Teaching Skills: How to Implement Activating Methods Appropriately

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Verena Brenner (Self-Employed Trainer) & Tatjana Reiber (HSU Hamburg)

Date: 06.10.2010, 09:00 – 17:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 20

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: German

Contents:
Although independence and personal initiative are considered key competencies in academia, teaching at university level does often amount to the transfer of knowledge from an expert (the lecturer) to a passively absorbing audience (the students). Participants of this course will get to know various activating methods and teaching strategies, which encourage students to study autonomously and self-determined. A strong focus will be set on the appropriate use of these methods: for which objectives, in which course context and for which target group can a method be applied? Furthermore, participants will have time and opportunity to practice the instruction of several methods.

You have to register for the 4th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Multilevel Modeling

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Roel de Jong (University of Hamburg)

Date: 06.10.2010, 09:00 – 17:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 25

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English/German (depending on participants)

Contents:
Many research designs in the social, medical and biological sciences yield data that have a hierarchical, nested or clustered structure. Examples include pupils within classes, children within families, occasions within an individual, experiments within batches, tests within laboratories, and so on. Classic statistical techniques fail to take into account that observations from the same cluster are likely to be dependent on each other, and are therefore not suited to analyze such data. Multilevel models have been developed over the last 20 years as an alternative, and are now the de-facto standard for the analysis of data with these complex patterns of variability.

In this course, you will learn :

  • About the structure of multilevel models.
  • How to ascertain the degree to which the observations of the sample are dependent.
  • How to specify and fit multilevel models using statistical software.
  • How to perform statistical tests relevant to the hypotheses at hand.

You have to register for the 4th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Network Analysis

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Anja Iseke (University of Paderborn)

Date: 06.10.2010, 09:00 – 17:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 25

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English/German (depending on participants)

Contents:
This course will familiarize students with basic concepts in social network analysis. Topics include handling network data, introduction to network analysis software (UCINET and Netdraw), centrality and prestige in networks, subgroup analysis, and roles and positions. This is an applied course that will require students to test and analyze social networks of employees in a high-tech organization.

You have to register for the 4th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Data Analysis with Stata (Beginners)

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Tobias Gramlich (University of Duisburg-Essen)

Date:
04.10.2010, 09:00 – 12:30
05.10.2010, 09:00 – 12:30
07.10.2010, 09:00 – 12:30
08.10.2010, 09:00 – 12:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 20

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2009

Language of instruction: English/German (depending on participants)

Contents:
Stata is a statistical program package widely used (not only) in the social and economical sciences; it is used for data management, statistical graphics and analysis of quantitative data. Statistical concepts will not be part of the course, so participants should have some very basic knowledge of statistics. The course should enable participants to prepare their data for analysis, perform adequate analysis using a statistical computer program and to document these tasks to keep them reproducible.

For Beginners with No or Very Little Knowledge of the Program!

Course Topics cover:

  • “What You Type is What You Get”: Basic stata Command syntax
  • Getting (and Understanding) Help within stata: stata Bulit-in Help System
  • Basic Data Management: Load and Save stata Datasets, Generate and Manipulate Variables, Describe and Label Data and Variables, Perform Basic uni- and bivariate Analyses, Change the Structure of your Data
  • Basic stata Graphics: Scatterplot, Histogram, Bar Chart
  • Working with “Do-” and “Log-” Files

You have to register for the 4th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Structural Equation Modeling with Amos

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Volker Müller-Benedict and Katja Spanier (University of Flensburg)

Date: 06.10.2010, 09:00 a.m. – 17:30 p.m.

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 20

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2010

Language of instruction: English/German (depending on participants)

Contents:
Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a statistical methodology that takes a confirmatory approach to the analysis of a strucutral theory bearing on some phenomenon. Typically, the structural relations can be modeled pictorially to enable a clearer conceptualization of the theory under study. The course introduces into the basic concepts of SEM and into the program package AMOS, which is widely used to graph and to analyze strucutral models. Data of different social areas will be used as examples.

Preconditions:  Basic knowledge of SPSS

You have to register for the 4th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

(Multi-Value) Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Lasse Cronqvist (University of Trier)

Date:
04.10.2010, 14:00 – 17:30
05.10.2010, 14:00 – 17:30
07.10.2010, 14:00 – 17:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 16

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2010

Language of instruction: English/German (depending on participants)

Contents:
Configurational Comparative Methods (CCM) are increasingly in social science research. The workshop will introduce to these methods mainly on focusing on Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). We will first introduce the conceptional basics of QCA and then looking at different refinements. Various applications of CCM will be studied and the software used for QCA will be introduced. Finally, current developments in CCM research are briefly presented.

The software introduced in this course is only available for Windows OS:
Tool for Small-N Analysis – Tosmana – http://www.tosmana.net/

You have to register for the 4th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Quantitative Befragungen

Institution: Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg

Studiengang: Doktorandenstudium

Dozent/in: Prof. Dr. Claudia Fantapié Altobelli

Termin(e): 29.04. und 27.05.2010, jeweils 13.00 – 16.15 Uhr

Raum: H1/105

Max. Teilnehmerzahl: k.A.

Semester-Wochen-Stunden: k.A.

Credit Points: k.A.

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

Beschreibung:
Adressaten des Kurses sind Doktoranden, welche im Rahmen ihrer Dissertation eine großzahlige repräsentative standardisierte empirische Erhebung durchführen wollen und welche noch nicht über fundierte Kenntnisse der Methoden empirischer Sozialforschung besitzen. Der Kurs gliedert sich in zwei Teile:

Teil 1: Entwicklung eines standardisierten Fragebogens

Hier werden die zentralen Aspekte behandelt, welche beim Aufbau eines Fragebogens zu beachten sind. Fragearten, Formulierung, Reihenfolge der Fragen, zu vermeidende Fehler und Tipps.

