Re­search Design and Data Cur­a­tion in Tour­ism and Hos­pit­al­ity

Course content

Aim:

This course aims to prepare students for undertaking a research project in the tourism and hospitality field. From understanding different methods for data collection to formulating a research proposition and developing the right research design to address it.

This includes the full spectrum of data curation, including to find data or creating data (i.e., surveys, experiments, scraping big data, or observations), to reflect on the appropriate methods in data collection and analysis, as well as the management of data.

Content:

Students will learn developing appropriate research designs to different types of research questions within the field of tourism and hospitality. The course builds on the insights from the first semester and encourages the students to create their own different projects and discuss them critically.

This course focus on data curation, including methods to find data or creating data (i.e., surveys, experiments, scraping big data, or observations), select appropriate methods in data collection and analysis (building up on the Quantitative Research Methods in Tourism and Hospitality course), as well as the management of data.

It also combines an open space for pitching ideas, starting collaborations, and getting feedback about the students’ research interest – potentially feeding ideas for the students’ final project.