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Hello, here below 4 bits of information with
regards to upcoming events and initiatives in the
field of methodology and methods. You are welcome
to circulate these infos (or part of them) through your lists.
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Bonjour, ci-dessous 4 informations au sujet
d'événements & initiatives en matière de
méthodologie et de méthodes. N'hésitez pas à
relayer ces infos (ou une partie d'entre elles) vers vos listes.
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--1. GUEST LECTURE (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 18 March)
If you are around Belgium in March... / si vous
êtes proches de la Belgique en mars... :
Wednesday 18 March 2009, 12:45 – 14:00, UCLouvain
(Belgium), Distinguished guest lecture by Charles
C. Ragin (Univ. of Arizona) : “Redesigning Social
Science Research: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond” --
details at :
<http://www.compasss.org/pages/announcements/compasssa.html>http://www.compasss.org/pages/announcements/compasssa.html
--2. JOURNEE DOCTORALE - Méthodologie (Bruxelles, Belgium, 20 mars)
If you are around Belgium in March... / si vous
êtes proches de la Belgique en mars... : la “3ème
rencontre annuelle des doctorants en science
politique” (3rd yearly meeting of Ph.D students
in political science -- English also used as
working language). Le sujet : "Questions de
méthodologie et de méthodes au début et en cours
de doctorat”, avec une série d'invités dont
Charles C. Ragin (University of Arizona) & Wendy
Olsen (University of Manchester). Via :
<http://www.edtsciencepo.be/>http://www.edtsciencepo.be/
-- Détails à :
<http://centres.fusl.ac.be/EDTPOLS/document/Journeedoctoraledu20mars.pdf>http://centres.fusl.ac.be/EDTPOLS/document/Journeedoctoraledu20mars.pdf
. NB : date-limite d'inscription 5 mars.
--3. COMPASSS (NEW SITE)
The 2nd generation COMPASSS International
resource site (on systematic comparative methods)
was launched in early January 2009 and is being
gradually expanded. See :
http://www.compasss.org/. If you want to receive
COMPASSS newsletters (currently you are not (yet)
on our lists), simply send a message to Damien Bol : [log in to unmask] .
--4. 4th ECPR SUMMER SCHOOL IN METHODS AND
TECHNIQUES (Ljubljana, 29 July - 15 Aug 2009)
The offer of cutting-edge courses has been
further expanded (more diversity of topics, and
opportunities to "cross-fertilize" between
methods and techniques), with an international team of instructors :
- 5 "refresher courses" :
1 INTRODUCTION TO SPSS
2 INTRODUCTION TO R
3 MATHS REFRESHER (I): LINEAR ALGEBRA & CALCULUS
4 MATHS REFRESHER (II): PROBABILITY
5 INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
- 13 full 2-week courses :
6 QCA AND FUZZY SETS - CONFIGURATIONAL COMPARATIVE METHODS
7 MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS
8 CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
9 QUANTITATIVE TEXT ANALYSIS
10 GROUNDED THEORY AS A MEANS OF INTERPRETATIVE ANALYSIS
11 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
12 DATA THEORY AND MISSING DATA
13 SURVIVAL ANALYSIS AND EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS
14 INTRODUCTORY NETWORK ANALYSIS
15 POLITICAL GAME THEORY
16 CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING
17 MIXED METHODS RESEARCH
18 MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND COMPARATIVE CROSSNATIONAL SURVEYS DATA
- [new!] 10 more compact 1-week courses (can be
combined in a week 1 - week 2 sequence):
19 LOGICAL MODELS (Week 1)
20 WORKING WITH COMPARATIVE SURVEY DATA (Week 1)
21 ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS AND IN DEPTH INTERVIEWING (Week 1)
22 EXPERT INTERVIEWS: QUALITATIVE DATA GENERATION (Week 1)
23 NETWORK ANALYSIS: APPLICATIONS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (Week 1)
24 VISUAL AND STATISTICAL EXPLORATION OF DATA (Week 2)
25 QUALITATIVE TEXT ANALYSIS: DISCURSIVE APPROACHES (Week 2)
26 QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS USING NVIVO (Week 2)
27 ORGANISING AND ANALYSING FOCUS GROUPS (Week 2)
28 LIMITED DEPENDANT VARIABLES (Week 2)
NB registrations on first come - first served
basis (register early to be sure to be accepted to the course of your choice)
All details at :
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/summerschools/ljubljana/index.aspx
Best regards, cordialement,
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Benoit RIHOUX
Professeur - Professor
Centre de Politique Comparee (CPC) /
Unite de Science Politique et de Relations Internationales (SPRI)
Universite catholique de Louvain - UCL
1/7 Place Montesquieu
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve / Belgique - Belgium
T : + 32 10 47 41 90 (41 57)
F : + 32 10 47 46 03
mail/courriel : [log in to unmask]
COMPASSS Resource Website : http://www.compasss.org
4th ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques,
Ljubljana, 29 July - 15 August 2009 :
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/summerschools/ljubljana/index.aspx
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