Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics

Your research project will be divided into 3 steps. 1. Formulating a puzzle and a research question. 2. Discussing methodological options and challenges. 3. Summarizing the research design and suggesting expected results. Each step presupposes that your group а) sends a presentation to the instructor's email one day before seminar, b) then gives a 20-minute oral presentation, your ideas are discussed in class, your team gets feedback from instructor and other students, c) and, finally, prepares the written form of this step, taking into account the feedback received, within a week (2-4 pages). Each member of a team should be involved in preparation and oral presentation of every step. Violation of the deadlines for pre-uploading presentation or uploading text will result in 1 penalty point in each case. Absence of presentation or text of each step will result in 3 penalty points in each case. The final grade for group work is calculated as a mean grade of 3 intermediate papers.

The final project is a compilation of 3 intermediate papers which is completely edited and equipped with all the necessary logical transitions between 3 parts. It also works as a chance to improve any drawbacks which have not been improved during the main part of the course. Violation of the deadline for submitting final text will result in 1 penalty point for each day.

The review should reflect in free form the strengths and weaknesses of the reviewed paper, and also indicate points of growth (1-2 pages). It is forbidden to criticize the personalities of team members and use non-academic vocabulary in reviews.