PhD course guide
2020 - 2021
Welcome to our 2020-2021 course guide!
On the left you find a list of all our courses in alphabetical order. Click on the course of your choice to enrol!
Other ways to access our programme:
- Use the categorised list below
- Use our course selector
- Download the PhD course guide brochure
The Graduate School advises PhD candidates to enrol in close consultation with their doctoral supervisor. This ensures that the selected courses and workshops fit the Training and Supervision Plan (TSP). At least 30 ECTS in the TSP should be dedicated to PhD training. Also ensure to consult our enrolment policy before enrolling.
Can’t make up your mind?
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Qualitative or quantitative data? Collecting or analysing? With over 40 courses in the Graduate School programme, it can be difficult to make the right choice. Therefore, we have created the course selector. Just answer a couple of questions in this online questionnaire and you will get a course suggestion.
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Is the course full or did you miss the enrolment deadline? Always make sure to fill in the notification form! We will then be able to notify you on available spots (in case of cancellations) or new dates. These lists also give us an indication of the demand for a specific course so we may schedule new editions.
Not sure if you can participate?
Do note that the Graduate School adheres to a strict attendance policy. Upon enrolment you are expected to attend all sessions. If you wish to cancel your enrolment, fill in the cancellation form within the deadline. Cancellations via email are not valid. If you miss a session or cancel after the cancellation deadline, you will:
- be fined an administrative fee (up to € 200,--)
- receive no course certificate
- receive no ECTS credits
Methodology and philosophy of science
- Brush up your research design
- Brush up your SPSS skills
- Data analysis with R
- Digital research methods for textual data
- Discourse analysis
- Doing the (systematic) literature review
- Geographical Information Systems
- Large-scale register data for quantiative social research
- Mixed method research: How to combine diverse quantitative and qualitative methods
- Multilevel modelling 1: an introduction
- Multilevel modelling 2: multilevel structural equation modelling (SEM)
- Participatory action research (PAR)
- Philosophy of the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Q-methodology
- Qualitative coding with ATLAS.ti
- Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)
- Qualitative data analysis with grounded theory
- Qualitative Interview Techniques
- Searching and managing your literature
- Survey design
- The Focus Group method
- Visual exploration of scientific literature with VOSviewer
Professional skills
- Communicating your research: lessons from Bitescience
- How to finish your PhD in time
- How to get your article published
- Making an academic poster that stands out
- Making your research proposal work for you
- Professionalism and integrity in research
- Responsible research data management (RDM)
- Self-presentation: Focus, structure, interaction and visualisation
- Shut up and write
