Training on “Research Methods in Social Sciences/International Relations”

35 young lecturers and researchers participating in the training came from units of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, Academy of Journalism and Propaganda, Institute of European Studies - Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.

The lecturer is Associate Professor Dr. Christina Schawenkel, an expert in Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Riverside, USA. She is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vietnamese Studies, author of the books “The American War in Contemporary Vietnam: Transnational Remembrance and Representation” (2009), “Neoliveralism in Vietnam” (2012). Another lecturer is Dr. Michaela Boerner from the Friedrich-Schiler University of Jena.

Training content on qualitative and quantitative research methods in social sciences, how to write a research proposal for funding, the process of submitting a manuscript to a specialized journal, research ethics when using qualitative and quantitative methods...

The course is part of a series of activities to improve research capacity and international publication ability for staff of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU.