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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)