Welcome to IN4340!

Hello everyone,

A warm welcome to IN4340, "Engaged Qualitative Research Methods"! In this course we will learn about engaged research, a participatory form of research that we use to study real-world problems from the perspectives of key stakeholders. We will go through different methods for conducting engaged qualitative research, and apply them to field cases from domains including digital health, the digital economy and issues of socio-economic development. This will equip first-year students to write a solid research proposal for your MSc thesis, and second-year and PhD students to strengthen the conduct and reporting of your research.

This course is assessed with a take-home exam that will be released in November. Essential readings are available in the course schedule, and a full pensum with supplementary readings and a list of recommended articles, podcasts and multimedia can be downloaded here.

If you have any questions ahead of the beginning of the course, or at any time during the teaching, please do not hesitate to drop me an email at silvima@ifi.uio.no.

Looking forward to meeting you in class!

Silvia