Faculty
Professor Jennifer Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Associate Professor Finn Hansson, and Associate Professor Maja Horst MPP/CBS.

Course Coordinator
Associate Professor Finn Hansson

Each participating PhD student has to write a three-five pages paper presenting key method problems or issues related to his/her project. The paper functions as input to group work and to the group discussion with faculty.

The aim of the course is to enable the PhD students to:

Lecture plan

Time/period	Faculty	Title
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:
Tuesday 12 May
09.00-10.00		Registration CBS/MPP
10.00-11.00		Presentation of participants and course program: Group Formation
11.00-12.00	Finn Hansson	Intro lecture: The role of qualitative methods in the history of social science:
12-.00-13.00		Lunch
13.00-16.00	Jennifer Greene	Lecture 1: What qualify as qualitative methods and why?
19.00-		Dinner
Wednesaday 13 May
09.00-09.30		Introduction to the day. (faculty).
09.30-11.00		Small group discussion and preparation of questions (students) on the methodology in projects
11.00-12.00		Group discussion with faculty and feedback on projects
12.00-13.00		Lunch
13.00-16.00	Jennifer Greene	Workshop on conducting qualitative interviews
Thursday 14 May
09.00-09.30		Introduction to the day.(faculty)
09.30-11.00		Small group discussion and preparation of questions (students) on the methodology in projects
11.00-12.00		Group discussion with faculty and feedback on projects
12.00-13.00		Lunch
13.00-16.00	Maja Horst	Lecture 3: Using document analysis in qualitative studies
Friday 15 May
09.00-12.00	Jennifer Greene	Lecture 4: Mixed Methods as Research Strategy
12.00-13.00	Lunch
13.00-14.00		Course evaluation
14.00-16.00		Group discussion with faculty and feedback on projects

The course will involve the students in discussions on the role of the qualitative researcher in collecting and analysing data and other types of information in different organisational settings. Each participating PhD student has to write a three-five pages paper presenting key method problems or issues related to his/her project. The paper functions as input to group work and to the group discussion with faculty.

No exam.

Preliminary

(* = to be distributed to participants in compendium **=to be distributed to participants by email)

*Alvesson, M. (2003). Methodology for Close up Studies - Struggeling with Closeness and Closure. Higher Education, 46, 167-193

*Breakwell, Glynis M. ed. 1995. Research methods in psychology. London: Sage. (Lyons, Breakwell & Wood, Jill Wilkinson) chap. 9, 16, 17, 19, 21

*Bruce L. Berg (2004), "Designing Qualitative Research", Qualitative Research in Methods for the Social Sciences (Fifth Edition), pp. 15-52

*Czarniawska, B. Narrative, Interviews, and Organizations I Handbook of Interview Research. Context & Method. Edited by Gubrium & Holstein. Thousand Oaks: Sage. 733-751

*Greene, Jennifer, Lehn Benjamin, & Leslie Goodyear (2001). The Merits of Mixing Methods in Evaluation. Evaluation , vol.7, (no.1), 25-44ition), pp. 15-42

*Gubrium, J. F. & J. A. Holstein From the Individual Interview to the Interview Society I Handbook of Interview Research. Context & Method. Edited by Gubrium & Holstein. Thousand Oaks: Sage. 3-33

*Harper, D. (1998) Reimagining visual methods. In Collecting and interpreting qualitative materials. Thousand Oaks: SAGE

* Huberman, M. & Miles, M., (1994) Data managgement and analysis methods, in Miles & Huberman, Qualitative data Analysis

*Malterud, K. (2001), Qualitattive research: standards, cxhallenges and guidelines, The Lancet vol. 358

* Schwandt, T. A. (1994). Constructive, interpretivist approaches to human inquiry. In Denzin N.K. and Lincoln, Y. (Ed.), Handbook of qualitative research

*Silverman, D. (2001). Interpreting qualitative data.methods for analysing talk, text and interaction. London: Sage Publications Ltd. chap. 18

