Research Methodologies Workshop
Annual workshop for methodologies and methods in Global Health Law and Human Rights.
Call for Applications
The Groningen Centre for Health Law, University of Groningen is delighted to present its annual Research Methodologies Workshop - Global Health Law and Human Rights, to be held on 11-13th March 2026 at the University of Groningen’s House of Connections, Groningen, the Netherlands.
This workshop aims to provide legal scholars, public health scholars, PhD researchers and Masters students with tools to understand, choose and apply different research methods for global health law research. The focus will lie on the implementation of a human rights approach to global health law research. The first two days will finish with an opportunity to discuss individual research projects with other participants, and the programme for the last day holds an opportunity to present and get feedback on individual projects.
The preliminary program can be found below. Please note that it is subject to change.
Programme
Wednesday 11 March 9.00-18.00: Legal methodologies and methods for global health law and human rights research
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What is methodology? What is method?
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Legal positivism, hard law & soft law in Global Health Law and Human Rights
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Systemic integration and systemic legal interpretation in Global Health Law and Human Rights
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Normative research: Health capabilities
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Critical research: Feminism and Third World Approaches
Thursday 12 March 9.00-18.00: Interdisciplinary methods for global health law and human rights research
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Human Rights Based Approaches as Research Methods
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Rigour in research: systematic literature review and systematic content analysis
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Qualitative research methods
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(Legal) database research
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Ethics applications and process
Friday 13 March 9.00-13:00 Interdisciplinary conversations and participant presentations
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How to write, publish or present your research for interdisciplinary audiences?
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Choosing the methodology/methods for your project
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Participants present (individually or as group) on own research ideas for feedback
A full programme can be found below.
Who is this workshop for?
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Legal scholars (with a focus on global health law and human rights)
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Public health scholars interested in law
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Masters students and PhD researchers
Fees
The fee for attending this workshop is 325 Euro per participant. €275 for students and those affiliated with a RUG partner university. Partner universities incl. ENLIGHT universities,Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR) universities, and universities of the Strategic Partnership Framework. If you are in doubt please contact us.
There is availability for 20 participants.
Application process
Interested in attending? Click on button below:
Applicants will be notified of their acceptance on a rolling basis but no later than 25 February 2026.
The full program and reading materials will be shared to participants a few weeks before the workshop.