Courses at the Research School People, Society and Sustainability

Upcoming courses and activities in 2025

Coding qualtitative data - principles and practice, 5 ECTS

February–April 2025
Contact: Richard Ferguson

The course will introduce students to coding qualitative data.

An introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 4,5 ECTS

August–October 2025
Contact: Brian Kuns

This course is an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Students will become familiar with the main uses GIS in general, but more specifically, students will work with vector and raster data in hands-on exercises where students learn basic GIS skills.

Qualitative research methods, 5 ECTS

October–November 2025
Contact: Klara Fischer

The course will provide an overview of qualitative methods used in social science. The course is designed around joint reading, written submissions and joint discussions in weekly seminars, connected with the course literature and the PhD student’s own research projects.

Activities offered together with other NJ-faculty research schools:

How to become a postdoc, one-day workshop

25 February 2025
Organized together with the research schools at the NJ faculty 

Do you want to arrange a PhD student driven activity or offer a course in our research school?

Contact: Jens Rommel or Stephanie Leder