Research Seminar "Skills and Principles of Academic and Research Profession"

2022/2023

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент социологии

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватели

Митрофанова Екатерина Сергеевна

Фрёлих Кристиан

Чепуренко Александр Юльевич

Ярская-Смирнова Елена Ростиславовна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course discusses professional, social, and scientific research ethics, the article and book publication processes, the academic job market. Furthermore, topics, like PhD-supervision, presenting of research results, and the peer-review-process will be in the focus of discussions. Parallel to that, students will improve the implementation of research designs into their MA thesis proposals.

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

Assessment Elements

• Home assignment
• Peer-review of draft of research
• Peer-review of the presentation of preliminary research

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 2nd module
  1 * Home assignment
• 2022/2023 4th module
  0.6 * Peer-review of draft of research + 0.4 * Peer-review of the presentation of preliminary research

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