MSc Research Methods with Planning and Environmental Management

University of Manchester

You will conduct a small-scale piece of empirical research of relevance and use this as the basis for your dissertation. The emphasis of the dissertation will be on the use of methodology in the context of:tracing the application of certain methods to the investigation of particular issuesdiscussing how that methodology functioned in practiceresearch reflexivity.You will be expected to report on the findings of the study, although the scale of the work will necessitate modest aims and outcomes, given that you will require space to provide in-depth methodological critique and potentially also methods development as an outcome of your study.It will also be possible for you to choose to undertake a literature-based dissertation, in which case there will be an expectation that a formal review methodology will be used to conduct the review.

School of Environment, Education and Development