[Tps] Fwd: Seminars and Phd Courses from nepos.net and polforsk

Wed Feb 6 08:34:24 EST 2008

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> From: Flemming Bjerke <bjerke at POLFORSK1.DK>
> Date: February 6, 2008 3:39:27 AM CST
> To: POSTSTRUC-RADPOLS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Seminars and Phd Courses from nepos.net and polforsk
> Reply-To: Post-structuralist theory and radical politics <POSTSTRUC-RADPOLS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK 
> >
>
> We should like to draw your attention to the following seminars and  
> Ph.d
> course offered by members of nepos.net and Polforsk network.
>
> For further information see below or follow the links:
> http://nepos.net/catalogue
> http://nepos.net/newsletter/nllayout?nr=39
>
> Yours Sincerely
>
> Flemming Bjerke
> The Danish Political Science Research School
>
>
> Comparative Political Analysis: Building on Case Study Analysis.
> =================================================================
> Where: Roskilde University
> Responsible: Maurice Falk Professor of American Government B. Guy
> Peters, Pittsberg University
> From:2008/04/21 to: 2008/04/24
>
> At Polforsk we are happy to arrange a Ph.d course with Professor Guy
> Peters about Comparative political analysis based on case studies. The
> course will provide a systematic presentation of major research  
> problems
> in comparative politics. There will be some attention to case study
> methods but those methods will be embedded in the basic logic of
> comparative analysis, including issues of selecting cases for analysis
> and problems of developing concepts and measures that can travel  
> across
> cultures.
>
> http://nepos.net/course_full_view?nn=1893
>
>
> Call for Papers: The economics and politics of institutional change
> ====================================================================
> Where: Stockholm, Sweden
> Responsible: The conference is arranged by The Ratio Institute, an
> independent research institute in Stockholm. Further information can  
> be
> found on www.ratio.se
> From:2008/08/22 to: 2008/08/23
>
> The aim of this colloquium is to bring together research and  
> researchers
> in different fields dealing with institutional change and welfare  
> state
> reform. We therefore invite young scholars, including graduate  
> students,
> in economics, political science, law and economics, sociology,  
> economic
> history, and related fields to submit proposals for a cross  
> disciplinary
> colloquium/workshop to be held in Stockholm in August 2008.
>
> In addition to paper sessions there will be two plenary sessions,  
> one of
> which will be given by professor Jack Knight, professor of political
> science at Washington University of St.Louis. The second plenary  
> speaker
> has yet to be announced.
>
> We especially welcome papers dealing with the following areas:
>
> How institutional change can be explained
> The interaction between formal and informal institutions
> Ideas and ideology as explanations of institutional change
> Social conflict theory
> The economics and politics of welfare state reform and retrenchment
> Explanations of country variation in welfare state design or welfare
> state reforms
> Case studies in institutional change, deregulation and welfare state
> reforms
>
> Both theoretical and empirical papers are considered. The papers are
> expected to be work in progress: More than ideas, but still  
> unpublished
> papers. The 2008 Ratio Young Scientist Award is awarded to the best
> paper presented at the colloquium. The winning author will receive  
> 1000
> Euro.
>
> The number of accepted papers is limited to 18. The conference and
> lodging will be free of charge, and we will reimburse travel expenses.
> Discussants will be appointed, but all participants are expected to  
> read
> all papers. An application consists of the following:
>
> CV, a one page abstract of the paper and a one page summary of your
> research interests
>
> Send applications to andreas.bergh at ratio.se and
> gissur.erlingsson at ratio.se Deadline for applications is
> February 15, 2008.
>
> http://www.ratio.se
>
>
> Sense and References
> =====================
> Where: Copenhagen Business School
> Responsible: Thomas Basbøll
> From:2008/01/29 to: None
>
> This course is intended to introduce students to aspects of the  
> writing
> process that are related to finding and using the work of others as a
> point of departure for their own.
>
> The first half of the course is devoted to library skills. While the
> course focuses on the resources provided by the CBS library, we will
> also discuss the use of free Internet resources like Google and
> Wikipedia. Students are given detailed instructions in how to use  
> search
> engines and databases to find articles on a given topic as well as how
> to store and organize results using the RefWorks reference  
> management tool.
>
> The second half of the course will offer an introduction to the art of
> turning library research into academic prose. We will talk about how  
> to
> use citations, references, quotations and paraphrase throughout  
> research
> texts. The standard systems of citation (especially author-date)  
> will be
> presented and students will be shown how to use RefWorks to generate
> reference lists and to format in-text citations.
>
> http://korturl.dk/nj5
>
> Graduate Spring Seminar in Methodology
> ========================================
> Where: Graduade School of Social Sciences (GSSS), University of Bremen
> Responsible: Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences
> (BIGSSS) (former GSSS)
> From:2008/03/03 to: 2007/03/14
>
> The GSSM seminar provides a pragmatic approach to integrative  
> methods in
> the so-cial sciences. These methods are becoming more and more
