Methodology School
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The Methodology School is a week of workshops covering a wide range of research methods in the social sciences. It is an interdisciplinary event that covers multiple methodologies.
The Methodology School is aimed at doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and anyone else conducting research in the education sciences. Alongside the training content, the Methodology School offers plenty of opportunities to network and share knowledge, ideas and experiences.
The workshops are run by teaching staff who have broad methodological and teaching expertise in their specialist field.
As the Methodology School is aimed at a German-speaking audience, the exact details of the programme and workshops can be found on the German version of this page.
Past Methodology Schools
Methodology School 2026
From 3 to 6 February 2026, the Methodology School offered two blocks of interdisciplinary and multi-methodological workshops on a wide range of social science research methods.
The following methodological workshops were offered:
Block 1, 3 and 4 February
- Workshop «Prinzipien und Praktiken von Sequenzanalysen» by Roswitha Breckner
- Workshop «In Bildungskontexten ethnographisch forschen – Vorgehensweisen, Positionierungen, Perspektiven» by Gisela Unterweger
- Workshop «Einführung in die Situationsanalyse: Forschungsstil, Arbeitsweisen, Analysetechniken» by Thomas Grunau
- Workshop «An introduction to Systematic Reviews, digital evidence synthesis tools, and EPPI Reviewer» by Melissa Bond
- Workshop «Modellierung von Längsschnittdaten» by Samuel Merk
Block 2, 5 and 6 February
Methodology School 2025
The Methodology School 2025 took place from 4 to 7 February 2025 at PH Zurich.
The following methodological workshops were offered:
Block 1, 4 and 5 February
- Gruppendiskussionen – Erheben und Auswerten mit der Dokumentarischen Methode (Group discussions – data collection and analysis with the documentary method)
Workshop leaders: Enikö Zala-Mezö, Nils Bernhardsson-Laros - Kulturwissenschaftlich und bildungshistorisch forschen mit Quellen (Researching cultural studies and educational history with sources)
Workshop leaders: Andreas Hoffmann-Ocon, Norbert Grube - Qualitative Interviews vorbereiten, führen und nachbereiten (Preparing, conducting, and processing qualitative interviews)
Workshop leader: Sarah Weber - Von der Konzeption zur Publikation: Erfolgreiche Zeitschriftenartikel schreiben (From conception to publication: writing successful journal articles)
Workshop leader: Beate Richter
Block 2, 6 and 7 February
- Die Adressierungsanalyse als Methode der Subjektivierungsforschung (Addressing analysis as a method of subjectivation research)
Workshop leader: Tobias Leonhard - MAXQDA – Einführung, Mixed Methods und qualitative Inhaltsanalyse (MAXQDA – introduction, mixed methods, and qualitative content analysis)
Workshop leader: Thorsten Dresing - Design-Based Research: Designbasierte Forschungsprojekte reflektiert (weiter-)entwickeln (Design-based research: reflecting on and further developing design-based research projects)
Workshop leader: Alexa Brase - Item-Response-Theorie zur Kompetenzmodellierung und Skalierung (Item response theory for competence modeling and scaling)
Workshop leader: Carmen Köhler
Abstracts (in German)
- Gruppendiskussionen – Erheben und Auswerten mit der Dokumentarischen Methode
- Kulturwissenschaftlich und bildungshistorisch forschen mit Quellen
- Qualitative Interviews vorbereiten, führen und nachbereiten
- Planung und Durchführung von Evaluationen
- Von der Konzeption zur Publikation – Erfolgreiche Zeitschriftenartikel schreiben
- Die Adressierungsanalyse als Methode der Subjektivierungsforschung
- MAXQDA – Einführung, Mixed Methods und qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Design-Based Research – Designbasierte Forschungsprojekte reflektiert (weiter-)entwickeln
- Item-Response-Theorie zur Kompetenzmodellierung und Skalierung
- Single Case Analysis mit R
Methodology School 2024
The Methodology School 2024 has been held at PH Zurich between Tuesday, 23 January and Friday, 26 January 2024.
Methodology School 2023
The Methodology School 2023 was held at PH Zurich between 12 and 15 June 2023.
Methodology School 2022
The Methodology School 2022 was held at PH Zurich between 29 August and 2 September 2022. Take a look at the Methodology School 2022 and get a feel for the event in this video.