2026
Research Seminar II
Name: Research Seminar II
Code: SOC10900D
10 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/280 hours
Scientific Area:
Sociology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The Research Seminar II carries on the objectives and syllabus of Research Seminar I:
- to favour academic and institutional integration of new students in the PhD programme of Sociology - to
promote a sense of belonging to a new scientific group of peers and to the academic community represented
by the institutions involved in the consortium
- to train students and provide them with tools so that they become familiar with abilities and competences for
scientific writing and oral presentation/discussion;
to enable, in a seminar context, a collective approach to individual research developed by each student in its
PhD project,;
- to monitor and inspire the writing of the individual PhD project, which will be submitted, discussed and
evaluated at the end of the school year.
- to favour academic and institutional integration of new students in the PhD programme of Sociology - to
promote a sense of belonging to a new scientific group of peers and to the academic community represented
by the institutions involved in the consortium
- to train students and provide them with tools so that they become familiar with abilities and competences for
scientific writing and oral presentation/discussion;
to enable, in a seminar context, a collective approach to individual research developed by each student in its
PhD project,;
- to monitor and inspire the writing of the individual PhD project, which will be submitted, discussed and
evaluated at the end of the school year.
Contents
With an internal and disciplinary nature, this Seminar is organized in sessions where
- Tools and techniques of bibliography collecting, handling and citation are provided;
- PhD projects by students of former years are presented and discussed, so that high scientific standards are
understood by the newcomers;
- Chapters of already concluded theses are read and discussed, so that students are confronted with writing
tools, techniques and styles, as well as other formal dimensions (internal structuration of dissertations)
-Students present and debate collectively their own individual PhD projects in their different stages of
elaboration - so that colleagues can enrich them with their contributions
- students prepare the final public presentation and discussion of their PhD projects
- Tools and techniques of bibliography collecting, handling and citation are provided;
- PhD projects by students of former years are presented and discussed, so that high scientific standards are
understood by the newcomers;
- Chapters of already concluded theses are read and discussed, so that students are confronted with writing
tools, techniques and styles, as well as other formal dimensions (internal structuration of dissertations)
-Students present and debate collectively their own individual PhD projects in their different stages of
elaboration - so that colleagues can enrich them with their contributions
- students prepare the final public presentation and discussion of their PhD projects
Teaching Methods
The seminar has clearly a work in progress, informal and tutorial nature, so the primary focus of the teachinglearning
process is on students.
There is an intense exchange of ideas and perspectives, and the teacher assumes the role of debate facilitator
and guide (as a primus inter pares), giving its own substantive contribution once the tour de table between
students has been made.
Evaluation takes into account four criteria:
- the student attendance
- the quality of his individual participation in the seminar activities
- the quality of the public presentation of the project (at the end of the academic year)
- the quality of the PhD project
process is on students.
There is an intense exchange of ideas and perspectives, and the teacher assumes the role of debate facilitator
and guide (as a primus inter pares), giving its own substantive contribution once the tour de table between
students has been made.
Evaluation takes into account four criteria:
- the student attendance
- the quality of his individual participation in the seminar activities
- the quality of the public presentation of the project (at the end of the academic year)
- the quality of the PhD project
Accreditations and Certifications