Teil 2: Messung, Operationalisierung und Skalierung von Variablen

In diesem zweiten vertiefenden Teil wird erläutert, auf welche Weise die interessierenden Variablen gemessen werden können. Unter anderem wird erörtert, wie Skalen entwickelt werden können, welche den Anforderungen an Reliabilität und Validität genügen. Daneben erfolgt eine Einführung in Strukturgleichungsmodelle.

Erforderliche Vorkenntnisse: keine

Um die Veranstaltung vorbereiten zu können müssen wir abschätzen können, mit wie vielen Teilnehmern zu rechnen ist. Daher bitte ich um Anmeldung bis zum 20.4.09 direkt mir per E-Mail.

Academic Journal Writing Workshop for PhD students

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Academic Journal Writing Workshop for PhD students
Finland, 19-23 July 2010

Publishing journal articles in peer reviewed journals in English has been an increasing trend in the academia, and is nowadays a requirement for anyone wishing to have a serious career in Sociology. The skill of article writing is however not always a part of the PhD training, furthermore, there are diverse myths on what makes a good manuscript, and how to internationalize one’s research in a meaningful way. This ESA Summer School wishes to provide a platform for both learning about this specific form of writing, and a creative and supportive environment to finalize a manuscript during the course.

The Summer School is aimed to work as an aid for PhD students struggling with an article manuscript in progress. You are welcome to apply if you currently work with a manuscript. The text can be a manuscript in the finalizing stage before initial submission, or after a review process, working with the final editing. The requirement is that you have a full text in English to work on, a draft that can be circulated among participants by June 28th 2010.

The Summer School is co-organized by the Sociology Departments of University of Turku and University of Helsinki, and the ESA. The Summer School takes place in a beautiful setting in the archipelago of Finland, the Archipelago Research Institute of University of Turku in Seili, Nauvo. The venue provides a peaceful historic environment for writing and discussions, with sea, nature, and the midnight sun.

http://www.seili.utu.fi/en/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj%C3%A4l%C3%B6.

ESA covers all costs for the course, the accommodation and all meals. Students will need to cover their own travel to Turku. There are low budget flights to Turku (SAS, AirBaltic, WizzAir) and Helsinki (all major companies, 2 hours by train or bus from Turku), and a ferry connection from Stockholm. Students must bring their own computers.

Further Information about the ESA Summer School 2010

1. Spring School der German Industrial Relations Association: “Arbeitsbeziehungen in einer entgrenzten Welt”

1. Spring School der German Industrial Relations Association:
“Arbeitsbeziehungen in einer entgrenzten Welt”

21. – 25. März 2011

Institut für Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitsbeziehungen in der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (IAAEG), Trier

Call for Applications

Die Entgrenzung der Ökonomie(n) ist ein zentraler Entwicklungstrend, mit dem die Akteure und Institutionen der Arbeitsbeziehungen weltweit konfrontiert sind. Die Mobilität des Kapitals sowie die Inter- und Transnationalisierung von Wertschöpfungsketten setzen nationale Standards der Regulierung von Arbeit unter Veränderungsdruck. Entgrenzung meint aber auch den Prozess der politischen „Entbettung“ der Ökonomien: Ehemals geschützte (und häufig staatsnahe) Sektoren werden privatisiert und nach Marktprinzipien reorganisiert. Nicht nur im Rahmen der europäischen Integration findet eine Deregulierung von Märkten im Rahmen von Liberalisierungspolitiken statt. Darüber hinaus werden auf allen Ebenen der industriellen Beziehungen (Betrieb, Unternehmen, Sektor, Staat) verbindliche Standards durch flexible Steuerungsformen ersetzt. Nur partiell findet eine Re-Regulierung der Arbeitsbeziehungen auf internationaler Ebene statt.

Erstmalig bietet die German Industrial Relations Association (GIRA) eine „Spring School“ an, um diese Themen mit Nachwuchswissenschaftler(inne)n eine Woche lang zu diskutieren und dabei die Produktivität verschiedener Methoden zur Erforschung der Arbeitsbeziehungen zu erörtern. An den Nachmittagen stellen die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer ihre eigenen Projekte vor. Die Spring School verfolgt einen multidisziplinären Zugang und berücksichtigt politikwissenschaftliche, soziologische, volks- und betriebswirtschaftliche sowie arbeitsrechtliche Perspektiven. Das Programm wird abgerundet durch wissenschaftliche Abendvorträge sowie Diskussionen und Berichte aus der politischen Praxis. Für jedes Teilgebiet wurden ausgewiesene Referentinnen und Referenten gewonnen.

Weitere Informationen zur 1. Spring School der German Industrial Relations Association

Personal und Organisation

Institution: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Graduiertenprogramm

Dozent: Prof. Dr. Lutz Bellmann

Termine: 28.04.2010, 12:30 Uhr – 16:30 Uhr, 29.4. 2010, 8:30 Uhr – 12:30 Uhr

Raum: Sitzungssaal 160 der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nürnberg

Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 15

Credit Points: k.A.

Beschreibung:   

In der Veranstaltung werden neuere empirische Studien zu den Auswirkungen personalwirtschaftlicher Unternehmensstrategien und Organisationskonzepte auf die Entlohnungs- und Beschäftigungsstrukturen vorgestellt. Die zu behandelnden Artikel beruhen auf den Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels und den Linked Employer-Employee Daten des IAB.

Bitte melden Sie sich bis zum 31.03.2010 verbindlich bei der Studienkoordinatorin des Graduiertenprogramms sandra.huber@iab.de an.