Qualitative survey methods in social sciences

This course introduces students to social science research (from the construction of the subject to the writing of a report), with an emphasis on qualitative methods. It is essentially composed of a field survey on the general theme of managing nature in the city. It aims to introduce students to the social dimensions of environmental management issues, as well as to the production and processing of qualitative data in the social sciences. In this respect, it trains students to develop diagnoses of environmental management situations by working on three main types of skills: (i) Producing and analyzing heterogeneous data (written, oral, observational), (ii) Analyzing multidimensional, complex and singular situations, (iii) Recounting the complexity of these situations to a public.

"-1. To know the main characteristics of the epistemology of the social sciences

2. Implement an Inductive-Iterative approach

3. Know the main hypotheses of the sociology of organized action

4. Apply the theoretical framework of the sociology of organized action

5. Conduct a semi-structured interview."

Preparing for a semi-structured interview

8. Describe and explain the gap between formal and actual functioning within an organization and between organizations

9. Build and present a case using qualitative data.

UE carried by AgroParisTech (shared with EPI)