This research proposal focuses on the high cost of housing in Ibiza and how it affects the people who live and work there. The study will look into why housing prices are so high, particularly because of tourism and investment from outside the area, and how this makes it difficult for local workers to afford living on the island. We’ll compare Ibiza’s situation with other places that have similar problems and see what solutions have worked there. The goal is to come up with practical suggestions for policies that can help make housing more affordable for the locals.
The Research Proposal should be in Microsoft Word format. Should be limited to 2,000 words (including tables and references) and span
over the following sections: Title; Abstract and keywords (max 150 words) and 3 keywords;
Background (literature review); Research question, specific research objectives; Method; References
implementing the APA Referencing system. It is important to include solid academic references, the
overall share of academic references over non-academic sources (reports, websites, articles in nonacademic journals such as Forbes, the Economist, etc.) should be at least 75/25. The overall number
of references should be at least 25.
The research proposal should contain a background section. The background section has three
main functions: 1) It explains what you are going to do; 2) why the topic is relevant both for
academia and practitioners; and 3) it shows how your proposed work fits in with what is already
known, your preliminary literature review (you should present a clear research gap).
• The review leads up to a clear statement of your general research objective and specific research
questions.
• Your methods section is the largest section of your research proposal. Here, you explain what you
are going to do to answer your research question. You should write about your approach to
theory, theory testing or expanding, the type of research strategy that you plan to employ to
answer your research question, the data that you intend to collect, how you decided on a sample,
together with a proposed data analysis strategy. Make sure that you provide a rationale for your methods choices and that you reflect on threats to
the reliability and validity of the proposed project’s findings.
• The research proposal does not involve any data collection, secondary or primary, and data
analysis.
STRUCTURE OF THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL
(1) Title page (title, module, word count, student full name)
(2) Abstract (around 150 words), which should include:
a. Overall purpose of the research
b. Research design, methodology, and approach
c. Originality and expected contributions
d. 3 keywords
(3) Introduction (about 500 words ±10%), which should include:
a. Background to the problem
b. A clear explanation of the research gap, aim, and objectives
(4) Literature review (about 800 words ±10%), which should include:
a. Brief literature review introducing the reader the core constructs and relevant theories
b. Conceptual model
(5) Research design and methods (about 500 words ±10%), which should include:
a. research philosophy.
b. Research design and justification of selected methods of research
c. Planned data collection and analysis
(6) Timescale and resources
a. Gant diagram
b. Data Access/ sources
c. Equipment/ software, and etc.
(7) References: The referencing style throughout the report and in the list of references should follow
the APA system – please avoid footnotes.
(9) Appendences: if necessary.
