Class Construction of a Doctoral Research Programme: The Thesis Project

This course unit aims to problematize the construction of a research program and process with a view to completing a doctoral thesis. The course unit develops through discussions on the construction of different research problems for doctoral students, which are complemented by smaller workshops on the various themes.

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Theme1-What kind of social sciences is it up to us today to build? Theme 2-The construction of a research project in Social Sciences: methodological options Theme 3- From the Problem to the Hypothesis Theme 4- From hypothesis to conclusion. Verification strategies Theme 5- the planning of an investigation: the theoretical framework, the choice of methodology, the collection and analysis of data. data, writing the thesis (general considerations)

Presentation to introduce concepts Seminar work on various topics Group discussion of different theoretical and methodological options for doctoral students' work, with presentations to all groups Evaluation: individual presentation of the research project to be carried out and construction of a portfolio with the individual research projects completed

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