The purpose of the program is to develop the skills needed for planning scientific research and to speed up progress in research career carried out in academia and work life. In the program, you will learn about ethical planning of research, management of a research project and goal-oriented leadership, as well as development-oriented research. On the course we discuss good practices in planning of scientific research. The aim of the study program is for the participants to gain inspiring insights and skills for planning scientific research and managing research projects.
This intensive program is a part of 3UAS and University of Helsinki collaboration, where the goal is to mutually benefit from the collaboration and strengthen students’ working life skills.
This intensive program is for Master’s or higher level students, alumni and personnel of 3UAS only.
Key words: scientific research, 3UAS+UH collaboration, doctoral studies, leadership, project management, development
Schedule
Enrollment: 28.11.2022-26.2.2023
Pre-assignment announced: 28.2.2023
Pre-assignment deadline: 12.3.2023 – students need to return their pre-assignment in order to ensure their place on the course
Intensive program: 20.3., 24.4. and 15.5. at 9.00-16.15. The program is organized online.
Course content
University of Helsinki
- Experimental design & research ethics
- Scientific method and experimental design
- Planning, implementing, reporting and sharing scientific research in an ethical manner
Laurea University of Applied Sciences
- Research project management
- Academic excellence in a research project
- Implementation of research project
- Impact of a research project: economic / societal / scientific
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
- Goal-oriented leadership
- Goal-oriented leadership as an orientation
- Core competencies and ethics of goal-oriented leadership
- Goal-oriented leadership skills in knowledge-intensive contexts
- Development-oriented reasearch
- Participatory reasearch partnership
- Co-development strategies and methods
Learning outcomes:
- Student knows how to plan scientific research based on the scientific method, and recognises and understands key ethical principles guiding research
Students know how to build a framework for an academic research project paying attention to the building blocks of academic excellence, impact and appropriate implementation
Students know how to lead themselves, their research or development group and other experts in a goal-oriented way
- Students know how to promote a partnership-based co-development process in a research network in an ethically sustainable manner
Teachers
Taina Vuorela (Laurea), Margit Suurnäkki (Haaga-Helia), Salla Sipari (Metropolia), Simo Kyllönen (UH), Lotta Tikkanen (UH) and Liisa Uotila (UH)