Research Methods in Migration Studies
This is an eight week course for postgraduate students. Students come from social sciences and humanities. Not all had prior training in research methods. The course aimed to train students to be both critical consumers and producers of social scientific data by increasing understanding of the choices involved in conducting research and the consequences of these choices. The first part of the course focuses on epistemology, methods, conceptualisation and sampling. The second part covers a range of common qualitative and quantitative methods in migration studies.
Syllabus
Assignments for class presentations
Week 1 – Qualitative and quantitative approaches in migration studies
Exercise on the differences between quantitative and qualitative approaches
Week 2 – Concept formation and measurement
Slides
Week 3 – Sampling, representativeness and generalizability
Week 4 – Ethnography
Week 5 – In-depth interviews
Slides
Week 6 – Surveys
Week 7 – Data on international migration and migration policies
Week 8 – Methods for text analysis
Slides
Methods in migration research: selecting methods and cases
Two-day workshop for postgraduate students specialising in migration studies. Part of a multi week course.
Syllabus
Day 1 – selecting and mixing methods
Day 2 – selecting cases