PhD Course on Human Rights Research Methods
9-11 November 2016 - University of Copenhagen
Oplysninger om arrangementet
Tidspunkt
Sted
Faculty of Law, Studiestræde 6, 1455 Copenhagen, Staff Canteen, 3rd floor
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, 3rd 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