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Details for the Course Syllabus for Course VTS005F valid from Spring 2022

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General
  • English
  • If sufficient demand
  • Apply through e-mail
Aim
  • The aim of the course is to introduce the Ph D students at the Department of Technology and Society into interdisciplinary research at the department, in particular how interdisciplinarity is reflected by the previous dissertations.
Contents
  • The course consists of methodology seminars and a dissertation seminar. At the methodology seminars important concepts in methodology and theory related to interdisciplinary research at Technology and Society are introduced and discussed. At the dissertation seminars earlier Ph D research at Technology and Society is presented and discussed.
Knowledge and Understanding
  • For a passing grade the doctoral student must
  • Be able to explain the fundamental concepts of theory of science and methodology.
    Be able to explain what characterises interdisciplinary research at technology and society.
Competences and Skills
  • For a passing grade the doctoral student must
  • Be able to independently and critically assess scientific work at Technology and Society regarding methodological choices.
    Present different scientific methods that are used in research on Technology and Society and discuss their use and limitations.
Judgement and Approach
  • For a passing grade the doctoral student must
  • Show ability to critically reflect on and discuss how the choice of method impact the research.
Types of Instruction
  • Lectures
  • Seminars
Examination Formats
  • Written assignments
  • Seminars given by participants
  • Failed, pass
Admission Requirements
Assumed Prior Knowledge
Selection Criteria
  • Enrolled in one of the following PhD subjects: Technology and Society (TETOSF00), Transport and Road Technology (TEVTTF02), Environmental and Energy Systems Studies (TEFMIF00) or Real Estate Science (TEVFTF00).
Literature
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  • General methodology seminar
    Persson, J. och Sahlin, N-E. (2013) Vetenskapsteori för sanningssökare, Fri Tanke Förlag
    - Ch 7: Förklaringar och abduktion
    - Ch 9: Vad är ett orsakssamband?
    Downloaded on: http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=3799315&fileOId=8085332

    Chalmers, A.F. (1999). What is this thing called science?, Open University Press
    Ch 14: scientific laws
    Ch 15: realism and anti-realism
    Ch 4-7: induction and falsification
    Also exists in Swedish

    Interdisciplinary and problem based methodology
    Schmidt, J.C. (2008). Towards a philosophy of interdisciplinarity. An attempt to provide a classification and clarification, Poiesis Prax, 5 pp. 53-69.

    Schmidt, J.C. (2011).'What is a problem? On problem-oriented interdisciplinarity, Poiesis Prax, 7 pp. 249-274.

    Lélé S. och Norgaard, R. B. (2005) Practicing interdisciplinarity, BioScience, 55(11) pp. 967-975.

    Stock and Burton (2011) Defining terms for integrated (multi-inter-trans-disciplinary) Sustainability Research, Sustainability, 3 pp. 1090-1113.
Further Information
  • The course is offered together with VTS001F. Students may not take both of these courses.
Course code
  • VTS005F
Administrative Information
  • 2022-01-28
  • Gudbjörg Erlingsdóttir fek-ger

All Published Course Occasions for the Course Syllabus

1 course occasion.

Start Date End Date Published
2022‑04‑04 (approximate) 2022‑04‑19

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