Methods School

Learn to conduct your research with MAXQDA24, the leading software for qualitative data analysis. This interactive course combines live teaching with practical, try-at-home exercises.

Build a solid foundation in statistical analysis with R. Learn Ordinary Least Squares regression and non-linear techniques, and their application in policy analysis and other contexts.

Learn key concepts and techniques for qualitative case studies and process tracing. On this course, you'll acquire practical skills for implementing robust case studies in various research contexts.

Acquire the skills to apply Critical Discourse Analysis and its central, Discourse-Historical Approach, to analyse contemporary political discourse in your research.

Gain practical skills in qualitative comparative analysis as you learn to design your research, analyse data, use specialised software, and effectively communicate your findings.

Learn how to approach the most common analysis tasks in R with confidence, from exporting your results from R to writing an academic paper or report using Rmarkdown.

Get introduced to the core principles of political ethnography. You'll cover ethnographic methods and writing, research design, quality and ethics, and gain practical experience in studying politics and power in a range of contexts.

Learn to understand political science literatures using common quantitative text analysis approaches and how to interpret the results with the most common methods used by social scientists.

Learn to independently plan, design, and conduct surveys, gaining essential knowledge and skills in research design, sampling, measurement techniques, questionnaire design, survey experiments, and data quality assessment.

Learn key strategies for academic writing, including how to begin and maintain momentum, distinguish between narration and description, report research clearly, and effectively situate your argument within the text.