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Doktorand:innenkurs SOEP on Campus – HSU Hamburg

SOEP on Campus – Applied Panel Data Analysis with the Socio-Economic Panel

Course description:

The SOEP on campus two-day workshop provides a practical introduction to applied panel data
analysis using the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), a rich household panel collected
annually since 1984. Participants will gain practical knowledge of SOEP’s contents, data structures, sampling methods, and weighting procedures. The workshop further introduces estimation strategies suitable for panel data with different units of analysis, such as households, individuals, and dyads.

Aim of the Workshop:

This hands-on workshop aims to equip participants with essential skills for working with household panel data, emphasizing practical applications and analytical techniques with SOEP. By the end of the course, attendees will be able to structure longitudinal datasets, understand sample designs, apply weights, and conducting preliminary panel data analyses.

Workshop Contents:

Day 1: Introduction to SOEP Data
• Session 1 (Lecture):
‣ Introduction to SOEP content and structure
‣ Documentation and online support
• Session 2 (Tutorial and Hands-on):
‣ From raw SOEP data to structured longitudinal datasets
‣ Data management strategies
‣ Descriptive analyses

Day 2: Practical Applications and Analysis
• Session 3 (Lecture):
‣ Analytical potentials of household panel data
‣ Introduction to causal interpretation with panel data
• Session 4 (Tutorial and Hands-on):
‣ Hands-on exercises on panel data analysis
‣ Interpreting and presenting results

Lecturer:

Dr. Cristobal Moya (DIW, Berlin); For inquiries, please contact Cristóbal Moya (cmoya@diw.de).

Course language:

English

Date and Location:

The course schedule is October 16 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and October 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The room is the GEISO computer lab, room 2160, H1, on HSU Campus, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg

Requirements:

• Basic knowledge of R or Stata
• Familiarity with basic data analysis, such as descriptive statistics and regression analysis

Application procedure:

If you want to enroll in the course, please send an email to meisterc@hsu-hh.de

PHD Workshop zu Wissenschaftskommunikation an der HSU Hamburg

PHD WORKSHOP ZU WISSENSCHAFTSKOMMUNIKATION

AUFBAU

  • 3 Blockseminare in Präsenz (jeweils 2 Tage, Do & Fr), verteilt über 3 Trimester • Start im Herbsttrimester 2025: 1. Block am 25.09. und 26.09. im Mensaraum M001 • Termin für den 2. Block: 13.11. und 14.11. 2025 • Termin für den 3. Block: 29.01. und 30.01.2026
  • jedes Blockseminar besteht aus (1) theoretischem Input, (2) praktischen Übungen und Diskussionen, und (3) geführter Projektarbeit • Teilnehmende nehmen an allen drei Terminen teil und erarbeiten im Verlauf des Kurses ein individuelles Kommunikationsprodukt (z.B. Zeitungsartikel, Blogpost, Social Media Posts, Podcast)

INHALTE

Blockseminar I:

Von Forschung zu Expertise – Rolle als Kommunikator:in definieren

Wissenschaftskommunikation kann Brücken schlagen in die Gesellschaft, in Verwaltung und Politik. Doch wirkungsvolle Kommunikation setzt ein klares Verständnis der eigenen Expertise und ihrer Relevanz außerhalb der Wissenschaft voraus. Dieses erste Blockseminar führt in zentrale Konzepte der Wissenschafts(kommunikations)forschung ein und beleuchtet besonders öffentliche Erwartungen an Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaftler:innen. In praktischen Übungen reflektieren die Teilnehmenden ihre eigene Expertise und identifizieren konkrete Kontexte und Zielgruppen, für die diese Expertise relevant ist. Das Blockseminar wird mit einer Skizze eines individuellen WissKomm-Projekts der Teilnehmenden abgeschlossen, das sie im Rahmen des Kurses realisieren werden.

Blockseminar II:

Wissenschaft verständlich und ansprechend vermitteln

Eine zentrale Herausforderung der Wissenschaftskommunikation besteht darin, komplexe Inhalte verständlich und ansprechend zu vermitteln oder sogar in konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen zu übersetzen. Das zweite Blockseminar gibt einen Überblick über verschiedene Kommunikationsformate, -kanäle und -stile. In praktischen Übungen testen die Teilnehmenden, welche Kommunikationsformen und -infrastrukturen sich am besten für ihre Ziele und persönlichen Präferenzen eignen – von geschriebenem Text zu gesprochenem Wort, Live-Event, Artikel, oder Social Media Beitrag. In der Projektarbeit vertiefen sie die inhaltliche Umsetzung, entwickeln ein erstes konkretes Kommunikationsprodukt, und verfeinern Sprache und Struktur.

