13-14th Sept. | Qualitative Methods in Urban Mobility Research

Instructor

Hannah Hook (Ghent University, Department of Geography)

Learning objectives

1. Introduce doctoral researchers to the basic techniques of qualitative methods and provide knowledge on how to perform reproducible research.
2. Provide doctoral researchers with the skills to design research and data collection protocols.
3. Explain how technological transitions, such as the invention of GenAI, can affect qualitative research, and the implications for biases and ethics.

Preliminary Schedule Day 1 (13 Sept.)

Lecture: Introduction to Qualitative Research

Workshop: Designing a Qualitative Study Using Case-Based Methods

Lunch

Lecture: Practical Guidelines for Analyzing Textual Data

Workshop: Developing Data Collection Protocols

Presentation: Research Plans and Protocols

Preliminary Schedule Day 2 (14 Sept.)

Lecture: Integrating AI into Qualitative Research

Workshop: Manual coding of textual data

Lunch

Workshop: Coding with ChatGPT:

Presentation: Demonstrating insights from qualitative research