Lecturers in charge: Anna Hedlund and Damon Barrett

In this session we will work in small groups where each person presents their initial topic to the rest of the group. The focus in the first part of the workshop is how to narrow down your study to a viable research question. Then, we focus the workshop on how to link questions to possible data and methods.

Before the workshop, think about the follow questions in relation to your thesis/topic:

Am I interested enough?

Do I know something about it?

Do I have a new perspective or solution?

Do I have questions about it?

More practical questions:

Is the question feasible? i.e. can it be answered at all, or in the time I have?

Too broad for one thesis?

Specific enough?

Is empirical material available to answer it?

Moving forward:

Settle on a general research question

Can this be broken down into smaller questions? (i.e. if you have more than one question, don’t start with a list of small questions, they should only flow from your main question)

Are some of these more feasible than others?

Generate ’What’, ’How’ or ’Why’ questions

This powerpoint might be helpful when you prepare for the session/prepare for writing your thesis:

PDF-presentation

LOGISTICS FOR THE SESSION: We all meet in room 219. If a large number of students show up, we will split the group in two.

19 January 2024, 13:15-15:00

room 219 (everyone)