Dieses Kommunikationsprodukt werden sie dann bis zum dritten und letzten Blockseminar finalisieren.

Blockseminar III:

Rolle als Kommunikator:in reflektieren und im Forschungsalltag verankern

Wissenschaftskommunikation bietet Forschenden neue Möglichkeiten der Sichtbarkeit und gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe, bringt aber auch ethische, professionelle und strategische Herausforderungen mit sich. Dieses dritte und letzte Blockseminar behandelt solche Fragen zu verantwortungsvoller Kommunikation, Vereinbarkeit mit anderen beruflichen Verpflichtungen (v.a. Forschung und Lehre), oder dem Umgang mit Kritik oder sogar wissenschaftsfeindlichen Angriffen. Durch Übungen und Diskussionen reflektieren die Teilnehmenden, wie sie Wissenschaftskommunikation nachhaltig in ihren Berufsalltag integrieren und strategische Netzwerke aufbauen können. In der Projektarbeit präsentieren sie ihr finales (oder vorläufiges) Kommunikationsprodukt, erhalten Feedback und entwickeln eine Strategie zur Veröffentlichung.

Die Kurssprache ist deutsch.

Dozentinnen: Clarissa Walter, Katharina Berr (Weizenbaum Institut, Berlin)

Anmeldeprozess: Wenn Sie sich für den dreiteiligen Workshop anmelden möchten, schicken Sie bitte eine Email an meisterc@hsu-hh.de.

2 DAAD GSSP Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates

DAAD GSSP Scholarship

The scholarships are available from 1 October 2025 for up to four years.

We welcome applications from candidates aiming to write their doctoral thesis at the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences. The school supports scholarship holders through personal mentoring, workshops and support services.

The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences is a multidisciplinary Graduate School funded by the Bavarian State. We seek to stimulate and guide cutting-edge doctoral research on some of the most crucial challenges modern knowledge-based societies are facing.

Specialised research agendas have been grouped into four thematic pillars:
PILLAR 1: Education, personal development and learning from early childhood to adulthood
PILLAR 2: Educational and social inequality across the entire life course
PILLAR 3: Changes in human capital, labour markets and demographic structures and their relation to social structures in modern societies
PILLAR 4: Governance, institutional change and political behaviour

// QUALIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS:
Requirements
We invite applications by highly qualified graduates from the fields of Sociology, Psychology, Educational Science, Political Science, Labour and Educational Economics, Demography and Statistics. Candidates must hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in one of the aforementioned subjects or be very close to completion and should not have lived in Germany for more than 15 months by the start of the membership.

Successful applicants will be required to take up their residence in Bamberg, a city noted for its high quality of life and great conditions for research and study. DAAD Scholarships amount to a monthly stipend of 1,300 EUR, plus other allowances according to the DAAD guidelines.

The Graduate School is committed to diversity, equal opportunities and the compatibility of family and career.

For further information about the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, the application process and the required documents, please visit our website at
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bagss/application/daad-scholarship/

The deadline for the submission of your application is Monday, 10 March 2025.

Grant Writing Stipend for Postdoctoral Researchers

The BAGSS Grant Writing Stipend for Postdoctoral Researchers is awarded for twelve months with the option of a six-month extension, starting from 01 April 2025. In individual cases, the starting date may be up to three months after that if necessary. The stipend amounts to 2,500 EUR per month. In addition, grant recipients are provided with office space and necessary equipment at BAGSS.

During the initial twelve-month period, recipients are expected to develop an excellent project proposal and submit it to an external funding body, e.g. the German Research Foundation (DFG). The grant proposal must include funding for the applicant’s own position afterwards, e.g. via an Emmy Noether Junior Research Group (DFG), an ERC Starting Grant, or a Temporary Position for Principal Investigators (“Eigene Stelle”, DFG). The Stipend is automatically extended for six months if the proposal has been submitted to an external funding body within the initial funding period.

//REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATINS

The Bamberg Graduate School welcomes applications from postdoctoral researchers who hold a doctoral degree in the fields of Sociology, Psychology, Education, Political Science, Labour and Educational Economics and Demography. Qualified postdoctoral researchers of related subjects with a strong Social Science background are also encouraged to apply. We invite researchers whose research project fits into the research profile of at least one of our School’s four Pillars. Projects cutting across two (or more) Pillars are equally welcomed.

