Master
2021/2022
Project Seminar
Type:
Compulsory course (Russian Studies)
Area of studies:
Political Science
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
2 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Anastasia Poretskova
Master’s programme:
Российские исследования
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
16
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Project Seminar is designed to teach students to conduct its own field work in the field of political science research, using qualitative methods of gathering data. Students will learn basic principles of field work, interview and expert interview. They will use theoretical knowledge to fulfill their own research project.
Learning Objectives
- To teach students basic theoretical principles of the qualitative empirical research
- To get acquainted students with principles of ethnographic research
- To get acquainted students with principles of political ethnographic research
- To teach students basic principles of field work: where to use it and why?
- To teach students basic principles of conducting interviews
- To teach students basic principles of conducting expert interviews
- To instruct and coordinate students with their individual project in the field of political research, using the principles of political ethnography and expert interviewing
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Are able to independently prepare and conduct a qualitative research, based on expert interviews.
- Are able to independently prepare and conduct a qualitative research, based on interviews.
- Are able to prepare, organize and conduct their own collection of qualitative data
- Are able to use basic databases of qualitative data, know the leading domestic and foreign research centers, know the methodology of data collection and analysis used by these centers
- have basic knowledge about political ethnography and where to use it
- How to conduct qualitative field work for the practical purposes in the field of political science;
- How to use expert interviews in the practical and academic projects
- How to write a report on expert interview
Course Contents
- What are qualitative methods and why should they be used?
- Ethnographic research
- Work in the "field": the features of political studies
- Procedures and methods of field work: interview
- Procedures and methods of field work: expert interviews
Assessment Elements
- Activity during seminarsAssessment for the second half of the course
- Final field projectAssessment for the second half of the course
- Expert Interview Assignment
- Research Proposal PresentationAssessment for the second half of the course
- Test
- Fieldwork Assignment
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 2nd module0.3 * Activity during seminars + 0.35 * Final field project + 0.35 * Research Proposal Presentation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Designing social inquiry : scientific inference in qualitative research, King, G., 1994
- Ethnography : principles in practice, Hammersley, M., 2007
- Fundamentals of Qualitative Research
- Handbook of ethnography, , 2013
- Market Entry Strategies for Russia : A comprehensive survey based on expert interviews Schorsch, Martin Diplomica Verlag 2009 ISBN: ISBN number:9783836664691, ISBN number:9783836614696
- Qualitative Interviewing
- Qualitative research design : an interactive approach, Maxwell, J. A., 2013
- The Sage handbook of qualitative research, , 2011
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- DeWalt, K. M., & DeWalt, B. R. (2011). Participant Observation : A Guide for Fieldworkers (Vol. Second edition). Lanham, Maryland: AltaMira Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=481988