How to do research that makes a difference in the world

Dozent/in	Prof. Dr. Gabriel Abend
Veranstaltungsart	Masterseminar
Code	FS211300
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2021
Durchführender Fachbereich	Soziologie
Studienstufe	Master Doktorat
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Mi), ab 24.02.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, HS 5
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Inhalt	You have to write a paper based on your own research. You have to write a thesis. But how? This seminar is about the practice of doing research; doing good research; doing good research that matters in the real world. Our topics will include: (1) research questions—how to ask an exciting and important one; (2) concepts—where to get them from and what’s a concept to begin with; (3) arguments—how to ensure your arguments are cogent; (4) writing style—how to write up your paper so that it’s forceful and doesn’t put your readers to sleep; and (5) practice: how to do research that makes a difference in the world. You want your research to be practically valuable to other people, to particular organizations or groups you care about, or to larger social and political actors. You hope it can help things change for the better. How in the world can you accomplish that? And isn’t social science supposed to be value-free and politically neutral? This seminar is addressed to students in all social science and humanities disciplines.
E-Learning	Der Zoom-Link wird den im Uniportal eingeschriebenen Personen per E-Mail zugesandt.
Sprache	Englisch
Leistungsnachweis	Aktive Teilnahme:: Referat, regelmässige Anwesenheit
Abschlussform / Credits	Aktive Teilnahme (Details siehe 'Prüfung') / 4 Credits
Hinweise	Sprache: Englisch
Hörer-/innen	Nein
Kontakt	gabriel.abend@unilu.ch
Material	Texte werden über OLAT zugänglich gemacht
Literatur	Michael Burawoy. 2005. “For Public Sociology.” David Foster Wallace. 2005. “This Is Water.”