Reading and Research Doctoral Skills

This course has two main goals. On the one hand, it aims to further train students to read like PhD students, focussing on 6 complex academic monographs. Specific attention will be addressed to the methods the author uses, to the philosophy of social science that undergirds- either implicitly or explicitly- the methods used and the arguments made, and to the temporal dimension that the social world contains and that can be considered as a (complex) form of causality that is distinct from other causal phenomena. On the other hand, the second module of the course aims to train students and develop their skills in writing a scientific research project proposal, with a focus on Marie Skłodowska Curie and ERC Grants.