Research skills

All skills listed below are particular research skills taught in the programme of International Studies. Click on a particular skill to find out in which courses you will develop this skill, categorized by the following learning phases:

Getting acquainted with;
Practicing with;
Reflecting on;
Mastering.

Collect and select literature

Phase 1: Area Culture
Phase 2: Research Methods
Phase 3: Thematic Seminar
Phase 4: Thesis Seminar

Analyse and represent academic literature

Phase 1: Reading & Writing, Introduction to International Studies, Sociolingistics
Phase 2: Area Culture, Politics, Research Methods, Area Politics, Area Economics
Phase 3: Thematic Seminar, Global Political Economy
Phase 4: Thesis Seminar

Referencing

Phase 1: Reading & Writing
Phase 2: All Tutorials (essays and other writing assignments)
Phase 3: Research Methods, Thematic Seminar
Phase 4: Thesis Seminar

Formulate research question

Phase 1: Reading & Writing
Phase 2: Area Culture, Research Methods, Area Economics, Cultural Interaction
Phase 3: Thematic Seminar
Phase 4: Thesis Seminar

Apply research methods

Phase 1: Politics (case study), Area History, Area Culture
Phase 2: Research Methods
Phase 3: Thematic Seminar
Phase 4: PRINS, Thesis Seminar

Make a multidisciplinary analysis

Phase 1: Introduction to International Studies
Phase 2: Cultural Interaction
Phase 3: Global Political Economy (journal entries)
Phase 4: PRINS

Putting regional developments in a global perspective

Phase 1: Introduction to International Studies
Phase 2: Cultural Interaction
Phase 3: Global Political Economy, International Relations, Philosophy of Science
Phase 4: Thesis Seminar

Formulate an informed independent opinion

Phase 1: All Tutorials
Phase 2: Research Methods
Phase 3: Thematic Seminar, Global Political Economy
Phase 4: Thesis Seminar

Set up a study

Phase 1: Reading & Writing
Phase 2: Research Methods
Phase 3: Thematic Seminar
Phase 4: Thesis Seminar

Working with deadlines

Phase 1: All Tutorials
Phase 2: Research Methods
Phase 3: Thematic Seminar
Phase 4: Thesis Seminar