New Seminar Series: Methodologies (in) Conversations

Seminar Series

COVID-19 brings a myriad of challenges for scholars around the world. In rising to these challenges, many of us need to think creatively about our research design and our methodologies. Within CISRUL, the ensuing discussions resulted in the creation of a series of events dedicated to discussing and critically reflecting on how we approach our research objects/subjects more broadly.

How do we deal with researcher positionality and the power relations it entails? What does it mean to do “theoretical research” or “empirical research”? Are methods only relevant to empirical studies? How do scholars from different disciplines use case studies in their research and what must be considered when doing so?

The Methodologies (in) Conversations are a place for academics of diverse disciplines and backgrounds to discuss these and more questions and to deal with issues such as reflexivity, reciprocity, research ethics, fieldwork, technology and research, or knowledge extraction. This series of seminars aims to foster the sharing of thoughts, reflections, experiences, and “tricks” regarding methodological questions among scholars at different stages of their research.