課程資訊
課程名稱
 環境社會科學的研究方法
Research Methods for the Environmental Social Sciences 
開課學期
 112-2 
授課對象
 理學院  氣候變遷與永續發展國際學位學程  
授課教師
 廖昱凱 
課號
 IPCS7046 
課程識別碼
 247EM2090 
班次
  
學分
 2.0 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 選修 
上課時間
 星期四6,7(13:20~15:10) 
上課地點
 全變中心G202 
備註
 本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限：15人 
  
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課程概述

The aim of this module is to introduce you to research methods for the Environmental Social Sciences, particularly focusing on climate change and sustainable development. This module will support IPCS’ students to develop essential skills for conducting research in the field of social sciences. It explores research methods in three parts: (1) research design, (2) research methods, and (3) action research. In part 1, students will learn how to design their research project with general principles. In part 2, we will dive into various research methods by critically reading current publications in Environmental Social Sciences. In part 3, students will explore how action research could bring social and climate justice to various stakeholders. 

課程目標
 1. Understanding a range of research methods and data collection techniques, such as in-depth interview, ethnographical work, historical archive, visual analysis, and action research
2. Tailoring research methods for the social studies of climate change
3. Practicing research methods through empirical studies
4. Reflecting on potential challenges that certain research methods might encounter in the field 
課程要求
 Students must read assigned materials and write a reflection (one-page, A4 size) before the class by 23:59 pm, Wednesday.
 
預期每週課後學習時數
  
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Textbooks:
Booth, W. C., G. G. Colomb, J. M. Williams, J. Bizup, and W. T. FitzGerald (2016) The Craft of Research, Fourth Edition. Illinois: Chicago University Press.
Clifford, N., M. Cope, and T. Gillespie (2023) Key Methods in Geography. London: Sage.
Law, J. (2004) After Method: Mess in Social Science Research. London: Routledge.
Swedberg, R. (2014) Theorizing in Social Science: The Context of Discovery. California: Stanford University Press.
Wilson, H. F., and J. Darling (2021) Research Ethics for Human Geography: A Handbook for Students. London: Sage.

Weekly reading materials:
Ballestero, A. and B. R. Winthereik (2021) Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis. North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Gabrys, J. (2016) Program Earth: Environmental Sensing Technology and the Making of a Computational Planet. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press.
Helmreich, S. (2023) A Book of Waves. North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Ide, T. (2017) Research methods for exploring the links between climate change and conflict. WIREs Climate Change, 8(3): e456.
Knox, H. (2020) Thinking Like a Climate: Governing a City in Times of Environmental Change. North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Knox, H. and D. Nafus (2018) Ethnography for a data-saturated world. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Mignolo, W. D. and C. E. Walsh (2018) On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis. North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Seow, V. (2022) Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia. Illinois: University of Chicago Press.
Squire, R. (2021) Undersea Geopolitics: Sealab, Science, and the Cold War. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Wolfle Hazard, C. (2022) Underflows: Queer Trans Ecologies and River Justice. Washington: University of Washington Press.
Zee, J. C. (2022) Continent in Dust: Experiments in a Chinese Weather System. California: University of California Press. 
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
 Feb 22nd  Introduction 
Week 2
 Feb 29th  Theorisation and research questions 
Week 3
 Mar 7th  Analogy, cases, and comparison 
Week 4
 Mar 14th  Ethics and risk assessment 
Week 5
 Mar 21st  In-depth interview 
Week 6
 Mar 28th  Ethnography (1) 
Week 7
 Apr 4th  Tomb Sweeping Day 
Week 8
 Apr 11th  Ethnography (2) 
Week 9
 Apr 18th  Workshop: Mid-term paper 
Week 10
 Apr 25th  Historical archive (1) 
Week 11
 May 2nd  Historical archive (2)  
Week 12
 May 9th  Visual and discourse analysis 
Week 13
 May 16th  Maps & digital data 
Week 14
 May 23rd  Creative methods 
Week 15
 May 30th  Decolonial methods 
Week 16
 Jun 6th  End-term presentation