Methodology at the Leuphana
The courses offered by the Center of Methods are aimed at students of all degree programs and training levels as well as doctoral students at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. The courses have different formats in order to meet the diverse needs. In order to make methods education at Leuphana more transparent and clearer, the Center of Methods is currently working on an overview of all methods-oriented courses at the university.
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We lend out fully-equipped moderation cases for teaching methods. Write to us or simply drop by the Center of Methods, where you can pick up the case.
Henrik von Wehrden's courses
Current Courses
Prof. Dr. Henrik Wehrden
Reflecting on Research Methods
The module "Reflecting Research Methods" deals with the engagement with unrelated, unknown scientific methods. Together with students of different major, these methods are applied and reflected on with regard to ethical research questions and cross-disciplinary contexts of use. In addition, the possibilities and limits of familiar methods and specialist cultures will be reflected upon in a more foreign way, and specific methods will be used to create differences and connections. This also includes the examination of different concepts of interdisciplinary research. Since it is a matter of getting involved with methods from other disciplines, the module offers special events that encourage a change of perspective. This can be done, for example, by reflecting on methods on the basis of example fields that allow links to one's own degree programmes, but pursue a methodological perspective that is not already regularly offered in these degree programmes.
Ziel: This is a frame lecture, the purpose of which is to connect, compare, and unite the different seminars within the module.
Bachelor Thesis
This module supports you in the process of writing your bachelor thesis. While the lecture builds on a flipped classroom concept, it will be widely framed around the questions of the audience regarding the specific slots. The lecture thus helps you to find a topic, supervisors, and how to communicate with them. You will get input on time management, how to tame a topic, define research questions of hypotheses, research literature, and write a glossary. An additional emphasis will be set un creating methodological designs, pitfalls of research, and establishing a routine. We also give you help on how to overcome writer's block, norms and standards of science, and how to submit and defend your thesis. All individual steps will also be discussed more hands on in the tutorials.
Ziel: Vorlesung, Tutorium sowie der moodle-Kurs zielen darauf ab, den Prozess des Schreibens der Bachelor-Arbeit in allen Phasen von Beginn an bis zur Abgabe der BA-Thesis zu begleiten.
GOAL
The lectures, the tutorials as well as the moodle course aim to support the process of writing a bachelor’s thesis from start to submission.
Doctoral Colloquium of the School of Sustainability
Reflecting Interdisciplinarity
Introduction to statistics (PhD)
Introduction to statistics
Ziel: Ability to analyse data in R
Further information about courses you will find the academic portal myStudy.Christoph Wegener's courses
Current Courses
Prof. Dr. Christoph Wegener
Research Seminar in Economics
Vorträge zu laufenden Forschungsarbeiten von Promovierenden und Wissenschaftlern des Instituts sowie von auswärtigen Gästen.
Die Referenten sollten möglichst min. eine Woche vor dem Vortrag ihr Papier an Boris Hirsch schicken, der es dann für alle Teilnehmer zugänglich in MyStudy hochladen wird. Hierdurch sollen tiefergehende Diskussionen der Papiere ermöglicht werden.
* im Seminarplan: Externe Gäste, mit denen wir vermutlich am Dienstagabend Essen gehen werden, wozu alle Interessierten gerne mitkommen können (Info bei Boris Hirsch).
Ziel: Kolloquium (Vortrag) im Rahmen des Promotionskollegs VWL gem. §6 Abs. 4
Quantitative Research Methods (for M&SAaF)
Main topics and learning objectives:
Core element of the course is to learn how to use databases and statistical software in order to enable students to conduct their own empirical analyses. At the same time, students learn important statistical methods and practice them by applying the learned concepts to practical examples. The lecture is supplemented with presentations and discussions of the methodological background of current research projects.
Ziel: At the end of this course, the student is able to
1. Understand and apply advanced econometric models for longitudinal data (repeated measures over time) and cross-sectional data (measured at one point in time) and basic panel data.
2. Use ordinary least squares (OLS) regression and beyond.
3. To use general purpose statistical program Stata and to write and use Stata do-files to run these models
4. To understand the mathematical derivation of some of these models
5. To report the outcomes of econometric analyses in a scientific report
Quantitative Research Methods (#1für M&SAaF)
- Stata software
- Descriptive statistics
- Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression
- Econometric analysis for longitudinal, cross-sectional, and basic panel data
Ziel: The objective of this course is to get students started in econometric analysis using Stata.
Further information about courses you will find the academic portal myStudy.