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Curriculum context
Organizational information
Registration
Registration does not begin until 02.10.2026 at 08:00. It ends on 12.10.2026 at 23:59.
You will register automatically for this course if you register for one of the following courses:
Qualitative Research Methods - Exploring Digital Transformation (Panida Naowarat Nowa),
Qualitative Research Methods - Exploring Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (Leonie Anika Eising),
Qualitative Research Methods - Exploring organizing for desirable futures (Sara Elsa Maj Dahlman),
Qualitative Research Methods - Exploring Insider Social Change (Anna Stöber),
Qualitative Research Methods - Exploring Leadership and Teams (Sünje von Helldorff),
Qualitative Research Methods - Exploring Alternative Organisations (wiMi Wenzel) (N. N.),
Qualitative Research Methods - Exploring (wiMi Schüßler) (N. N.)
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Content
This course offers students a basic introduction into qualitative research methods. Qualitative research is a strategy to study a given phenomenon of interest through interviews, participant observations, and documents. In contrast to quantitative research approaches, these large bodies of unstructured data can often not be analyzed by formal, statistical approaches. Students will learn to differentiate between qualitative and quantitative research and to discern the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches. We will cover topics such as the nature of qualitative research, different research designs, data collection, data analysis and coding, writing up qualitative research, and ethics in qualitative research.
After completion of the course, students shall be able to:
- know about the difference between qualitative and quantitative research and be able to identify when to use a qualitative approach
- know about a research design and the different approaches of conducting a qualitative research
-analyze qualitative data with the help of computer software
- reflect on quality criteria of qualitative research
Regarding the lectures, there will be 14 podcasts à roughly 15min. The podcasts are produced as “audio slides”, i.e., videos that display informative slides alongside the respective speakers’ explanations. Watching these lecture units and going through the complementary set of reading materials or assignments are mandatory for participating successfully in the tutorials. Students work on these lectures individually from home.
During the tutorials, we will reflect on the content, answer students’ questions regarding the material, and provide a guidance for the group projects.
Evaluation
Further information on teaching evaluation: https://www.leuphana.de/en/teaching/quality-management/evaluation/course-evaluation.html