Thesis Project I
Code
12075
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
Credits
15.0
Teacher in charge
António Paulo Brandão Moniz de Jesus
Weekly hours
3
Total hours
162
Teaching language
Inglês
Objectives
The aim of this unit is the discussion of several topics related to the PhD programme and to organise working groups according to individual research interests.
Is aimed to acquire critical analysis competences and the synthesis of new and complex ideas. It aims also the development of forms of oral and written forms of communication in the context of scientific themes.
To develop the PhD thesis plan
To propose expert names to integrate the Commission for Thesis Follow-up
Public discussion of the Thesis Plan in the Winter School
Prerequisites
Capacities on English language
Usage of computer tools
Subject matter
Part 1
- Definition of research topics
- Methods of team work organisation
- Critical analysis
- Ethical challenges in the development of technology
- Principles of technology assessment
- The scientific reasoning
- The construction of hypothesis (causal hypothesos and statistics)
- Theoretical models and its assessment
- Refereeing, communication and the information sources
Part 2
- Presentation and discussion of draft topic for a thesis
- forms of oral and writing communication in the context of scientific terms
- science ethics
- intellectual propriety
- quality patterns among the scientific communicty
- seminars and exercises
Bibliography
- Bechmann, Krings, Rader: Across the divide. Work, organization and social exclusion in the european information society 2003
- Goldstein, Hogarth: Research on Judgment and Decision Making 1997.
- Bijker, Law 1992. Shaping Technology/Building Society. Cambrige MIT.
- Bimber 1996. The Politics of Expertise in Congress. Albany SUNY
- Decker, Ladikas 2004. Bridges between Science, Society and Policy. Springer
- IST/VITO: Participatory methods Toolkit: a practitioner’s manual,
- Sclove 2010, Reinventing Technology Assessment