It is now, from February to the end of March when it’s “the time” to collect our data for the Master Thesis. This means either interviewing, doing focus groups, observation… or maybe trying other methods. I am still in Uppsala, but some classmates are planning to do data collection abroad, such as in Germany, Scotland or New Zeland.
At this stage you must be aware that planning is important, because for what I know/heard, students who are going abroad took a proactive attitude to searching for topicts, literature, planning, contacting people… etc. So the earlier you have an idea of what you want to do research about, the better you can be at taking your first steps.
To narrow down my research topic, and following my supervisor’s advice, I am conducting a “Pilot interview” to a researcher at SLU tomorrow. As the title of this post means: Walker, there’s no pathway, the pathway is made by walking. So let’s start.