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Videregående Kvantitative Metoder

1953 Responsible: Rune Stubager og Søren Risbjerg Thomsen
From: 2008/09/24 to: 2008/11/27
Subscription Deadline: 2008/08/28
Place: University of Aarhus - Institut for Statskundskab
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 5
Further information: AGG@ps.au.dk>


VIDEREGÅENDE KVANTITATIVE METODER


Ved Rune Stubager og Søren Risbjerg Thomsen, Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet


KURSUSBESKRIVELSE


Kurset giver en introduktion til anvendelse af videregående statistiske metoder til samfundsvidenskabelig dataanalyse med vægt på en indføring i det matematiske og sandsynlighedsteoretiske grundlag for disse metoder. Kurset giver færdigheder som muliggør, at deltageren efterfølgende i vidt omfang kan tilegne sig mere avancerede metoder på egen hånd eller ved deltagelse i mere avancerede kurser. Kurset forudsætter i øvrigt ikke matematiske eller statistiske færdigheder ud over, hvad der opnås ved at gennemføre metode med statistik på grunduddannelsen. Deltagerne bør dog forud for kurset sikre sig, at de har elementære matematiske færdigheder svarende ”Matematik for Statskundskabsstuderende, 3. udg” (Institut for Statskundskab, Århus Universitet, 2008) og statistiske færdigheder svarende til Gujarati (DNG), kapitel 1-5.

Kurset gennemføres over 9 uger med fire sammenhængende timer om ugen, hvor de første tre timer bruges til egentlig undervisning og den sidste time bruges til praktiske øvelser med anvendelse af programpakken STATA med vejledning i edb-undervisningslokalet. Deltagerne får hver uge (undtagen den sidste uge) nogle praktiske opgaver, som det forventes, at man løser inden den næste undervisningsgang. Fire af disse opgavesæt er obligatoriske og skal afleveres senest mandag kl. 12 inden næste undervisning. Hver uge (undtagen den første uge) gennemgås først den foregående uges opgaver, evt. med inddragelse af de afleverede opgaver. Dernæst gennemgås pensum, og der gives oplæg til øvelserne og næste uges opgaver. Deltagelsen i edb-øvelserne i den sidste time er frivillig, da den er beregnet på de deltagere, som har særlig brug for øvelsesvejledning.

Kurset er normeret til at tage i alt 280 timer dvs. ca. 31 timer om ugen. Kurset bestås ved at man består alle fire obligatoriske hjemmeopgaver. Underviserne giver en faglig tilbagemelding på hver opgave, herunder om den kan godkendes, men der gives ikke karakter.


FORELØBIG KURSUS PLAN


Pensum i parentes skal læses inden undervisningen.


24. september 2008:

Sandsynligheds- og fordelingsteori. Fordelingsanalyse (DNG, Appendix A).
Introduktion til STATA.


1. oktober 2008:

Vector og matrix operationer ved multivariat analyse (CGC: kap. 1-2; DNG: Appendix B). Obligatorisk opgave 1 udleveres.


8. oktober 2008:

Geometrisk fortolkning af multivariat analyse (CGC: kap. 3-4).


22. oktober 2008:

Klassisk regressionsanalyse (CGC, kap. 6, afsnit 1-3. DNG: Appendix C).
Obligatorisk opgave 2 udleveres.


29. oktober 2008:

Videregående regressionsanalyse (DNG: kap. 10-11).


6. november 2008:

Faktoranalyse (CGC, kap. 5, kap. 6, afsnit 4). Obligatorisk opgave 3 udleveres.


12. november 2008:

Stokastiske processer (DNG: kap. 12-13).


19. november 2008:

Kategoriske respons-modeller (DNG: kap. 15). Obligatorisk opgave 4 udleveres.


27. november 2008:

Introduktion til mere avancerede metoder (Kursorisk læsning: DNG: kap. 18-21).



LITTERATUR

  • J. Douglas Carroll, Paul E. Green, and Anil Chaturvedi, Mathematical Tools for Applied Multivariate Analysis, Revised Edition, Academic Press, 1997.

  • Damodar N. Gujarati, Basic Econometrics, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Der vil endvidere blive udleveret supplerende artikler og noter.


Tilmelding foretages direkte til Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet, på dette skema.

