Master 2024/2025

Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics

Type: Elective course (Politics. Economics. Philosophy)

Area of studies: Political Science

Delivered by: School of Politics and Governance

Where: Faculty of Social Sciences

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Ilia Inshakov

Master’s programme: Политика. Экономика. Философия

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Contact hours: 64

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is designed to introduce students to the philosophy and methodology of research in social sciences and show them how specialization and integration of different methodologies work across social sciences and beyond. Besides, the students get familiarized with main methods of qualitative, quantitative, and ‘mixed’ research and learn about challenges associated with their application. The course outlines key approaches to (neo)institutionalism(s) and discourse analysis and main challenges connected to them.