PhD course “Discourse Analysis” by The Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Aalborg Universitet on May 15, 2025 (organized by Carolin Demuth): This 1 day course will give an introduction to discourse analytic approaches, such as Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Discursive Psychology (DP) and give examples how they can be fruitfully applied to various areas of social research. It provides practical guidance on how to apply discourse analysis as well as focused discussions of, and feedback on students’ research projects. The course is open to PhD students from any disciplines who are interested in doing discourse analytical research. Key note lecture: Eleftheria Tseliou, Professor of Research Methodology and Qualitative Methods, Laboratory of Psychology, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly, Greece; Filippos Tentolouris, Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly, Greece. More details can be found here: https://phdcourses.dk/Course/129169

PhD course “Visual Methods” by The Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Aalborg Universitet in the September 15-18, 2025 (organized by Brady Wagoner): This four-day course introduces different perspectives and techniques in visual methods. It provides practical guidance for visual data collection, analysis and dissemination, which includes such techniques as working with various visual props, annotated drawings, photo-elicitation, using first- and third-person video, among others. There will also be focused discussions of and feedback on students’ research projects, in relation to visual methods. The course as a whole makes the general argument that visual material can be used both as a powerful complement to traditional verbal and textual data, as well as a site of investigation in its own right. More details can be found here: https://phdcourses.dk/Course/128267.