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Member rate £492.50
Non-Member rate £985.00
£70 off Early Bird for Members until 31/10/2024
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Date: Monday 24 March – Friday 28 March 2025
Time: 10:00 – 13:00 CET
This course is designed for those working at masters level and above. It has been capped at a maximum of 16 participants, allowing the Instructor to cater to the specific needs of each individual.
You will gain a practical understanding of the typical steps of an interpretive research process – from how to formulate an Interpretive research question to how to present and document interpretive analyses.
The course introduces a broad spectrum of interpretive approaches, including narrative methods, discourse analysis, and deconstructive analytics. By understanding their logics and uses, you will be able to select a strategy that fits your own research question.
3 ECTS credits awarded for engaging fully in class activities.
1 additional ECTS credit awarded for completing a post-course assignment.
Marie Østergaard Møller is Associate Professor at Aalborg University in Denmark.
Her research interests include social and political categories, categorisation, frontline work, welfare state research, classic social theory of solidarity, and systematic qualitative methods.
Read more about Marie here.
The course covers different interpretive methods. You will learn to ‘read’ texts while becoming familiar with contemporary thinking about interpretation, narrative, and discourse.
The course focuses on narrative method, hermeneutics, phenomenology, discourse analysis, deconstruction method and genealogy. Its six objectives are to:
Live classes will be held daily for three hours on Zoom, allowing you to interact with both the instructor and other participants in real-time.
The course includes pre- and post-class activities, along with in-class presentations.
Before the course, reading material and pre-recorded lectures will be available on the learning management system for you to access at your own pace. Send your topic-related questions in advance to the Instructor.
In-class activities include short lectures, peer feedback, group exercises and presentations.
After the course, you can create presentations supported by Instructor feedback on your projects.
The instructor will conduct live Q&A sessions and offer designated office hours for one-to-one consultations.
None, though basic knowledge of qualitative methodology and methods would be an advantage. The commitment time is approximately 45 hours, including readings and on-site participation.
As a participant in this course, you will engage in a variety of learning activities designed to deepen your understanding and mastery of the subject matter. While the cornerstone of your learning experience will be the daily live teaching sessions, which total three hours each day across the five days of the course, your learning commitment extends beyond these sessions.
Upon payment and registration for the course, you will gain access to our Learning Management System (LMS) approximately two weeks before the course start date. Here, you will have access to course materials such as pre-course readings. The time commitment required to familiarise yourself with the content and complete any pre-course tasks is estimated to be approximately 20 hours per week leading up to the start date.
During the course week, you are expected to dedicate approximately two-three hours per day to prepare and work on assignments.
Each course offers the opportunity to be awarded three ECTS credits. Should you wish to earn a 4th credit, you will need to complete a post-course assignment, which will involve approximately 25 hours of work.
This comprehensive approach ensures that you not only attend the live sessions but also engage deeply with the course material, participate actively, and complete assessments to solidify your learning.
This course description may be subject to subsequent adaptations (e.g. taking into account new developments in the field, participant demands, group size, etc.). Registered participants will be informed at the time of change.
By registering for this course, you confirm that you possess the knowledge required to follow it. The instructor will not teach these prerequisite items. If in doubt, please contact us before registering.