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level
medium
6 h

What is research ethics?

Required prior knowledge:

Students who take this module should have a general knowledge about social science inquiry and steps of research, as well as qualitative analysis and a basic understanding of ethnographic research

Module difficulty:

Intermediate level (some prior knowledge is necessary, listed in the “Required prior knowledge” section)

Main goals:

To understand the importance of ethics in social research as well as to prepare ethical issues for a research proposal in social sciences

Structure of the module:

Theoretical foundation and description of ethics, tools illustrating the use of ethics in research, research tasks (supplement for students and academic teachers)