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TIK4040:

Research and Design Seminar – Spring 2011 Teaching schedule and reading list

Course coordinator: Sissel Myklebust

Course description

The aim of the course is to provide a basic understanding of main approaches to quantitative and qualitive social research necessary to write a successful master thesis within the deadline. The lectures and seminars should enable the students to start gathering relevant literatures and empirical material, and to use this in the writing process.

The course is structured in three parts: 1) Research methods and strategies, 2) Practical application in a case study, and 3) Development of individual projects. During the course, the students will submit four written documents: a preliminary half-page description of the thesis project (February 11th), a case study report (March 3rd), and (for ESST-students only) a complete thesis outline and a short essay describing the key literature (April 15th), and (for TIK-Ma-students only) Exam (June 1- 8th).

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Part 1: Research methods and strategies

(ESST- and TIK- Master students):

Week 5 (31.1- 4.2):

Date/time Lecturer Title Readings

Monday

January 31st

10.15-

12.00

Sissel Myklebust

Getting started: Introduction to

module 4040

Yin (2009) chapter 1

Ragin (1994), chapters 1 and 2

Punch (2005), chapters 1 and 2

Tuesday

February 1st

14.15-16.00

Sissel Myklebust

Constructing a master thesis

based on case studies

Yin, ch.2-6

Wednesday

February 2nd

Thursday

February 3rd

Friday

February 4th

12.15-

14.00

Martin Srholec


based on quantitative analysis

Punch (2005), chapter 5

Ragin (1994), chapter 6

Hosker (2008), chapters 5,6, 8,

9 and 11 (will be handed out

prior to the lecture)

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Week 6 (7.2 - 11.2):


Monday

February 7th

10.15-

12.00

Kristin Asdal


based on an ANT –

approach Latour, B (2005)

Tuesday

February 8th

14.15-

16.00

Mathias Holtz

Sjur Nesheim

Writing a master thesis at

the TIK centre- experience

from our writing processes

(masteroppgaver/DUO)

Wednesday

February 9th

Thursday

February

10th

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Friday

February

11th

12.15-14.00

Sissel

Myklebust

Writing workshop

Presentation and discussion

of preliminary thesis

projects

*Deadline for submission of

preliminary thesis outline

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Part 2: Practical application in a case Study

(ESST- and TIK- Master students)

In part 2, the students will work in groups and conduct a case study associated with the construction of the Opera in Oslo. Each group will get its own specific research assignments and will deliver its case study report by March 3rd.The group that produces the best report will receive a prise. The purpose is twofold: 1) to give the students joint practical experience with planning and conducting an empirical analysis, and 2) to give the students experience with integrating theoretical and empirical material. During the course of the case study project, there will be weekly supervision sessions in which progress is monitored and preliminary results are discussed. Each group will get its own academic supervisor.

Week 7 (14.2-18.2):


Monday

February

14th

NB! 10.15-

12.00

NB! 14.00-

16.00

Jens Hanson

and Asdis

Jonsdottir

Jens Hanson

and Asdis

Jonsdottir

Preparatory lecture

for the case study:

creation of groups

and presentation of

research

assignments

Opera visit

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Tuesday

February

15th

Wednesday

February

16th

Thursday

February

17th

14.15-16.00

Jens Hanson

Controversies over

public architecture:

The Opera

Friday

February

18th

Week 8 (21.2-25.2):

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Monday

February

21st

10.15-12.00

Jens Hanson &

Asdis Jonsdottir

Case study

supervision ssession

– group

presentations of

research questions

and literature review

TBA

Tuesday

February

22nd

14.15-16.00

Wednesday

February

23rd

Thursday

February

24th

Friday

February

25th

Week 9: (28.2-4.3):

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Monday

February

28th

10.15-12.00

Jens Hanson and

Asdis Jonsdottir

Supervision session:

group presentations

of collected empirical

material and

structure of the

report

Tuesday

March 1st

14.15-16.00

Wednesday

March 2nd

Thursday

March 3rd

Deadline for

submitting case

study report. To be

delivered in Fronter.

Friday

March 4th

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Part 3: Development of individual projects

(ESST- Ma- students only)

The purpose of this part is to help the students develop a good thesis project which is possible to carry out within the set deadline. During the supervision sessions, each student will give a brief (5 minutes) presentation of their preliminary thesis outline. The students will also get comments and suggestions from the class about how the outline can be improved. By the end of the module, the students will hand in a full thesis outline. Attendance is mandatory as all students are expected to contribute.

Week 10: (7.3- 11.3): Supervision in groups (ESST)


Monday

March 7th

10.15-

12.00

ESST-

group 1.

Sissel Myklebust

12.15-14.00

ESST -

group 2

Sissel Myklebust

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Week 12: (21.3-25.3): Supervision in groups (ESST)


Monday

March 21st

10.15-12.00

ESST-

group 1.

Sissel Myklebust

Hege Rudi Standal

ESST-

group 2.

12.15-14.00

Sissel Myklebust

Hege Rudi Standal



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Monday

April 4th

10.15-12.00

ESST

Group 1

Sissel

Myklebust

Hege Rudi

Standal

12.15-14.00

ESST-

group 2.

Sissel

Myklebust

Hege Rudi

Standal



Monday

April 11th

10.15-12.00

ESST-

group 1

Sissel

Myklebust

Hege Rudi

Standal

12.15-14.00

ESST-

group 2.

Sissel

Myklebust

Hege Rudi

Standal

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Wednesday

April 13th

Thursday

April 14th

Friday

April 15th

Deadline for handing in thesis outline (ESST-students

only)

Part 3: Development of individual projects

(TIK-Ma-students only)

The purpose of this part is to help the students develop a good thesis project which is possible to carry out within the set deadline. During the supervision sessions, each student will give a brief (5 minutes) presentation of their preliminary thesis outline. The students will get also get comments and suggestions from the class about how the outline can be improved. By the end of the module, the students will hand in a full thesis outline, which should include research questions, objectives, core literature, methods, thesis structure and time scale. Attendance is mandatory as all students are expected to contribute and support one another.

Week 18: (2.5-6.5): Supervision in groups (TIK)

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Monday

May 2nd

10.15-12.00

TIK-Ma

group 1

Sissel Myklebust

Hege Rudi Standal

12.15-14.00

TIK-Ma

group 2.

Sissel Myklebust

Hege Rudi Standal



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Monday

May 16th

10.15-12.00

TIK-Ma

group 1

Sissel

Myklebust

Hege Rudi

Standal

12.15-14.00

TIK-Ma

group 2

Sissel

Myklebust

Hege Rudi

Standal



Monday

May 30th

10.15-12.00

TIK-Ma

group 1

Sissel

Myklebust

Hege Rudi

Standal

12.15-14.00

TIK-Ma

group 2.

Sissel

Myklebust

Hege Rudi

Standal

Week 23: Exam for TIK-Ma-students, June 1rd – 8th.

Paper on key literature and debates relevant for thesis

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Reading list

Yin, Robert K. (2009): Case Study Research: Design and Methods.

Ragin, Charles C. & Lisa M. Amoroso (2011). Constructing Social Research.

Punch, Keith F. (2005): Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches..

Hosker, I. (2008): Starting Statistics: Data handling for Beginners (Chap.5).

Latour, Bruno. (2005): Reassembling the Social. An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory, pp.141-156.

Kvale Steinar. (2005): Doing Interviews, (Chap. 4,5,8 and 9).

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