Doctoral students are invited to learn or to refresh knowledge on qualitative methods/techniques and on research-related practical issues, such as how to design a research project, how to make use of interviews and ethnographic methodologies, or how to do archival research. Delivered at a low cost, each course grants a number of ECTS credits if participants ask to be assessed. Participants to the Lisbon Winter School in Research Skills and Methods should be either: doctoral students in any scientific area; university professors or researchers in any scientific area. The 2021 edition will be held from 2 to 12 February and is composed of the following courses: 1. The Essentials of Archival Research; 2. Ethnographic Methods; 3. Research Design; 4. Interview Methods and Data Analysis.