. External guests will contribute to the research lectures/workshops and share how they navigate in a multi-method landscape.
The reading list consists of articles and book chapters covering a selection of methods. The aim of the course is to secure and enrich the required intellectual independence for carrying out the individual thesis work.
Learning Outcome
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
After completion of the Designing Research Methods course, the candidate
- can position practice-based activities as formal research within particular fields
- has good knowledge of research philosophy and the different means and aims in research discourses
- can reflect on the role of a researcher, and the requirements and expectations this entails in terms of social responsibilities and research ethics
Skills
After completion of the Designing Research Methods course the candidate
- can recognize methodological implications of the various research designs in general terms
- has developed initial strategies in relation to framing their research project
Teaching
Course content
The course consists of lectures/workshops in which AHO staff and invited guests focus on their own methods; text discussion where PhD candidates present readings; individual development of research methods selected for the PhD project and presentation of the planning and design of the methods in each candidate’s individual PhD.
Course Activities
Active participation in the lectures/seminars and text discussions
Presentation of text based on the candidate’s selection from suggested reading list or invited guest researcher’s set reading
Submission of a 250 word introduction, including methods, to your PhD project for the webpage https://www.aho.no/english/research/phd/projects/
Presentation of methods & methods statement
Chairing and leading the discussion in one session of the AHO Colloquium