- Booth, Wayne, Gregory Colomb, Joseph Williams, Joseph Bizup and William Fitzgerald, The Craft of Research, Chicago 2016, fourth edition (e-book and core book for writing processes in the whole program)
- Halperin & Heath, 3rd ed (2020) Political Research. Methods and Practical Skill, Oxford: Oxford University press.
- Birrell Ivory, Sarah (2020) Becoming a Critical Thinker, Oxford: Oxford University Press
- May, T. (2011 – 4th edition), Social Research – Issues, methods and process, Open University Press. (also used in the second semester). (selected chapters)
- Tosh, J. (2015 – 6th edn), The Pursuit of History, Longman.
- SAGE SRMO database on social research methods (via Malmö University Library)
(In addition, one book or group of articles for the respective research area in European Studies presented)