29424 - Seminars (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will have acquired specific skills and notions to address methodological and technical issues and problems of geographical representation.

Course contents

The seminars will provide an opportunity to learn theoretical aspects and practical skills on geographical research methodology, in relation to the preparation of the Master's thesis and of a research project.


The course is divided into two parts: after an introduction on research methodology, a series of meetings will follow in which the professors of the course and other researchers will present specific case studies, focusing in particular on the research methodologies they adopted.

The detailed programme will be available at the beginning of September

Assessment methods

Each seminar offers 0.5 CFU, therefore, to obtain the recognition of the 6 credits of the "Seminars" teaching activity, students must attend no less than 12 meetings among those proposed here (to which others will be added in the coming weeks) or even meetings offered by other Master Degree of the University of Bologna, upon request for authorization from Prof. Proto.


All seminars might be attended online or in presence. At each seminar, students must ask the professors who is present in the classroom to sign the form"Modulo frequenza seminari", which can be dowloaded from the course teaching materials on Virtuale.unibo.it. In the case of meetings held online, some screenshots of those present will be made in order to verify the actual attendance.


For the evaluation of the "Seminars" teaching activity and the recognition of the "Idoneità", students must prepare a short essay - of around 20.000 characters - in which they will reflect on at least 2 of the topics proposed during the meetings, highlighting connections or critical issues and reporting perspectives and examples presented by the guests. The topic of the paper has to be approved by prof. Proto.

Teaching tools

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible ( https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Office hours

See the website of Matteo Proto