UCL - Research seminar in demography

[DEMO2150]

[30h] 5 credits

Teacher(s): Ester Lucia Rizzi, Bruno Schoumaker

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Each year two or three socio-demographic themes are chosen. The workshop teaches the students to:
- define research questions based on the scientific literature
- build conceptual frameworks
- acquire a critical approach to scientific literature
- study thoroughly a population issue
- improve their capacities in written and oral scientific communication.

Main themes

The seminar starts with an in-depth and detailed discussion on the research methods in social sciences: defini-tion of complex concepts, building of indicators, formulating hypotheses.
Specific research themes will then structure the remainder of the seminar. They will be chosen with the students, taking into account the size of the class-group, their country of origin, and research themes they has chosen for their Master's thesis.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Homework, oral presentation

Portfolio of readings

Seminar reserved for students of the Master's degree in population and development