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Learning outcomes |
The course in Research Methodologies in International Relations aims to teach students the scientific process, its general steps, as well as the theoretical approaches and research techniques related with scientific research in International Relations. In the end, students should be able to:
1. Understand the general research logic and its steps
2. Identify and critically evaluate a variety of research methods
used in IR
3. To develop practical skills that enable student sto collect, analyze, present research data and write technical and scientific texts.
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Main Bibliography |
Curini, L. and Franzese, R. (ed) (2020) The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in
Political Science and International Relations. London: Sage
Klotz, A. and Prakash, D. (2008) Qualitative Methods in International Relations: A
Pluralist Guide, Hampshire: Palgrave.
Sprinz, D. and Wolinsky, Y. (2002) Models, Numbers, and Cases: Methods for
Studying International Relations. Michigan: Michigan University Press.
Lamont, C. (2015) Research Methods in International Relations. London: Sage.
Evans, D., Gruba, P., and Zobel, J. (2014) How to Write a Better Thesis. London:
Springer
Devin, G. (ed) (2018) Resources and Applied Methods in International Relations.
Switzerland: Palgrave
Bryman, A. (2012) Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Denzin, N.K. & Lincoln, Y.S. (eds.) (2005): The Sage Handbook of Qualitative
Research, 3rd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA, London: Sage.
Keohane, RO, King, G & Verba, S. (1996) Designing Social Inquiry. Scientific
inference in Qualitative Research. New
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