The PhD School at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law, invite all PhD students within the discipline of jurisprudence to a course on

Theory and Methodology in law

Course description

The course is designed for students who have recently embarked upon PhD studies and need to enhance their general understanding of methodology and research methods, as well as the ways in which the theoretical framework and specific research methods may be applied in their research projects. The course can also be relevant for students who have been working on their research for a while and needs perspectives on methodology questions for their research project. 

The course will provide an overview of main research methods commonly used by legal researchers. Apart from the main jurisprudential approaches, the course will also cover empirical and interdisciplinary approaches to law. The research approaches and trends will be discussed in the context of international as well as Danish law. The course will run over a longer period.

• A two day course on Campus in November 29-30, 2023
• Regular sessions over a period of 12 weeks organized as study groups with the aim to involve PhD students more actively with different presentations. The Ph.D. students will chose tracks after the two day course and the 12 weeks will begin January 2024.

Programme

The course programme will be announced as soon as possible. Meanwhile, please see the programme from the methodology course held in December 2022. We expect the programme for the 2023 course to be similar.

Practical information

Venue

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law, Njalsgade 76, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Room: 4A.1.46 (Building 4A, 1 floor, Room 46)
A guide on how to find Campus is available at our website via this link and a map of campus is available here

Wi-Fi

University of Copenhagen is connected to Eduroam, which allows students, researchers, and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating institutions.

ECTS  

• 5 ECTS points for participating in the 2-day course, submitting the required written assignments and participating in the study group.  
• 3 ECTS points for participating only in the 2-day course (for PhD students not enrolled at University of Copenhagen)  

Further information

Any questions about the course may be directed to the PhD Administration (phd@hrsc.ku.dk).

Registration

No later than 10 October 2023. (Registration closed)