PhD Courses in Denmark

Introduction to Research Methods for Business and Technology

Aarhus BSS Graduate School at Aarhus University

Instructors:

Sven Kunisch (Course responsible)

Christian Tang Lystbæk (Day 1)

Birke Otto (Day 2)

Madalina Pop (Day 3)

John Vestergaard Olesen (Day 4)

Anders Frederiksen (Day 5)

Robert Alphinas / Francesco Chinello (Day 6)

Konstantinos Koumaditis / Francesco Chinello (Day 7)

 

Dates: 3 Nov, 18-19 Nov, 26-28 Nov, 16 Dec 2025

The main objective of this course is to prepare doctoral students with fundamental and advanced knowledge about research methodologies to design and conduct interdisciplinary research in the intersection between business development and technology areas. The course distinguishes itself by equipping doctoral students to investigate relevant empirical questions and problems in the intersection between business and technologies. This course covers the main qualitative and quantitative research methodologies capable of solving issues in the intersection between business development/technology.

 

The course is divided in three main topic areas:

  1. Foundations of research and knowledge development, and implications for research design choices in interdisciplinary research in business and technology
  2. Qualitative methodologies for interdisciplinary research in business and technology
  3. Quantitative and experimental methodologies for interdisciplinary research in business and technology