Winter Semester 25/26
Fachseminar
Designing Future-of-Work, Innovation and Organisation Research
- Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Andrea M. Herrmann - Contact:
- Prof. Dr. Andrea M. Herrmann
- Term:
- Winter Semester 2025/2026
- Cycle:
- Bi-weekly on Thursday: 23.10.; 06.11.; 20.11.; 04.12.; 18.12.; 15.01.; 29.01.
- Time:
- 02.30 – 6.00 p.m.
- Room:
- R12 R05 A84
- Start:
- 23rd Oct 2025
- End:
- 29th Jan 2026
- Language:
- English
- LSF:
- Lecture in LSF
- Participants
- Module Fachseminar Designing Future-of-Work, Innovation and Organisation Research in the degree programs
Important Notes:
To apply for the seminar “Designing Future-of-Work, Innovation, and Organisation Research”, interested students should write an email to Paulina.Jamroz (at) vwl.uni-due.de until 6 October 2025 including a list of the courses completed thus far (including the credits and grades obtained), as well as a short motivation letter why they are interested in writing their thesis at our chair. The seminar is limited to 12 participants. If demand exceeds the available seminar places, preference will be given to students with most credits, the highest grades obtained and the most convincing motivation. Applicants will be informed about seminar admissions by 10 October 2025.
Description:
This seminar prepares students for writing their bachelor or master thesis. To this end, it introduces them to the systematic design and execution of a research project on topics relating to the future of work, innovation and organisation research. The seminar guides students through the process of writing a consistent research proposal for their final thesis. This involves identifying a suitable research question and embedding it in relevant scientific literature, as well as choosing an appropriate methodological approach (including suitable data collection, operationalisation and data analysis). This is achieved through a combination of knowledge (mini-lectures) delivered by the lecturer, in-class exercises, reading and writing assignments, as well as feedback from the lecturer and fellow students.
Learning Targets:
After successful participation in this seminar, students will be able to
- understand the epistemological and ontological foundations underlying their chosen research approach;
- identify a relevant research question and embed it in the appropriate scientific literature;
- define and operationalize the key concepts of their research project;
- identify and collect appropriate empirical material
- develop consistent interview guidelines, questionnaires and surveys for their research project;
- choose and apply suitable analytical methods;
- interpret empirical results in the light of the existing literature and assess the quality of their research project;
- design and write a coherent, convincing, and consistent research proposal that can guide them throughout the research process;
- demonstrate academic skills such as academic writing, correct citation practices, critical assessment of scientific texts, and effective peer feedback;
Literature:
Hancké, B. (2009), Intelligent Research Design (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
Additional literature will be announced during the course.
Formalities:
The module is assessed by means of a module-specific examination, including the following components:
- Writing a research proposal of 6,000–8,000 words (50%)
- Oral participation (25%)
- Writing peer feedback (25%)