Knowledge
The student has advanced knowledge of:
- philosophy of sciences and methodological debates such as positivism vs. constructivism
- the role - and alignment - of theory, methods, and data in any research design
- principles, ethical and quality standards for research design
Skills
The student can:
- take informed research design choices and justify them to develop their own high quality research design
- validate the quality of a study and its findings
- evaluate and critically assess other´s research designs
General competence
The student can:
- apply different perspectives from the philosophy of sciences in order to argue for specific research design choices
- support fellow students in developing high quality research designs
- critically discuss the politics of knowledge generation on the governance of global challenges