Research methodology education in Europe: a multi-country, cross-disciplinary survey of current practices and perspectives
These findings reveal relative homogeneity in research methodology teaching across academic levels and disciplines in Europe. The persistence of passive teaching formats and the limited adoption of active methodologies reflects an untapped opportunity to improve the effectiveness of research methodology education in fostering critical thinking and ethical practices. Higher education institutions need to reevaluate research methodology curricula to better align with contemporary research demands.
Authors
- Silke Kniffert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5084-3960)
- Nikolaos Kostomitsopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4787-5106)
- Ivan Buljan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8719-7277)
- Michiel R. de Boer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9240-0199)
- Daniel Pizzolato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3954-5924)
- Sara Garofalo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6023-2802)
- Lucija Batinović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-0025)
- Miloslav Klugar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2804-7295)
- Michal Kohút (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4544-1331)
- Ana Marušić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6272-0917)
- Miro Vuković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3880-8673)
- Ulf Toelch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8731-3530)
- Seán Lacey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3005-6294)
- Thomas Rhys Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6670-0718)
- Malika Ihle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-5981)
- Thomas Nordström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3829-4169)
- Peter Babinčák (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3407-6631)
- Lucia Kočišová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-1651)
- Marta Topor
- Flávio Azevedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9000-8513)
- Charlotte R. Pennington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5259-642X)
- Lucianne Groenink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4971-7796)
- Anita Lunić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4169-2651)
- Christopher J Graham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1144-7970)
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- University of Trnava (SK)
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (GB)
- Aston University (GB)
- University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (NL)
- University of Prešov (SK)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Academy of Athens (GR)
- Linnaeus University (SE)
- Munster Technological University (IE)
- Institute of Health Information and Statistics (CZ)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Greenwich (GB)
- Palacký University Olomouc (CZ)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Split (HR)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Research Integrity and Peer Review
- Published
- 2025-11-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-025-00183-x
- Primary Topic
- Statistics Education and Methodologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Aston University
- Linnéuniversitetet
- Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
- Munster Technological University