The PhD School at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, and The Danish Institute for Human Rights invite all PhD students working on human rights related topics to a course on

Human Rights Research Methods

The purpose of this course is to introduce and discuss topical methodical and methodological approaches to human rights research. Human rights research is a complex research field, including several different disciplines within law, social sciences and humanities. The research field has been expanding over the past decades and is today characterized by a high level of multi- and interdisciplinarity. The course aims to 1) provide the PhD student with an overview of key methodological and methodical developments within the field of contemporary human rights research; 2) discuss each participant’s methodological and methodical choices; and 3) provide the participants with concrete tools and guidelines for better research practices in this field.

Course description

Programme

Venue

Faculty of Law, Studiestræde 6, 1455 Copenhagen, Staff Canteen, 3^rd floor

ECTS

4 ECTS

Course organizer

The PhD School at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, and The Danish Institute for Human Rights.

Any questions about the course may be directed to Stéphanie Lagoutte, Senior researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights (+45 32 69 88 43 or SLA@humanrights.dk).

Maximum no. of participants: 15

Application

An abstract (500 words) of the paper must be submitted to Stéphanie Lagoutte (SLA@humanrights.dk) no later than 1 September 2016

Note that applicants will be selected based on their submitted abstracts.

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no later than 1 September 2016