Master
2024/2025
Research Seminar "Skills and Principles of Academic and Research Profession"
Type:
Compulsory course (Comparative Social Research)
Area of studies:
Sociology
Delivered by:
School of Sociology
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Master’s programme:
Comparative Soсial Research
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course discusses professional, social, and scientific research ethics, the article and book publication processes, the academic job market. Furthermore, supervision of Term papers and Master's theses, presentation of research results, and the peer-review-process. Parallel to that, students will improve the implementation of research designs into their Term papers and Master's theses.
Learning Objectives
- To get students familiar with the full cycle of paper and thesis preparation
- To get students familiar with the major requirements of academia: the rules, ethics and standards of research
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students understand and follow research rules and ethics
- Students are able to effectively prepare a reference list for a scientific paper
- Students are able to formulate research questions and to find literature for practice-oriented studies
- Students are able to write a draft of a research paper in order to prepare a scientific publication
- Students understand the procedure of peer review of a scientific paper
- Students understand the major principles of scientific approach
- Students know a process of dissertation preparation and can apply it while preparing term paper and thesis
Course Contents
- Introduction in research work: from idea to publication
- Structure and instruments of the research work
- Researching entrepreneurship
- (Re-)Drafting
- The peer review process. How to present research in public
- Science as a vocation. Progress of science
- Practical guides for students in managing the dissertation process
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 2nd module1 * Term paper pre-defence
- 2024/2025 4th module1 * Term paper preparation and defence
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- A designer's research manual : succeed in design by knowing your client and what they really need, O'Grady, J. V., 2006
- A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers, Turabian, K. L., 2017
- Authoring a PhD : how to plan, draft, write and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation, Dunleavy, P., 2003
- Axelrod, B. N., & Windell, J. (2012). Dissertation Solutions : A Concise Guide to Planning, Implementing, and Surviving the Dissertation Process. Lanham, Md: R&L Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=522053
- Dunleavy, P. (2003). Authoring a PhD : How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=197539
- Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity: an Explanatory Model for Cross-Country Comparisons : препринт, Chepurenko A., Gabelko M., 2011
- Godfrey-Smith, P. (2003). Theory and Reality : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=324622
- Jerry Weissman. (2013). Master the Art of Presentations (Collection). FT Press.
- Max Weber's 'science as a vocation', , 2015
- Peyton Jones, S. (2018). How to Write a Great Research Paper. https://doi.org/10.4230/OASIcs.ICCSW.2017.1
- Puckett, J. (2011). Zotero : A Guide for Librarians, Researchers, and Educators. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=452121
- Puckett, J. (2017). Zotero : A Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Educators (Vol. Second edition). Chicago, Illinois: Association of College and Research Libraries. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1561980
- Quinn, M. E. (2007). A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. Booklist, 104(1), 160. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=f5h&AN=26761076
- The research process, Bouma, G. D., 2001
- Weber, M., Livingstone, R., Owen, D. S., & Strong, T. B. (2004). The Vocation Lectures : ’science As a Vocation, “politics As a Vocation.” Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=526579
- Writing for peer reviewed journals : strategies for getting published, Thomson, P., 2013
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- A complexity perspective on researching organizations : taking experience seriously, , 2005
- An easyguide to research presentations, Wilson, J. H., 2015
- Faryadi, Q. (2019). PhD Thesis Writing Process: A Systematic Approach——How to Write Your Methodology, Results and Conclusion. Online Submission, 10, 766–783. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=ED594571
- Gáliková, S. (2016). Academic Writing : Selected Topics in Writing an Academic Paper. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1235840
- Kazumi Okamoto. (2016). Academic Culture: An Analytical Framework for Understanding Academic Work : A Case Study About the Social Science Academe in Japan. [N.p.]: Ibidem Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1821524
- Mikael Sundström. (2020). How Not to Write a Thesis or Dissertation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- STOVALL, J. (2017). The Art of Presentation : Your Competitive Edge. Sound Wisdom.
- Susan B. Smith. (2012). A Guide for Writing APA Style Research Papers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.BCE37201
- Understanding the research process, Oliver, P., 2010
- What are qualitative research ethics?, Wiles, R., 2013