Honours+ Workshop: Finding your Way through the Methods Maze

  • How do you select and develop a methodology that suits your team’s research question?

    The process of comparing and considering research methods can feel like entering a maze.

    In this workshop, you will acquire strategies that will help you with this process. We introduce you to some key principles of research methodology, and map out the main pros and cons of a range of research methods.
    Moreover, you will actively work towards choosing a methodology that fits with your research question through a set of group exercises. In short, one of the most valuable workshops this year to lift your Team Challenge to the next level.

     

    “The workshop was very relevant to the project I am currently working on. I appreciated that there was some time allocated to put into practice the information that was given to us, I found it very helpful”
    Available sessions:

     

    • Monday 12.01.2026, 13:30-16:30 hrs

    • Wednesday 11.02.2026, 09:30-12:30 hrs.

       

    All “Finding your Way through the Methods Maze” workshops are scheduled to take place at EDLAB’s Tapijn Building X. All attendees will receive a reminder email with the exact location two days before the session.

     

    Register here for this workshop.

  • Why?

    The methodology you select for your H+ Challenge will determine the type of data you collect, how you collect it, and how you analyse it. Understanding the different types of research methods available along with their strengths and weaknesses, is thus imperative to make an informed decision.
  • Tim Huijts

    Your Workshop Host: Tim Huijts (UM, ROA)

    Tim Huijts is a Full Professor of Positive Health at Work at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) at Maastricht University (co-funded by CAOP). He also holds a part-time position as Professor of Sociology at the Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research (CHAIN) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He obtained a PhD (2011, cum laude) in Sociology at the Radboud University Nijmegen.
    In his research, Tim Huijts examines how social, national, and institutional factors influence inequalities. He focuses particularly on social inequalities in health, and on how these inequalities can be explained and diminished. In addition to his research expertise, Tim Huijts has ample experience in teaching, course development and management, and project management.