Methodological Competences

Researchers at the ESS department cover a broad range of methodological competences in the social sciences. Researchers are proficient in qualitative and quantitative methods, population surveys with questionnaires and structured observations, statistical and agent-based modeling, interview techniques as well as with discursive participatory methods (such as focus groups or foresight workshops). In the context of decision support, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and other economic valuation methods (stated and revealed preference based methods) and evaluation methods (e.g. cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis) are applied. Additionally, competences include the formulation, initiation, and management of transdisciplinary research projects and programs.

METHODS AND EMPIRICS	EHPsy	DA	EnvEco	PEGO	Cirus
Qualitative interviews	x	xxx		x	xxx
Mixed methods				xx	xx
Multicriteria Decision Analysis		xxx		xx
Quant. & qual. surveys	xxx	xx	xxx	xxx	x
Social network analysis		x		xxx	xx
Cost benefit analysis & valuations		x	xxx
Agent-based simulations	xxx			x	x
Socio-economic experiments	xxx				x