Research Methods in Intercultural Communication

In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of conducting research in the field of Intercultural Communication. Common pitfalls of intercultural and multilingual research and possible practical solutions will be considered. This course combines theory and relevant considerations about research methods with a more practical approach in which different methods of data collection and analysis will be explored and compared.


In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of conducting research in the field of Intercultural Communication. Both quantitative methods and qualitative methods will be covered, as well as the possibility of using mixed methods is discussed. Common pitfalls of intercultural and multilingual research and possible practical solutions will be considered. This course combines theory and relevant considerations about research methods with a more practical approach in which different methods of data collection and analysis (e.g. observation, interveiw, survey and corpus analysis) will be explored and compared.

Course leader

dr. J.D. ten Thije

Target group

Background in language and cultural studies, interested in intercultural communication and background from Humanities fields or sciences.

Course aim

To provide students with an introduction to the basics of conducting research in the field of Intercultural Communication.

Fee info

EUR 300: Course fee
EUR 200: Housing fee