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Doctoral Course - Research Methods (Part 2): Qualitative Research Methods
LLSMA 2002 - Research Methods (3 parts) – 10 ECTS
If you register and pass for the block of 3 courses => 10 credits
If you choose and pass the courses separately => 3 credits each
Part 1 : Advanced Discrete Optimization (Daniele Catanzaro)
Part 2: Qualitative Research Methods (Laurent Taskin)
Part 3: Quantitative Research Methods (Vincenzo Verardi)
Description
See the full course description here
Qualitative Research Methods
- General characteristics of qualitative approaches
- Research design and data collection
- Interview Guide and questioning
- Analyzing and making sense of data
- Data Quality Control
- Reflexivity and heterodox approaches
- Ethnographic and Visual Approaches
Schedule
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | 2.00 pm - 5.30 pm | LECL 83 |
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | 2.00 pm - 6.00 pm | LECL 83 |
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | 2.00 pm - 6.00 pm | LECL 83 |
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 | 2.00 pm - 6.00 pm | MORE 70 |
Registration
https://forms.microsoft.com/e/jZuninBVQv

Doctoral Course - Epistemology of Management
Description
This course should allow the students to access to a critical theory of knowledge applied to management and, in a wider sense, to all disciplines that belong to management studies. Such a goal is at the same time theoretical and practical: firstly, it should help students understand how a "management science" has been progressively invented, what are the challenges and limitations of such a project; secondly, it will introduce the participants to the main debates in the epistemological field, mixing fundamental and applied epistemologies; thirdly, it will give them reflexive roots to fulfill their research in management studies.
5 ECTS
Prof. Matthieu de Nanteuil
See the full course description here
Schedule
Friday, February 7, 2025 | 2.00 - 5.00 pm | MORE 74 |
Friday, February 14, 2025 | 9.30 am - 12.30 pm 2.00 - 5.00 pm | MORE 74 |
Friday, February 21, 2025 | 2.00 - 5.00 pm | MORE 73 |
Friday, February 28, 2025 | 9.30 am - 12.30 pm 2.00 - 5.00 pm | MORE 74 |
Friday, March 07, 2025 | 9.30 am - 12.30 pm 2.00 - 5.00 pm | MORE 74 |
Friday, March 14, 2025 | 9.30 am - 12.30 pm 2.00 - 5.00 pm | COUB 16 LECL 81 |
Registration
https://forms.microsoft.com/e/jZuninBVQv

Doctoral Course - Communication and Writing Skills
Description
5 ECTS
Prof. Valérie SWAEN & Manuel KOLP
See the full course description here
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objective of the course is to help young researchers in management get a better understanding of the peer reviewed publication process and develop their academic writing skills. This course provides transversal competences to doctoral students and future researchers – i.e. competences that are useful regardless of their specific topic and discipline. During this seminar, students will learn how to write a literature review, an academic paper; how to get published and how to present a research paper.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- prepare a research plan and an academic paper;
- write a paper following the academic standards;
- review an academic paper;
- pitch his/her research;
- present a research seminar ;
- build online profiles and web presence
COURSE CONTENT
The different topics that will be covered in this course are the following ones:
- Defining what makes a good research idea?
- Designing your literature review (Searching for literature; Quality of journals; Writing the literature review…)
- Developing your research design (Conceptual model, hypotheses, methodology…)
- Writing your paper: what and how? (Structure of an academic paper; Writing an abstract; Writing the basic sections: data collection, findings, discussion, conclusion, limitations and future research; Positioning a research and defining contributions; Common mistakes of novice writers…)
- Publishing process (Soliciting for feedback; Developing research papers; Selecting an appropriate journal; Order of authors; Making the paper ready for submission; …)
- Reviewing your paper
- Presenting your research in a research seminar
- Pitching your research to a non-expert audience
- Becoming an impactful academic
- Using Web Tools and establishing web presence and visibility
COURSE ORGANIZATION
Students are expected to prepare the writing/reading assignment and think about the topics before each session. They are also expected to contribute in an informed, critical and innovative manner during the sessions.
EVALUATION METHODS
Different assignments will be asked from students:
- writing a working paper following the academic standards (see specific guidelines posted on Moodle);
- presenting this working paper (see specific guidelines given in class);
- reviewing a paper written by another student and discussing it after the oral presentation/poster.
The assessment of your performance will be composed of the following elements:
- Quality of the written working paper (65%)
- Quality of the oral presentation of your working paper (20%)
- Quality of your review and discussion of a classmate paper (15%)
Schedule
Date | Time | Location |
Tuesday, February 04, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | DOYEN 21 |
Wednesday, February 05, 2025 | 10.45 - 12.45 am | DOYEN 21 |
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | DOYEN 21 |
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | DOYEN 21 |
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | DOYEN 21 |
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | DOYEN 21 |
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | ONLINE |
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | DOYEN 21 |
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | A102 (LouRIM lunch room) |
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | ONLINE |
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | DOYEN 21 |
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | 8.30 - 11.45 am | DOYEN 21 |
Registration
https://forms.microsoft.com/e/jZuninBVQv

Research seminar: Industry Collaborations for Disruptive Sustainability: Exploring a Dialogue on Fossil Fuel Collaborations
University-industry collaborations are widely acknowledged as a way for universities achieve their impact and sustainability goals. In achieving these goals universities can support a sustainable energy transition and related disruptions. However, divergent views on how universities can and should act as disruptors in the sustainable energy transition have recently emerged. This study examines the University of Amsterdam’s formally organized 6-month long dialogue on whether it should collaborate with the fossil fuel industry. Based on an in-depth qualitative study, we identify three forms of perceived responsibilities – moral, academic, and impact – that led to six key tensions. We outline six conditions where universities need to make decisions on how to address very polarized views. Our study offers novel insights to scholars of university-industry relations as well as disruptive sustainability.
Arno Kourula Bio (from University of Amsterdam Business School)
Kourula obtained his PhD from the Aalto University School of Business in Finland in 2009. The title of his dissertation was Company Engagement with Nongovernmental Organizations from a Corporate Responsibility Perspective. Between 2010 and 2015, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University and Fellow at the Copenhagen Business School. He joined the Amsterdam Business School in 2012. As a lecturer, he has been active in the development of new courses and programmes. In 2020 he co-founded the Sustainability Honours Programme for students enrolled in the MSc Business Administration. Since 2017 he has been the director and later co-director of the ABS Sustainability Initiative.