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DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR OPEN POOL APPLICATIONS TO THE EIGHTH INSTITUTE FOR
QUALITATIVE AND MULTI-METHOD RESEARCH, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, MAY 25 - JUNE
10, 2009

 

The Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM) is pleased to announce
the eighth Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research. 

 

The institute seeks to enable students to create and critique
methodologically sophisticated qualitative research designs, including case
studies, tests of necessity or sufficiency, and narrative or interpretive
work. It will explore the techniques, uses, strengths, and limitations of
these methods, while emphasizing their relationships with alternative
approaches. Topics include research design, concept formation, methods of
structured and focused comparisons of cases, typological theory, case
selection, process tracing, comparative historical analysis, congruence
testing, path dependency, interpretivism, counterfactual analysis, interview
and field research (including archival) techniques, necessary and sufficient
conditions, fuzzy set methods, and philosophy of science issues relevant to
qualitative research. 

 

Attendees will receive constructive feedback on their own qualitative
research designs, and the course will also include master class discussions
led by the authors of well known works which employ qualitative methods.
Examples will be drawn from exemplary research in international relations,
comparative politics, and American politics. The schedule and reading list
from the seventh annual institute, available on the CQRM website at:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/programs/cqrm/institute.html, indicates
the range of the issues to be covered. Please note, however, that this
syllabus will be revised for the eighth institute, and should be viewed with
this in mind. 

 

CQRM member institutions will use their own meritocratic criteria to select
students or junior faculty to attend the institute, and should notify CQRM
of their choices by February 13, 2009. Students, fellows and junior faculty
who are not sure if they will be selected, or who attend non-member
organizations, should apply directly to CQRM using the form available at
this link:
http://survey.maxwell.syr.edu/Survey.aspx?s=5bfb265123954e9eb2a7cbbf46d13707
. Open pool applications must be received by November 15, 2008. Applicants
will be notified of the outcome by December 9, 2008. 

 

CQRM will cover the costs of tuition, lodging, and meals for successful
applicants. Attendees will be responsible for their own transportation costs
to and from Syracuse University. Participants for the institute will arrive
on Monday, May 25, and depart late Tuesday June 9, or any time on Wednesday
June 10, 2009. The seminar will meet daily, beginning on Tuesday, May 26,
with some break days to be announced. The final meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, June 9. 

 

The 2009 Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research will be the
first to be held at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, and
consequently to be scheduled for a summer time slot. We anticipate that the
move to Maxwell will bring several advantages. First, the Moynihan Institute
and the Maxwell School are providing substantial long-term support for
further broadening our activities. Second, the institute was previously
bracketed by New Years Day and the beginning of the Arizona State University
Spring semester, limiting us to two weeks. By moving to the summer, we will
be able to have a longer and more flexible timetable. Third, in recent years
we have seen a very substantial increase in participation by attendees from
European universities, and this move significantly reduces the travel
distance for those students. Finally, the move to a venue with the standing
and reputation of the Maxwell School is further recognition of the
institute's growing national and international prominence. 

 

On behalf of the Consortium, and of the 630 graduate students and faculty
who attended the institute when it was located in Tempe, we want to take
this opportunity to thank Arizona State University, and especially the
Department of Political Science, for its outstanding support.

 


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