Fatima Jinnah Women University Organizes Panel Discussion On 'Social Science Research' In Collaboration With AIPS

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 03, 2018 | 08:30 PM

Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU), Department of Sociology Friday organized a panel discussion on "Social Science Research in the Contemporary World

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Aug, 2018 ) :Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU), Department of Sociology Friday organized a panel discussion on "Social Science Research in the Contemporary World: Trends and Challenges" in collaboration with American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS), Islamabad.

The purpose of a panel discussion was to highlight contemporary global trends and challenges of social science research.

The global partnership/collaboration in research and publications also discussed.

The experts' views and experiences of the panelist enlighten the students to understand the issues and coping mechanism to deal with various aspects of research and publications.

The Chief Guest of the event Vice Chancellor (VC) FJWU, Prof. Dr Samina Amin Qadir appreciated the effort of the Department of Sociology to arrange such a wonderful event on Social Science Research and also hoped that in future such events and training programs for the students and faculty members would also be arranged as well.

Prof. Dr. Michael Hirsch from Huston-Tillotson University, USA talked about Challenges of Global Research and Partnership while Dr. Rabia Gul from International Islamic University, Islamabad highlighted the objectives of Qualitative Research, Publication and Ethics.

Dr. Mazhar Hussain Bhutta from Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi talked about Predispositions in Quantitative Analysis for Social Sciences Research and solved many queries of the students.

Dr. Amelia Maciszewski spoke about the topic Research's positionality and Ethnographic Research.

At the end a question answer session was held to solve the students' problems during research. The workshop was a big opportunity to share problems and good practices about research integrityand avoiding plagiarism.