The objective of this course is to train doctoral students in planning and execution of research especially in the field of design and innovation. En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Describe how research methods are identified and delimited
• Identify key methodological elements within their research paradigm
• Describe different research methods and their relevance in relation to specific research tasks
• Analyse research approaches and elaborate their own research project and identify relevant methodologies
• Identify and discuss core ontological and epistemic issues associated with their project
• Identify and discuss methods of relevance for the practical execution of research
• Write a contribution to the methodology part of their thesis
• Discuss different ways to narrate research results

Content:
Before the first session the participants are asked to distribute a short presentation of their PhD project.

The course will cover 5 days each using a flipped classroom approach.

Each day will follow the pattern:
• Student prepares pre-work
• Morning – case based teaching of core methodological principals and demonstration of the method
• Afternoon – students work with the method on their own research project
• Closing – student prepares relevant elements for their method section and report

The five main methods covered are:
• Case studies and observation
• Interviews and surveys
• Statistics and large datasets
• Experimental designs
• Mixing methods and scientific logic

The course will end with a general course evaluation following up on the discussion of how to organise and improve research training.

Responsible:
Philip Cash, pcas@dtu.dk
Jason Li-Ying, yinli@dtu.dk

Teaching:
Philip Cash, pcas@dtu.dk
And specialist teachers for each day. The course will require specific reading for each day as well as using a core textbook for research methods. Further reading will also be recommended for each course element. 03. november, 2016