2025/2026

Качественные методы в политических исследованиях

Статус: Маго-лего

Кто читает: Департамент социологии

Где читается: Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук

Когда читается: 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Крупец Яна Николаевна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 20

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The goal of this course is to present the fundamentals of qualitative social research, as well as to develop students’ skills of using qualitative methods in their own empirical research. Students will learn how to plan, to organize and to implement qualitative research, how to collect data and how to analyze them afterwards. In the frame of this research seminar, the focus will be done on the development of practical skills. The main idea of the seminar: learning through experience. Students will learn qualitative research by doing it. They will develop their own research design, will conduct the interviews and participant observation, will analyze collected data.

Learning Objectives

• The goal of this course is to present the fundamentals of qualitative social research, as well as to develop students’ skills of using qualitative methods in their own empirical research.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Able to organize and to conduct qualitative research
• Able to use qualitative methods for collection and analysis of data
• Know basic strategies and methods of qualitative research
• Understand the principles of qualitative research
• Student knows the basic strategies of qualitaitve research and differences between them.

Course Contents

• Introduction of qualitative research. The methodological basis. Design of qualitative research.
• Strategies of qualitative research: general overview
• Qualitative interview. Qualitative analysis of interview.
• Discourse analysis.
• The presentation of qualitative research results.

Assessment Elements

• Developing a Qualitative Research Design & Interview Guide
  Objective: To creatу a coherent and feasible plan for researching a chosen social phenomenon. This assignment will develop students' skills in logical scholarly planning, operationalization of concepts, and ethical consideration. Format: Small research teams of 4-5 students. Submission is a single, cohesive document (approx. 3-5 pages ) outlining your research design + document with research guide for qualitative interview (no less than 10 questions) Core Task: In your team, choose a specific and relevant topic for qualitative research. Develop a complete qualitative research design to explore it, culminating in a detailed instrument for data collection (interview guide).
• Data Collection
  Experience in collecting qualitative empirical data, following a developed research design.
• Qualitative Analysis & Reporting
  Applying systematic qualitative analysis methods to empirical data, translating raw data into meaningful insights, and communicating findings in a clear, compelling, and academically rigorous format.

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 3rd module
  0.3 * Data Collection + 0.3 * Developing a Qualitative Research Design & Interview Guide + 0.4 * Qualitative Analysis & Reporting

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Denzin, N. K., & Giardina, M. D. (2014). Qualitative Inquiry Outside the Academy. Walnut Creek: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=666131
• Leavy, P. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=779511
• Patricia Leavy. (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research: Vol. Second edition. Oxford University Press.
• Qualitative research in political science. Vol.1: Backgrounds, pathways and directions in qualitative methodology, , 2016
• Sharan B. Merriam, & Robin S. Grenier. (2019). Qualitative Research in Practice : Examples for Discussion and Analysis: Vol. Second edition. Jossey-Bass.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Hesse-Biber, S. N., & Johnson, B. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=989215
• Saldaña, J. (2011). Fundamentals of Qualitative Research. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=355780
• Van Puyvelde, D. V. (DE-588)1138994839, (DE-576)492808287, aut. (2018). Qualitative research interviews and the study of national security intelligence / Damien Van Puyvelde, University of Glasgow. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.513894985

Authors

• Krupets Iana Nikolaevna