WORKSHOP ON
‘CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: THEORY AND
PRACTICES’
(From 9th October 2022 to -23rd October 2022)
Applications are invited from researchers in social sciences doing M.Phil or Ph.D. or working in colleges/universities/research institutes having a Master’s
degree in any social science discipline for participating in a two-week-long workshop on ‘Contemporary Research Methodology: Theory and
Practices’consistent with UGC norms. The workshop has been scheduled to be held from 9th Oct. 2022 to 23rd Oct. 2022, being organised by Development
Research Institute (DRI), the research unit of Gabeshana Chakra located at Laxmi Vihar, Near Sainik School Bhubaneswar- 751005
DRI in collaboration with, COATS Koraput, is organizing the workshop. The purpose is to encourage young researchers in social sciences to learn about
recent advances in research methods.
Objectives of the Workshop
 Introducing the contemporary debates on theoretical issues
 To allow young researchers to share their research interests with well–
known scholars in the field
 Acquainting participants to use updated statistical packages
 Updating Researchers on Fieldwork techniques specifically in rural,
urban and scheduled areas
Outline of the Course:
Unit1: Introduction: Doing Research in Social Sciences (Politics and Ethics of doing research in social sciences)
Unit 2: Evolution and importance of various approaches (schools) in social sciences
Unit 3: Understanding social sciences discourses on modern Odisha
Unit 4: What it means to do quantitative and qualitative research in social sciences (advantage, disadvantage, tools)
Unit 5: Doing Mixed Method research in social sciences (advantage, disadvantage, tools)
Unit 6: Using Feminist Research Method in Social Science Research
Unit 7: Exploring Archival Research (specifically in Odisha)
Unit 8: Use of advanced techniques during research processes ( SPSS, GIS, open sources for data collection and data analysis)
Unit 9:Academic writing (Writing an M Phil, Ph.D. dissertation, research paper, research proposal)
The Workshop will be taught with a focus on specific thematic issues such as Migration Studies, Gender Studies, Intersectionalities of Dalits (SC), Adivasis (ST) and Minorities in research.