Ansøgningsfristen er torsdag d. 28. august 2008. Videre oplysninger kan fås hos Anne-Grethe Gammelgaard, tlf. 8942 1329.



Qualitative Data Analysis for Political Science

1945 Responsible: Merete Watt Boolsen
From: 2008/11/03 to: 2008/11/28
Subscription Deadline: 2008/10/05
Place: University of Copenhagen, Center for Sundhed og Samfund. (nov. 3 and 24: Bisp 214, Bispetorvet 1-3) (nov. 26, 27 and 28: Trin 116, Købmagergade 50)
Fee: 250 DKK
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 5
Further information: mwb@ifs.ku.dk

Qualitative data analysis for Ph.D. students within political science, public administration and international relations

The course is an advanced Ph.d course in qualitative method that presupposes acquaintance with research methodology. The purpose is to strengthen methodological qualifications in a political science context. On the basis of the Ph.d students’ active participation and their papers, the course is designed to suit the participants needs and work situation.

Learning outcomes

Through training, attention to methodological key question, and overview of methodological literature, the participants will improve their abilities:

  • to know, comprehend and apply methods of qualitative data analysis on social science data. This also includes secondary data analysis - i.e. analysis of existing data.

  • to analyze data - e.g. see patterns, organize parts, recognize hidden meanings and identify components,

  • to make synthesis - e.g. use old ideas to create new ones, generalize from given facts, relate knowledge from several areas, predict and draw conclusions,

  • to evaluate their present situation - e.g. compare and discriminate between ideas, assess value of theories, presentations, make choices based on reasoned argument verify value and evidence and recognize subjectivity.


The 'logic' of course structure

The 5-pages paper that has to be submitted timely before the course starts, 19th October. It will be distributed to all course participants and will serve as an introduction of your project, time-table etc. to your fellow participants in the course and provide the professors with useful information.

All days we start at 10:00 and end at aprox. 16:00.

On the first day of the course (November 3) the qualitative and methodological relationship between projects will be used as a basis for group allocation, workshops and suggested literature for the rest of the course. Supplementary to your project-description (submitted before October 19) you will on the first day of the course present a 15 minute (oral + written) outline of (part of) your qualitative data analysis where the emphasis is on (a) your theoretical variables (in the instances where your research is deductive), and (b) your measurement/operationalisation of variables. This will give us the opportunity to discuss validity and reliability of your method and data from day one.

November 24 will concentrate on more focused studies with regard to analysis of qualitative interviews.

November 25 is lecture free and is meant for more focused studies in continuation of November 24 and with regard to November 26 and 27.

On November 28 there will be a presentation and possible reconsideration of projects in the light of course input. The very last part of the day will focus on where you can obtain additional knowledge, information and competences in relation to your specific area and project.

Throughout the course the learning outcomes will serve as guidelines for your work (adapted from Blooms taxonomy, 1956). Examples of what this means in practice – e.g. what type of discussions there will be during the course – are:

  1. How to get to know your qualitative data: observe and recall information; know dates, events, places; know major ideas etc. Questions cues are: list, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label, collect, examine, tabulate, quote, name, who, where, etc.

  2. How to comprehend your qualitative data: understand the information, grasp meanings, translate knowledge into new contexts, interpret facts, compare, contrast, order, group, infer causes, predict consequences. Question cues are: summarize, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss, extend, etc.

  3. How to apply other information on your qualitative data: use your information, use methods, concepts, theories (distinguish between methodological and analytical theories), solve problems using required skills or knowledge, etc. Question cues are: apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, modify, relate, change, classify, experiment, discover, etc.

  4. How to begin your analysis of your qualitative data: see patterns, organize parts, recognize hidden meanings, identify components, etc. Question cues are: analyze, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain, infer, etc.

  5. How to make a synthesis of your qualitative data and your qualitative data analysis: use old ideas to create new ones generalize from given facts, relate knowledge from several areas, predict, draw core conclusions, etc. Question cues are: combine integrate modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what if? etc.

  6. How to finalize the process through an evaluation or validation of your qualitative data and qualitative data-analysis: compare and discriminate between ideas, assess value of theories, presentations, make choices based on reasoned arguments, verify value of evidence, recognize subjectivity, etc. Question cues are: assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support conclude, compare, summarize, etc.

