Forskningsmetoder för International Administration and Global Governance

The course presents and offers practical training in methodological approaches relevant to the field of international administration and global governance. The course will begin with an exploration of issues of general relevance to empirical investigation in the social sciences, such as epistelmology, research design, research ethics, and an overview of research methods. In the second part of the course, the focus will be on specific research methods, with a specialization on either quantitative or qualitative research methods. The course consists of lectures as well as instructor led hands on training in the use of research methods. To the extent possible, course assignments employ data relevant to international policy issues in order to familiarize students with the potential and limitations of existing data.