90909 - Workshop 2 (WS1)

Learning outcomes

Workshops are designed to provide students with transversal skills that can prove useful in their future careers. The objective of the workshop is to help students to practice skills through application of information technology, data analysis, decision-making techniques (e.g. simulation) in complex organizations.

Course contents

This is a methodological workshop focusing on the acquisition of skills and abilities for writing a scientific paper (for NGOs, IGOs, think tanks etc.) THERE ARE NO PREREQUISITES AND NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED.

 

FIRST PART: GUIDELINES: from March 22 to April 5

1. Academic papers, scientific reports, and informative articles

(Differences between convincing and informing/question-based papers, topic-based papers, etc.)

2. Time management and hammering out your topic

(Overturning writing obstacles, the core of your argument, tweaking your abstract)

3. Advancing your argument

4. Strengthening your structure

5. Writing a research paper out of ethnographic fieldwork

 

SECOND PART: STUDENTS' PRESENTATIONS from May 10 to May 24

Teaching methods

Participation in class discussions and presentation of one's papers is required.

Assessment methods

Attending Students: Class participation and a short paper (about 4000 words) to be submitted by May 10th. The topic is at student's choice. The course is Pass/Fail. All who participate in class discussions, submit and present their work will pass.

Non-attending students: Scientific article (about 4000 words) developed on the guidelines (readings) uploaded on Virtuale on March 22nd to be delivered by May 22th. The written work must be clearly recognizable as an information article, report or research paper. Students can choose topics from a list published online by March 22nd.

 

Office hours

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