Specialised research agendas have been grouped into four thematic pillars:
PILLAR 1: Education, personal development and learning from early childhood to adulthood
PILLAR 2: Educational and social inequality across the entire life course
PILLAR 3: Changes in human capital, labour markets and demographic structures and their impact on social structures in modern societies
PILLAR 4: Governance, institutional change and political behaviour

A detailed list of topics that will be supervised by professors in our four pillars can be found here:
www.uni-bamberg.de/bagss/application/topics

The Graduate School is committed to diversity, equal opportunities and the compatibility of family and career within its statutory obligations.

For further information about the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, the application process and the required documents, please visit our website at
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bagss/application/grant-writing-stipend-for-postdoctoral-researchers/

The deadline for the submission of your application is Friday, 1 November 2024.

ReMaT – research management training for early-career researchers

ReMaT – Research Management Training for Early-Stage Scientists on 14 & 15 November 2024 – online event

ReMaT is an intensive, interactive workshop, providing an introduction to a number of key topics relating to research management including project management, grant acquisition, and science and technology related entrepreneurship. ReMaT is especially tailored to meet the needs of early-stage researchers especially from the 2nd year of PhD studies onwards, but is also suitable for others involved in research, or in directing research. ReMaT delivers hands-on practical training in an intensive, yet effective workshop form over two days. There is a strong emphasis on European networking in the way the workshop is delivered: we encourage participation from many different countries and disciplines.

Tutech Innovation which is organising the workshop was founded in 1992 as the technology transfer institute for the Hamburg University of Technology.
TUTECH ACADEMY workshops on technology transfer and innovation and research management are designed to equip participants with practical skills for taking on these roles.

More information and registration

2 Starter Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – DOCTORAL CANDIDATES

Starter Scholarship

The scholarships are available from 1 April 2025 for the duration of one year.

We welcome applications from candidates aiming to write their doctoral thesis at the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences. A scholarship will enable you to develop an excellent research proposal and submit it to appropriate funding bodies. The graduate school supports scholarship holders through personal mentoring, workshops, and support services.

The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences is a multidisciplinary Graduate School funded by the Bavarian State. We are seeking to stimulate and guide cutting-edge doctoral research on some of the most crucial challenges modern knowledge-based societies are facing.

Specialised research agendas have been grouped into four thematic pillars:

PILLAR 1: Education, personal development and learning from early childhood to adulthood
PILLAR 2: Educational and social inequality across the entire life course
PILLAR 3: Changes in human capital, labour markets and demographic structures and their impact on social structures in modern societies
PILLAR 4: Governance, institutional change and political behaviour

A detailed list of topics that will be supervised by professors in our four pillars can be found here:
www.uni-bamberg.de/bagss/application/topics

// QUALIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS:
We are inviting applications by highly qualified graduates from the fields of Sociology, Psychology, Educational Science, Political Science, Labour and Educational Economics, Demography and Statistics. Candidates must hold a Master‘s degree (or equivalent) in one of the aforementioned subjects or be very close to completion. International applications are encouraged but successful applicants will be required to take up their residence in Bamberg, a city noted for its high quality of life and great conditions for research and study. Starter scholarships amount to a monthly stipend of 1,568 EUR, plus other allowances according to the Graduate School’s guidelines. The Graduate School is committed to diversity, equal opportunities and the compatibility of family and career within its statutory obligations.

For further information about the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, the application process and the required documents, please visit our website at
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bagss/application/starter-scholarships/

The deadline for the submission of your application is Sunday, 15 September 2024.

18th International Research Workshop – Methods for PhD (25 – 30 August 2024)

18th International Research Workshop – Methods for PhD
25 – 30 August 2024
Akademie Sankelmark, Flensburg (Germany)
https://www.phd-network.eu/irws/programme/

PROGRAMME

PARALLEL MORNING SESSION 1 (26 – 28 August 2024)

PARALLEL AFTERNOON SESSION 2 (26 – 28 August 2024)

PARALLEL SESSION 3 (29 August 2024)

WORKSHOP COMMITTEE

  • Dr Wenzel Matiaske, Helmut-Schmidt-University
  • Dr Simon Jebsen, University of Southern Denmark
  • Dr Heiko Stüber, University of Applied Labour Studies

FEES & CREDIT POINTS

599 Euro (with accommodation and meals)

It is possible to get a certificate on five credit points (according to the European Credit Transfer System).

WORKSHOP VENUE

The workshop will take place at the Akademie Sankelmark, Akademieweg 6, in Oeversee (near Flensburg), Germany.

