GY452 Half Unit
Urban Research Methods
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Hyun Shin S601F
Additional teacher(s): Professor Gareth Jones; Dr Neil Lee; Dr Romola Sanyal; Dr Austin Zeiderman; Dr Claire Mercer
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MSc in Urbanisation and Development. This course is not available as an outside option.
This course is available on the MSc in Urban Policy (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and Sciences Po) for those students who choose the MSc in Urbanisation and Development track for their Year 2 studies.
Pre-requisites
N/A
Course content
The course aims to introduce students to the key methods that are frequently mobilised to carry out research on urbanising societies around the world. The course is designed to help students think more systematically about methodological considerations in order to execute a successful dissertation research. Below is a list of themes to be covered in the course:
- Designing an urban research project and ethics
- Comparative (case) studies
- Working with archives
- Interviews and focus groups
- Conducting ethn