> successful in scientific practice, despite the divide between
> qualitative and qualitative methodological camps.
>
> The GSSM seminar is specially designed for doctoral students who are  
> at
> the begin-ning of their thesis. The participants will get an  
> overview of
> current methodological debates on the impact of qualitative and
> quantitative procedures and techniques in micro- and macro analyses in
> the social sciences. Further, they will learn how to de-cide which
> qualitative and/or quantitative methods are best suited to addressing
> spe-cific scientific problems and questions.
>
> http://bigss.uni-bremen.de
>
>
> Moderne Sociologisk Teori
> ===========================
> Where: Copenhagen Business School
> Responsible: Lektor Øjvind Larsen, Copenhagen Business School
> From:2008/08/25 to: 2008/08/29
>
> Mange PhD studerende støder på sociologiske og  
> organisationsteoretiske
> problemstillinger i arbejdet med deres afhandlinger. Derfor kan det  
> være
> meget nyttigt at få en generel introduktion til den moderne  
> sociologi og
> dens betydning for organisationer. Dette kursus har til formål at  
> give
> en sådan introduktion. I kurset vil der blive givet en introduktion  
> til
> de mest centrale teorier, som diskuteres i disse år. Der vil være
> specielle præsentationer af henholdsvis Anthony Giddens, Pierre
> Bourdieu, Zygmunt Bauman, Jürgen Habermas, Niklas Luhmann og Ulrich
> Beck. De væsentlige problemstillinger i deres teorier vil blive
> præsenteret og diskuteret, og der vil blive lagt vægt på, hvilke
> konsekvenser disse sociologiske teorier har forståelsen af moderne
> organisationer.
>
> http://korturl.dk/wtw
>
>
> The political participation of young citizens and the contribution of
> civic education
> =================================================================
> Where: Åbo Akademi, Hus Lindman, Biskopsgatan 15, 20500 Åbo/Turku
> Responsible: Professor Lauri Karvonen, Department of Political  
> Science,
> Åbo Akademi
> From:2008/04/07 to: 2008/04/11
>
> DEMOCRACY: A CITIZEN PERSPECTIVE
> An Interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence, Åbo Akademi announces a
> Postgraduate Course entitled "The Political participation of young
> citizens and the contribution of civic education".
>
> Eligibility: Participants should be postgraduate students in  
> disciplines
> concerned with civic education (political science, education,  
> sociology,
> social psychology etc.).
>
> Admissions: Eligible students should sign up by sending an email to
> annika.stalfors at abo.fi not later than March 7, 2008. They will receive
> confirmation about admission directly.
>
> Assessment: Active participation and completing given assignments
>
> Literature: A compendium of relevant articles and book chapters
> (available in March)
>
> Theme: The democratic importance of civic education. The course will
> look at political participation from a perspective of civic  
> literacy. It
> will focus on the practices and attitudes of the generation that  
> reached
> adulthood since the beginning of the 1990s. It will analyze the  
> effects
> of political institutions, the media, and information technology.
> Finally, it will look at the potential of civic education to promote  
> the
> informed political participation of young citizens.
>
> Practical matters: The course is free of charge. Moderately priced
> accommodation available (contact annika.stalfors at abo.fi)
>
> http://nepos.net/course_full_view?nn=1891
>
>
> Social Policies and Social Citizenship Rights: Change and Continuity  
> in
> Europe
> ============================================================
> Where: Paris, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
> Responsible: Anne-Marie Guillemard,University Paris Descartes  
> Sorbonne,
> GEPECS, Institut Marcel Mauss. Adalbert Evers, Justus Liebig Giessen
> University Germany
> From:2008/02/14 to: 2008/02/16
>
> The Workshop will address change in social protection in a European
> comparative perspective. It will question how reforms are impacting
> individuals� social security and citizenship rights. Are new
> orientations for social policies, such as social investment,  
> activation
> or flexicurity, redefining the scope and nature of social rights and
> entitlements?
>
> http://nepos.net/course_full_view?nn=1895
>
>
> Theory Building at the Intersections of Organizing and Communication
> ==================================================================
> Where: Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark
> Responsible: Robyn Remke, Copenhagen Business School
> From:2008/03/26 to: 2008/03/28
>
> In the last 25 years the so-called - linguistic turn - has placed
> communication and discourse at the focal point of organizational  
> theory
> and research. The assumption that organizations are constituted  
> through
> the everyday communicative practices of their members requires that we
> develop robust and powerful theories regarding the relationship  
> between
> communication and organization. This course will explore some of those
> theories, and investigate the extent to which they meet the  
> challenge of
> taking communication seriously as a constitutive feature of
> organizational life. In addition, we will examine the ways in which
> these theories have been put into practice&#8212;to what degree has  
> the
> last 25 years of research provided us with great insight into the
> complexities and contradictions of everyday communicative practice and
> the organizational meaning making that is its medium and outcome? What
> are the future, yet unrealized, possibilities for this research?
>
> http://nepos.net/course_full_view?nn=1897

Jeremy Hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu 
)

Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a  
thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.  
--Byron