Dates, contents and requirements

The course will be adjusted to the participating Ph.d students on the basis of their submitted papers and their contributions on November 3rd. Therefore, a detailed scheduling is not carried out before November 3rd.

DATE

CONTENT

EXPECTATIONS

Nov 3










Merete Watt Boolsen, University of Copenhagen, on the content, learning outcome etc. of the course:

  • Introduction

  • Presentation of research-problem, theory, knowledge of qualitative data analysis methods etc.,

  • Finding ‘partners’ with similar problems

  • Discussion of electronic data analysis

No later than the 19th October, you are requested to send a paper containing a overview of your future research to:

sek@polforsk.dk and mwb@ifs.ku.dk

We propose that the paper has the following content depending on where you are in your research process:

(1) Problem, (2) theory/theories, (3) data-collection, (4) analysis – qualitative analysis methods, (5) time-planning – when do you want to be finished with what?

Nov 24






Margaret Andrews, University of Greenwich, on how to gather data via interviewing in different ‘settings’ and from different discourses.

Workshops on techniques, analysis, conclusions and perspectives – and with special emphasis on the power dimension, the ethical, moral and legal dimensions. In interviewing the researcher’s problem, understanding, theoretical perspectives and evaluation are combined. From here the construction of data takes place in an analytical process. Point of departure will be the research problems of the Ph.D. students as handed in October 19th.

 Nov 24

Preparation for the rest of the course


Nov 26 and 27














Gili Drori, Stanford University, will continue with ideas, techniques and examples on how to extract qualitative data from the quantitative data.

As for substance, she will start with your own research-problems. Gili Drori has suggested several workshops but has pointed out the (b) workshop (see below) as the richest. Bear in mind that your own input is important:

a. the discourse of healthcare and medicine (Inoue and Drori 2006), where we analyzed the change in discursive tone (meanings ascribed to) healthcare and medicine over 150+ years of history of international work in this field.  The source for the data -- quantitative and qualitative -- was UIA directory.
b. the institutionalization of governance as a dominant concept in management (Drori 2006), where I analyze the timing of such institutionalization and the discursive frames that dominate this 
emerging framework for management.  Again, the source is UIA directory.
c. the social state (Drori and Meyer, in writing), where we trace the founding of state ministries (cabinet positions) in all countries since 1870 and interpret these events as a historic change to the social responsibilities of the state.

November 28




Merete Watt Boolsen

  • Summing up: how much was learned?

  • What is lacking?

  • How to ‘pick up’



Deadline for Registration: September 15th.

Deadline for Paper, app. 5 pages must be send to sek@polforsk.dk and mwb@ifs.ku.dk not later than October 19th


Literature

  • Brady, H. E. & Collier, David (2004): Rethinking Social Inquiry. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. inc. (chapters 1-2, 7-9, 12)
  • Denzin, Norma K. & Lincoln, Yvonna S. (2000): Handbook of Qualitative Research. Sage Publications. (chapters 19 og 22, part IV and the rest of the book).
  • Miles, Matthew B. & Huberman, A. Michael, (1994): Qualitative Data Analysis. Sage Publications. (chapters 9, 10 and 11)
  • Mikkelsen, Britha (ed.) (2006): Methods for development Work and Research. A new guide for Practioners. Sage Publications. (chapters 3 and 7)
  • Strauss, Anselm & Corbin, Juliet, (1998): Basics of Qualitative Research, Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory. Sage Publications




Forskarutbildningskurs i statsvetenskap: Politiska partier - system och organisation

1917 Responsible: Kursen arrangeras i samarbete mellan Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap vid Växjö universitet och statskunskap vid Örebro universitet samt Forskarskolan Demokratins villkor, Örebro universitet Kursansvarig: Gullan Gidlund, Örebro universitet (019-303936, gullan.gidlund@sam.oru.se) och Magnus Hagevi, Växjö universitet (0470-70 80 22, magnus.hagevi@vxu.se)
From: 2008/11/10 to: 2009/01/17
Subscription Deadline: 2008/10/01
Place: Växjö och Örebro, Sverige
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 7,5 hp alternativt 1
Further information: Magnus Hagevi