*Smith, Jonathan A. (2003). Qualitative psychology.a practical guide to research methods. London: Sage Publications Ltd. (Sue Wilkinson, Smith & Osborn, Charmaz) chp

*Silverman, D. (2001). Interpreting qualitative data.methods for analysing talk, text and interaction. London: Sage Publications Ltd. chap. 18

*Silverman, David, (2004) Who cares about ‘experience’. Missing issues in qualitative research, in Silverman, David Qualitative research.Theory, method and practice. London: SAGE

*Stake, R. E. (2001). Case studies. In Handbook of qualitative research

*Yin, Robert K.. (2005), Introducing the World of education. A Case Study Reader, chapter 8, The Good High School

** Jennifer C. Greene (2206): Toward a Methodology of Mixed Methods Social Inquiry.

Ragin, Charles C. and Becker, Howard S. (1992). What is a case?.exploring the foundations of social inquiry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Denzin N.K.. and Lincoln, Yvonna S. (2000). Handbook of qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. (Stake, Harper)

Other editions of Denzin and Lincoln:

Denzin N.K.. and Lincoln, Yvonna S. (2000). Handbook of qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. (Stake, Harper)

Denzin N.K. and Lincoln, Yvonna S. (1998). Strategies of qualitative inquiry. Thousand Oaks: SAGE

Denzin N.K.. and Lincoln, Yvonna S. (1998). Collecting and interpreting qualitative materials. Thousand Oaks: SAGE

Denzin N.K. and Lincoln, Yvonna S. (1998). The landscape of qualitative research.theories and issues. Thousand Oaks: SAGE

Denzin N.K.. and Lincoln, Yvonna S. (1994). Handbook of qualitative research. Thousand Oaks: SAGE

Other relevant articles from Denzin og Lincoln:

Gergen, M. M. & Gergen, K. J. (2001). Qualitative inquiry.tensions and transformations. In Handbook of qualitative research

Greene, J. C. (2001). Understanding social programs through evaluation. In Handbook of qualitative research

Brady, I. (2001). Anthropological poetics. In Handbook of qualitative research

Madriz, E. (2001). Focus groups in feminist research. In Handbook of qualitative research

Weitzman, E. A. (2001). Software and qualitative research. In Handbook of qualitative research

Ryan, G. W. & Bernard, H. R. (2001). Data management and analysis methods. In Handbook of qualitative research

Kemmis, S. & McTaggart, R. (2001). Participatory action research. In Handbook of qualitative research

Charmaz, K. (2001). Grounded theory.objectivist and constructivist methods. In Handbook of qualitative research

Greenwood, D. J. & Levin, M. (2001). Reconstructing the relationships between universities and society through action research. In Handbook of qualitative research

Vidich, A. J. & Lyman, S. M. (2001). Qualitative methods.their history in sociology and anthropology. In Handbook of qualitative research

Richards, T. J. & Richards, L. (1994). Using computers in qualitative research. In Denzin N.K. and Lincoln, Y. (Ed.), Handbook of qualitative research

Greene, J. C. (1994). Qualitative program evaluation.practice and promise. In Denzin N.K. and Lincoln, Y. (Ed.), Handbook of qualitative research

Fiske, J. (1994). Audiencing.cultural practice and cultural studies. In Denzin N.K. and Lincoln, Y. (Ed.), Handbook of qualitative research

Kincheloe, J. L. & McLaren, P. L. (1994). Rethinking critical theory and qualitative research. In Denzin N.K. and Lincoln, Y. (Ed.), Handbook of qualitative research

Guba, E. S. & Lincoln, Y. S. (1994). Competing paradigms in qualitative research. In Denzin N.K. and Lincoln, Y. (Ed.), Handbook of qualitative research.

Please send your application to Anja Dupont ( ad.lpf@cbs.dk) before 12 April, 2009.