--- Prof. Dr. Tobias Wolbring Chair of Empirical Economic Sociology School of Business and Economics Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Findelgasse 7/9 D-90402 Nürnberg Office: +49 911 TBA tobias.wolbring@fau.de http://www.wirtschaftssoziologie.wiso.uni-erlangen.de/ https://sites.google.com/site/tobiaswolbring/ ________________________________ Von: marcus.spittler@wzb.eu marcus.spittler@wzb.eu Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. März 2019 18:59:57 An: Wolbring, Tobias Betreff: CfA - Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences 2019

Dear Prof. Tobias Wolfbring,

the CfA for the 9th Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences is now open! May I ask you for your support to distribute the CfA by forwarding it to the mailing list or newsletter of the DGS Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung?

It is a methodological Summer School for young researchers that explicitly focuses on the linkage between theory and empirical social research. Thank you very much in advance!

Yours faithfully, Marcus Spittler

-- Marcus Spittler WZB Berlin Social Science Center Research Unit "Democracy and Democratization" Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin Germany

############################################################################# Linking Theory and Empirical Research

Berlin, July 15 - 25, 2019

We are delighted to announce the 9th Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences. The summer school aims at supporting young researchers by strengthening their ability in linking theory and empirical research. The two-week program creates an excellent basis for the development 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. We strive for a clarification of the epistemological foundations underlying methodological paradigms. In the second week, these methodological considerations are applied to central empirical fields of research in political science, sociology, and other related disciplines. In this second part of the program, participants are assigned to four thematic groups according to their own research topic. The thematic areas covered are: "External Governance, Interregionalism, and Domestic Change", "Citizenship, Migration, and Identities", "Social Struggle and Globalization", and "Democracy at the Crossroads".

The program is characterized by a varied format comprised of lectures, workshops, seminars, and a one-to-one consultation. During the summer school, participants will also have the opportunity to present and discuss their own work extensively. Participants 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 Phillip M. Ayoub (Occidental College), John Gerring (The University of Texas at Austin), Hendrik Wagenaar (University of Sheffield), Anita Gohdes (Hertie School of Governance), Felix Berenskoetter (SOAS University of London) and Peter Hedström (Linköping University).

The Berlin Summer School was co-funded by the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Details on the location and tuition fees can be found on our webpage www.berlinsummerschool.dehttp://www.berlinsummerschool.de.

The international summer school is open to up to 60 PhD candidates, advanced master students, and young postdocs. The call for applications is currently open. Applications can be submitted online via the application form on the summer school webpage until April 15, 2019.

The decisions of the selection committee will be announced to the applicants in April. If you have any further questions, please contact the organizing team at summerschool.bgss@hu-berlin.de