                            Forskarutbildningskurs i statsvetenskap

Politiska partier system och organisation, 7,5 högskolepoäng (alternativt 15 högskolepoäng)

 

                     

Arrangör: Kursen arrangeras i samarbete mellan Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap vid Växjö universitet och statskunskap vid Örebro universitet samt Forskarskolan Demokratins villkor, Örebro universitet

 

Kursansvarig: Gullan Gidlund, Örebro universitet (019-30 39 36, gullan.gidlund@sam.oru.se) och Magnus Hagevi, Växjö universitet (0470-70 80 22, magnus.hagevi@vxu.se)

 

Kursens mål

 

·        Doktoranden skall kunna grundläggande begrepp och centrala teoretiska ansatser om partiorganisation och parti­system i representativa demokratier.

·        Doktoranden skall kunna delta i den statsvetenskapliga debatten angående teorier om partiorganisation och parti­system.

·        Doktoranden skall efter kursen dels ha kunskap om teoriutvecklingen och den teoretiska forskningsfronten i ämnesområdet.

 

Kursens moment

 

·        Demokratins genombrott och masspolitikens utveckling i början av 1900-talet

·        Partiernas glansperiod och partisystemens istid

·        Partiernas kris och förnyelse.

·        Partierna och internationaliseringen

 

Kursen har fyra moment som alla är relaterade till politiska partiers organisation och partisystem. I det första momentet diskuteras partiteorier som främst beaktar resultatet av demokratins genombrott och masspolitikens utveckling i början av 1900-talet. Partierna måste nu kunna agerar på både mass- och elitnivå för att vara funktionsdugliga.

 

I det andra momentet är parti- och partisystemteorierna till stor del reaktioner på utvecklingen efter andra världskriget under den tid då partisystemen betraktas som frusna. Partierna tycks i allt högre grad vara ohotade kolosser som i allt större utsträckning försöker fånga så många väljare som möjligt. Man talar om ideologiernas död och partisystemen uppfattas som statiska. Teorierna intresserar sig för partiernas samarbete, konflikter, väljarberoende och partisystemens stabilitet.

 

I det tredje momentet utgår kursen från partierna och partisystemens kris och förnyelse. Teorierna beaktar då partiernas ökade beroende av statliga bidrag och oberoende av andra inkomstkällor, den politiska medialisering och politikens professionalisering samt partisystemens instabilitet men även anpassningsförmåga till förändrade villkor.

 

I det fjärde momentet uppmärksammas det ökade omvärldsberoendet, internationaliseringen och de teoretiska problem som uppkommer när inte längre nationalstaten är det självklara navet för den politiska makten. Nu ligger fokus på EU och europeiseringen och de teoretiska försök som görs för att använda gamla modeller liksom ansträngningar som görs för att finna nya teoretiska begrepp och perspektiv.

Examination och kurskrav: Kursen examineras genom inlämningsuppgifter och seminarier. 

Organisation: Kursen organiserar sig efter fyra aktiviteter: föreläsningar, seminarier, inlämningsuppgifter och självstudier.

Språk: Svenska.

Kursen innehåller obligatorisk litteratur, men doktoranden skall komplettera med litteratur med självvald inriktning inom kursens ram. Några förslag på sådan kompletterande litteratur ges i kursplanen, men i samråd med lärare kan doktorand även komplettera med annan litteratur. Den obligatoriska litteraturen ligger främst till grund för en studieomfattning på 7,5 högskolepoäng, men det är möjligt att komplettera med kurslitteratur till 15,0 högskolepoäng.

 

Anmälan: Anmälan senast den 1 oktober till Magnus Hagevi (magnus.hagevi@vxu.se,

0470-70 80 22).

 

Kursstart: Kursen startar 10 november 2008 och avslutas 18 februari 2009.

 

 

Schema och kurslitteratur

 

 

Moment: Demokratins genombrott och masspolitikens utveckling i början av 1900-talet

 

Vecka 46 (exakt tid och plats meddelas senare)

 

11.30 Gemensam lunch

13.00 Introduktion

13.30 15.00 Föreläsning: "Masspartiet från idealtyp till ideal" 

15.30 17.00 Föreläsning: "Partisystem i ljuset av stabilitet och framgång"

 

Obligatorisk litteratur

 

Maurice Duverger (1967): Political Parties: their organization and activity in the modern state. London: Methuen

 

Gullan Gidlund (1989): "Folkrörelsepartiet och den politiska styrelsen. SAP:s organisationsutveckling" i Klaus Misgeld, Karl Molin, Klas Åmark (red) Socialdemokratins samhälle 1889 - 1989. Stockholm: Tidens förlag.

