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This RDL course will provide students with an in-depth training on research design processes and key skills, being composed of (1) specific, interactive skill-training sessions with inputs and exercises provided by the faculty team; as well as (2) multiple mentoring / reflection spaces to discuss and present the various stages of conceptualizing, developing, presenting and peer-reviewing student research projects on self-selected case studies. The final component is (3) the “Museum Walk” where students present their research design or work in progress in a poster format while the remaining participants serve as discussants and provide constructive feedback (either as part of an IAAW Study/Research Day or a similar event, to be confirmed later on).
Following a New Area Studies approach (see Knorr et al. 2022, Fleschenberg/Baumann 2020, Houben 2013), we will thus prepare for, reflect up on as well as discuss the following important steps in a research design as well as subsequent knowledge production process:
• from research idea to research question,
• identifying and reviewing the state of the art,
• making theory work / operationalising concepts,
• negotiating research ethics,
• selecting and triangulating methods,
• data and time management,
• presentations skills,
• Do’s and Don’ts in Academic Writing,
• Do’s and Don’ts in Dissemination of Findings, with a particular focus on academic publishing (drafting a publication strategy, identifying publishing formats and outlets, Open Access formats, copy rights, navigating peer review and copy-editing processes). |
