Section outline

  • General

    • Module One: Making Sense of a Social Science Dissertation

    • Module Two: Choosing a Research Topic

    • Module Three: Choosing Your Methodology

    • Module Four: Planning a Schedule and Working With Your Supervisor

    • Glossary of Key Terms

    • Course Instructors

      • Dr. Charlotte Brookfield

        Dr. Charlotte Brookfield is a Reader at Cardiff University’s School of Social Sciences. Her research interests include the place of quantitative research methods in the social sciences. Since 2020, Charlotte has been the co-director of the Cardiff University’s Q-Step Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Quantitative Methods. In this role, Charlotte plays a pivotal role in engaging with external partners who offer meaningful placement opportunities for students, allowing students to practice and finesse their research methods skills in an authentic workplace context. Charlotte is an editor of the journal International Social Research Methodology and has a book called Completing Your Research Project with Jamie. For several years she has co-convened a large final year undergraduate dissertation module with Jamie.

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      • Dr. Jamie Lewis

        Dr. Jamie Lewis is a Reader in Sociology at the School of Social Sciences (SOCSI), Cardiff University. His research is mainly situated in the Sociology of Science and Technology Studies. He’s Director of post-graduate taught studies in SOCSI, Co-convenor of the large final year undergraduate dissertation module with Charlotte, and has developed courses and lectures on the sociology of disaster, monsters and mysteries, public engagement with science and technology, and society and genetics. Presently, he’s one of the editors of the journal Qualitative Research and external examiner at the University College London (UCL). With Charlotte, he has a book called Completing Your Research Project.

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