Liebe Kollegen und Kolleginnen,
anbei ein CfA mit der Bitte um Kenntnisnahme bzw. Weiterleitung an
Interessierte.
Mit besten Grüßen,
Stefanie Eifler
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Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
dürfen wir Sie bitten, den angehängten CfA für die 5. Berlin Summer School
in Social Sciences in der Sektion "Methoden der empirischen
Sozialforschung" der DGS zu veröffentlichen bzw. über deren
Email-Verteiler zu verschicken? Das wäre sehr hilfreich.
Es handelt sich um eine methodologische Summer School für
Nachwuchswissenschaftler, die sich auf die Verbindung von Theorie und
Empirie konzentriert.
Vielen Dank im Voraus!
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Andreas Schäfer
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Andreas Schäfer
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Tel.: 0049-(0)30-2093-4269
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CfA:
Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences – Linking Theory and Empirical
Research
Berlin, July 19 – August 1, 2015
The 5th Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences aims at promoting young
researchers by strengthening their methodological understanding in linking
theory and empirical research. The two weeks program creates an excellent
basis for the advancement of their current research designs.
In the first week we address the key methodological challenges of
concept-building, causation/explanation and micro-macro-linkage that occur
in almost all research efforts and strive for a clarification of the
epistemological implications underlying methodological paradigms. In the
second week, these methodological considerations are applied to central
empirical fields of research in political science, sociology and their
intersections with other disciplines. In this second part of the program
participants are assigned to four thematic groups according to their own
research topics. The thematic areas cover “Governance, Politics and
Processes of Decision-Making”, “Citizenship, Migration and Diversity",
“Social Struggle and Globalization”, and “The Dynamics of National and
International Regimes”.
The course encompasses a varied format of lectures, workshops, seminars,
and one-to-one consultations. During the summer school participants will
also have the opportunity to present and intensely discuss their own work
and approaches and will be provided with hands-on advice for their
research designs.
The school brings together a faculty of renowned international and
Berlin-based scholars. Among the confirmed international lecturers are
Michael Burawoy (UC Berkeley), Michael Coppedge (University of Notre
Dame), Donatella Della Porta (EUI), Macartan Humphreys (Columbia
University), Daniel McFarland (Stanford University), Virag Molnar (New
School for Social Research, Wendy Olsen (University of Manchester), and
Sanjay Seth (Goldschmiths, University of London).
The Berlin Summer School is a joint endeavor of the Berlin Graduate School
of Social Sciences (BGSS) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the WZB
Berlin Social Science Center. It is co-funded by the two institutions.
Moreover, we receive generous funding from the German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD). Details on travel grants and tuition fees can be found on
our webpage.
The international summer school is open to up to 50 PhD candidates,
advanced master students and young Post-Docs. The call for applications
has opened. Applications can be submitted online via the application form
on the summer school webpage until March 31, 2015.
The decisions of the selection committee will be communicated to the
applicants at the beginning of April. For more information, please visit
our webpage at www.berlinsummerschool.de.
If you have additional questions, please contact directly the organizing
team at summerschool.bgss@hu-berlin.de