CONTACT & REGISTRATION

Don’t hesitate to contact the workshop committee (irwsnetwork@gmail.com) for any questions.

Please register for the workshop here or on the workshop website.

ORGANIZERS

  • Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the FAF Hamburg, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • Akademie Sankelmark im Deutschen Grenzverein e.V.

SUPPORTERS

  • Europa-Universität Flensburg
  • University of Hamburg, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • University of Hamburg, School of Business
  • Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Economics

Call for Papers: SOEP 2024 – 15th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference

Please consider SOEP’s call for papers for SOEP2024, with a submission deadline of February 5th, 2024!

This year, the 15th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference (SOEP2024 – 40 years of SOEP) will be held in Berlin on July 4-5, 2024, at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW). The conference provides researchers who use the SOEP (including the SOEP part of the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF), SOEP-IS, SOEP-EU-SILC Clone, and LIS/LWS data) with the opportunity to present and discuss their work with their peers. Researchers of all disciplines (e.g., economics, demography, geography, political science, public health, psychology, and sociology) and all qualification levels are invited to submit a short abstract.

We particularly welcome contributions examining the individual and collective responses to a changing world. In addition, we encourage submissions beyond this thematic focus, particularly submissions using the longitudinal features of SOEP and papers on survey methodology and cross-national comparative analysis.

Keynote Speakers are:
Simon Jäger | MIT / USA
Jutta Mata | University of Mannheim / Germany

Scientific Committee:
– Charlotte Bartels, SOEP/DIW Berlin
– Adriana Cardozo Silva, SOEP/DIW Berlin
– Markus M. Grabka, SOEP/DIW Berlin
– Nico Pestel, ROA at Maastricht University (Netherlands)
– Christian Schluter, Aix-Marseille Université (France)
– Carsten Schröder, SOEP/DIW Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin
– Cortnie Shupe, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | CFPB (USA)
– Luca Stella, Freie Universität Berlin

Please submit electronic versions of abstracts (up to 300 words) no later
than February 5, 2024, to: soep2024@diw.de

Submitters will be notified by March 4, 2024, approximately, on whether their paper has been accepted.

For more information on the conference and the Call for Papers document, please refer to www.diw.de/soep2024

Please feel free to forward this information to your networks and interested colleagues!
We are looking forward to your submissions.

Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences: Starter Scholarship (Deadline: 15 March 2024)

It is now possible to apply for 2 Starter Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates and become a regular member of the Graduate School.

Deadline for applications: 15 March 2024.

The scholarships are available from 01 October 2024 for the duration of one year. We invite highly qualified graduates from the fields of Sociology, Psychology, Educational Science, Political Science, Labour and Educational Economics, Demography and Statistics.

You can find more information on our website: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bagss/application/starter-scholarships/

Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences: Start-Up Stipend for Postdoctoral Researchers

BAMBERG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – POSTDOCTORAL CANDIDATES

Start-Up Stipend

The BAGSS Start-up Stipend for Postdoctoral Researchers is awarded for twelve months with the option of a six-month extension. During the one-year funding period, the holder is expected to develop and submit a grant application to an external funder (e.g. the German Research Foundation or the European Research Council) to finance their own position in the future.

The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences is a multidisciplinary Graduate School funded by the Bavarian State. We seek to stimulate and guide cutting-edge doctoral research on some of the most crucial challenges modern knowledge-based societies are facing.

Specialised research agendas have been grouped into four thematic pillars:

__PILLAR 1
Education, personal development and learning from early childhood to adulthood
__PILLAR 2
Educational and social inequality across the entire life course
__PILLAR 3
Changes in human capital, labour markets and demographic structures and their impact on social structures in modern societies
__PILLAR 4
Governance, institutional change and political behaviour

A detailed list of topics that will be supervised by professors in our four pillars can be found here:
www.uni-bamberg.de/bagss/application/topics

// QUALIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS:

We invite applications by highly qualified graduates from the fields of Sociology, Psychology, Educational Science, Political Science, Labour and Educational Economics, Demography and Statistics. Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in one of the aforementioned subjects or be very close to completion.

Successful applicants will be required to take up their residence in Bamberg, a city noted for its high quality of life and great conditions for research and study. The stipend amounts to 2,500 EUR per month. In addition, grant recipients are provided with office space and necessary equipment. The Graduate School is committed to diversity, equal opportunities and the compatibility of family and career.

For further information about the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, the application process and the required documents, please visit our website at
www.uni-bamberg.de/bagss/application

The deadline for the submission of your application is Monday, 15 January 2024.