Магистратура
2025/2026
Основы прикладных региональных исследований
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Современное востоковедение)
Кто читает:
Школа востоковедения
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Пивоваренко Александр Александрович
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course provides a holistic understanding of the research cycle in the field of applied regional studies which includes an introduction to fundamental philosophical and methodological principles as well as acquaintance with modern approaches and technologies such as OSINT and AI. During the course students will gain a formalized understanding of various research techniques, develop knowledge management skills and master the ability to work effectively with primary sources.
Learning Objectives
- Clarifying the difference between nomothetic and idiographic types of research, developing an ability to examine and categorize the researches that exist in the field according to their types and functional purposes.
- Exploring distinctions between different kinds of textual and audiovisual information. Developing the skills in working with primary sources, this includes mastering formalized techniques of source-interrogation and extracting information from unstructured data.
- Acquiring a holistic understanding of the research cycle concept. This includes grasp of dynamics & time management during each research step as well as the distinction between preliminary and processing phases of research.
- Develop text-management skills which implies understanding the specific features of different research outputs and the levels of generalization they require. This also includes selecting appropriate methods in compliance with principal task of the research, availability of sources and choosing presentation format.
- Understanding the concept of a primary source and implementing various research techniques to extract information cost-effectively.
Course Contents
- Topic 1: Nomothetic and Idiographic way of research
- Topic 2: Applied regional studies nowadays
- Topic 3: Research cycle in the regional studies
- Topic 4: Pattern Recognition and Diagnostic Applied Techniques
- Topic 5: Contrarian and Imaginative Applied Techniques
- Topic 6: Writing text in applied analysis
Assessment Elements
- Participation at the class work
- Homework
- Examination: Final examination is a presentation of an analytical report performed with using competitive hypotheses methodology. The research question is standardized as well as the chapters of the report but student will have an option in choosing geographical speciation (the studied subregion) and problematic itemization. The research implies exploration of relevant cases from diplomatic relations in Asia and Africa, foreign trade humanitarian or conflict-case aspect. The tasks to research are formulated in compliance with the topics studied during the course.