  

William Wright (1971): "Comparative Party Models: Rational Efficient and Party Democracy" i A Comparative Study of Party Organization, William Wright (ed.), Columbus: Merrill, s 17-54.

 

Seymour Martin Lipset och Stein Rokkan (1967): "Cleavage Structrures, Party Systems, and Voter Alignments: An Introduction" i Lipset & Rokkan (eds.) Party Systems and Voter Alignments: Cross-National Perspectives. New York: The Free Press, s 1-64.

 

 

Moment: Partiernas glansperiod och partisystemens istid

 

Vecka 48 (exakt tid och plats meddelas senare)

 

11.30 Gemensam lunch

13-15 Föreläsning: "Partiorganisationernas strävan efter att bli stabila kolosser"

15.30 Föreläsning: "Partisystemen i moderniteten: förklaringar och rädslan för kaos"

 

Obligatorisk litteratur

 

Antony Downs (1957): An Economic Theory of Democracy. New York: Harper & Row.

 

Otto Kirchheimer (1966): "The Transformation of the Western European Party Systems" i Political Parties and Political Development, red Joseph LaPalombara och Myron Weiner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 177-200.

 

Angelo Panebianco (1982): Political Parties: organization and power. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (valda delar).

 

Giovanni Sartori (1990 [1976]) "A Typology of Party Systems" i The West European Party systems, red Peter Mair (utdrag ur Sartoris Party and Party Systems). Oxford: Oxford University Press, s 316-349.

 

Kompletterande litteratur

 

Arend Lijphart  (1977): Democracy in Plural Societies: A Comparative Exploration. New Haven: Yale University Press.

 

Gunnar Sjöblom (1968): Party Strategies in a Multiparty System. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

 

 

Moment: Partiernas kris och förnyelse

 

Vecka 50 (exakt tid och plats meddelas senare)

 

11.30 Gemensam lunch

13-15 Föreläsning: "Partier utan medlemmar? "

15.30 Föreläsning: "Tolkningar av och förklaringar till partisystemens förändring"

 

Obligatorisk litteratur

 

Karl von Beyme (1996): "The Concept of Political Class: A New Dimension of Research on Elites?" West European Politics, 19:67-86.

 

Russel Dalton och Martin Waterberg, red (2002): Parties without Partisans: Political Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Ronald Inglehart och Scott Flanagan (1987): "Value Change in Industrial Society." Controversy. American Political Science Review, 81:1289-1319.

 

Richard Katz och Peter Mair (1995): "Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy: The Emergence of the Cartel Party" Party Politics, 1:5-28.

Peter Mair (1998): Party System Change: Approaches and Interpretations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Kompletterande litteratur

 

Jens Borchert och Jürgen Zeiss, red (2003): The Political Class in Advanced Democracies: A Comparative Handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Klaus Detterbeck (2005): "Cartel Parties in Western Europe?" Party Politics, 11:173-191.

 

Gullan Gidlund (2004) "Folkrörelsepartiet i kunskapssamhället" i Olof Ruin (red) Politikens ramar och aktörer. Stockholm: Hjalmarsson & Högberg.

 

Richard Gunther, José Ramón och Juan Linz, red (2002): Political Parties: Old concepts and New Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Knut Heidar och Ruud Koole, red (2000): Parliamentary Party Groups in European Democracies: Political Parties Behind Closed Doors. London: Routledge.

 

Richard Katz och Peter Mair (1996): "Cadre, Catch-all or Cartel?: A Rejoinder." Party Politics, 2:525-234.

 

Ruud Koole (1996): "Cadre, Catch-all or Cartel?: A Comment on the Notion of the Carelt Party." Party Politics, 2:507-523.

