Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

By training the basic skills of academic paper writing and designing a research methodology, the students will develop the tools necessary for participation in academic work within the field of mobilities. The module will furthermore enable the students to acquire competencies in communicating with lay and professional audiences

Students who complete the module:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Must have knowledge of the academic production process, the procedures in research quality assessments and monitoring and the channels for publication and dissemination of academic knowledge
• Must have an understanding of the societal and contextual conditions underlying the increasing ‘scientification’ of the practice field

Skills

• Must be able to apply to a specific mobilities case established models for academic paper writing and methodological reflection
• Must be able to evaluate their own academic papers in relation to established practices and systems of academic mobilities research

Competences

Competencies

• Must have competencies in writing an academic paper and/or a design for a research methodology relating to state-of-the-art research inspired by the ‘mobilities turn’
• Must have competencies in communicating with lay and professional audiences

Type of instruction

Supervision and plenary sessions

Exam

Exams