The seminar provides an overview on the development of debates on methods with regard to the study of globalization. It introduces into what one might call a post disciplinary methodology of globalization research including quantitative and qualitative approaches from the social sciences, comparison and various methods to analyze interactions, interpretation of historical source material and the visualization of results in maps. This seminar does not replace any systematic study of methods well anchored in the various disciplinary contexts, but discusses their cross-fertilization with respect to key issues in globalization research and their combination when it comes to concrete research questions.