Methodology of Social Sciences in the 21st Century

• Authors: Pocinho Margarida

Title variants

PL

Metodologia nauk społecznych w XXI wieku

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This essay presents the methodological challenges on social sciences for the 21st century. The contemporary social sciences issues cover priorities such as well-being and disadvantage, diversity and community, vulnerabilities and risks and the relationship between social and digital worlds. The research methodology in these areas is increasingly facing challenges. This article explores the big six methodological challenges (technological change, administrative data developments, integrated research capacity, research ethics respect, social research democratization and sense of purpose), and the need for methodological innovation to face them. Finally, it presents a case study of a European project of development of innovation.

PL

Niniejszy artykuł przedstawia wyzwania metodologiczne w naukach społecznych na miarę XXI wieku. Współczesne nauki społeczne zajmują się takimi kwestiami, jak dobrobyt i niekorzyści, różnorodność i społeczność, bezbronność i zagrożenia oraz relacje między światem społecznym a cyfrowym. Metodologia badań w tych obszarach staje przed nowymi wyzwaniami. W artykule opisano sześć wielkich wyzwań metodologicznych (zmiana technologiczna, rozwój danych administracyjnych, zintegrowane możliwości badawcze, szacunek dla etyki badawczej, demokratyzacja badań społecznych i poczucie celu) oraz potrzebę innowacji metodologicznych, aby stawić im czoła. Wreszcie przedstawia studium przypadku europejskiego projektu rozwoju innowacji.

Keywords

EN

methodology; social sciences; 21st-century; innovation; mixed research methods; European project

PL

metodologia; nauki społeczne; XXI wiek; innowacje; mieszane metody badawcze; projekt europejski

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego
• Journal: Relacje. Studia z nauk społecznych
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 93-102

Contributors

author

Pocinho Margarida

• University of Madeira

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