Global July 2023
Methodology for Social and Legal Sciences: a practical approach
(Oferta especial de disciplina: para solicitação da matrícula nesta disciplina, que será ofertada em inglês, enviar e-mail para ppg.direito@ufjf.br)
Focus: Law and Innovation
The objective of this course is to help graduate students deal with empirical research, utilizing innovative qualitative methods in the practice of a specific research (professors will present their effective research work) as well as help them work with social innovation as a topic for their research.The course has a practical goal: students will present their research project in the last part of the course, so that the professors can give suggestions and tips for them regarding the methodological approach.
Syllabus:
- July 25th – Presentation (Explaining the course) Marcos and Lars (from 2 PM to 5 PM) The idea is to give three to four articles for the students to read during the course, as related below.
- July 27th – Social Innovation, participatory governance and social enterprise ecosystems – Lars Hulgård (from 2 PM to 4PM) Debate (Marcos and Lars) (4PM to 5PM)
- July 31st – Empirical legal research: how innovative can it be? – Marcos Chein (from 2PM to 4PM) Debate (Marcos and Lars) (4PM to 5PM)
- August 3rd- Presenting your research project (Debate) (from 2 PM to 5 PM)
- August 8th- Presenting your research project (Debate) (from 2 PM to PM)
References (Reading)
- Pestoff, V., & Hulgård, L. (2016). Participatory Governance in Social Enterprise. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 27(4), 1742–1759. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43923254
- Banerjee, S., Lucas dos Santos, L., Hulgård, L. (2021). Intersectional knowledge as rural social innovation. Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JRURSTUD.2021.04.007
- Feres, M. V. C. (2022). Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge and Patent Rights: The Case Study of Phyllomedusa bicolor. Revista Direito GV, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-6172202205
- Feres, M. V. C. (2019). Neglected and non-neglected diseases: contradictions in the patent legal system. Revista Jurídica Da Presidência (124), 264–288. https://doi.org/10.20499/2236-3645.RJP2019v21e124-1786
Professors: Marcos Vinício Chein Feres (UFJF), Lars Hulgård (Roskilde Universitet – Denmark)
Language: English
Place: Law School, room 5
Courseload: 15h
Date&Time: July 25, 27, 31, August 3, 8, from 2pm to 5pm
Target audience: undergraduate and graduate students
Spots available: 10
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): 4, 16