 

 

Moment: Internationalisering

 

Vecka 02 (exakt tid och plats meddelas senare)

 

11.30 Gemensam lunch

13-15 Föreläsning: "Internationella partiorganisationer"

15.30 Föreläsning: "Finns det ett internationellt partisystem?"

 

Obligatorisk litteratur

 

Richard Gunther och Larry Diamond (2003): "Species of Political Parties: A New Typoligy." Party Politics, 9:167-199.

 

Knut Heidar och Lars Svåsand (1997): Partier uten grenser? Oslo: Tano Aschehoug.

 

Simon Hix och Christopher Lord (1997): Political Parties in the European Union. New York: St. Martins Press Inc.

 

Gail McElroy och Kenneth Benoit (2007): "Party Groups and Policy Positions in the European Parliament." Party Politics, 13:5-28.

 


Kompletterande litteratur

 

Russel Dalton och Ian McAllister, red (2007): Party Politics. Temanummer: Political Parties and Political Development. London: Sage.

 

Karl Magnus Johansson (1997) Transnational Party Alliances: Analysing the Hard-won Alliance between Conservatives and Christian Democrats in the Euroepan Parliament. Lund: Lund University Press.

 

Robert Ladrech (2002) "Europeanization and Political Parties: Towards a Framework for Analysis." Party Politics, 8:389-403.

 

Camilla Sandström (2003) Liberalt Partisamarbete i Europa: ELDR en ny typ av parti? Umeå: Umeå universitet.

 

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Dybdegående Analyse af Kvalitativt Materiale

1951 Responsible: Gitte Sommer Harrits og Derek Beach
From: 2008/11/21 to: 2008/12/12
Subscription Deadline: 2008/08/28
Place: University of Aarhus - Institut for Statskundskab
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 5
Further information: AGG@ps.au.dk



DYBDEGÅENDE ANALYSE AF KVALITATIVT MATERIALE


Ved Gitte Sommer Harrits og Derek Beach, Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet


Tid: Kl. 10.30-12.30 og 13-15 følgende dage: 21. november, 28. november, 5. december og 12. december



KURSUSBESKRIVELSE

Nogle videnskabelige studier kan med fordel fokusere den empiriske analyse på en eller få cases, eller på et begrænset kvalitativt materiale, der analyseres ”i dybden”. Dette kan være en fordel, når der arbejdes eksplorativt, eller det kan være nødvendigt givet kompleksiteten af det fænomen, man studerer. Det er imidlertid ikke let at få systematiseret sådanne dybdegående analyser, og ofte sammensætter man sin analysestrategi, så den er tematisk relevant og bedst muligt kommer til bunds det konkrete materiale. Med henblik på at gøre kursusdeltagerne bedre til at udforme og bruge egne analysestrategier giver kurset en grundig indføring i forskellige dybdegående analysemetoder og analyser af ”single cases”, fx kritisk diskursanalyse, fortolkende analysemetoder og procestracing. Formålet med kurset er således, at deltagerne efter kurset skal kunne udforme og anvende en analysestrategi, der passer til deres eget konkrete videnskabelige arbejde.


Kurset er normeret til at tage i alt 140 timer dvs. 35 timer om ugen. Deltagerne løser to opgaver skriftligt. Underviserne giver en faglig tilbagemelding på hver opgave, herunder om den kan godkendes, men der gives ikke karakter.



FORELØBIG KURSUSPLAN:


21. november 2008:

Introduktion: Single-case-studier og dybdegående analyse. Muligheder og begrænsninger ved dybdegående analyseteknikker. Målingsvaliditet som særligt relevant forskningskriterium i dybdegående kvalitative analyser.


28. november 2008:

Mening, praksis og teknikker til hermeneutisk orienterede analyser.


5. december 2008:

Tekstbegrebet og teknikker til dybdegående analyse af tekster / diskursanalyse.


12. december 2008:

Proces-tracing / analyser af historiske processer.


Tilmelding foretages direkte til Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet, på dette skema.

Ansøgningsfristen er torsdag d. 28. august 2008. Videre oplysninger kan fås hos Anne-Grethe Gammelgaard, tlf. 8942 1329.



LITTERATUR

  • Adcock, Robert and David Collier (2001), “Measurement Validity: A Shared Standard for Qualitative and Quantitative Research.” American Political Science Review 95:3, (September), pp. 529–546

  • Barthes, Roland (1983), “Myth Today”, in Susan Sontag (ed.), A Roland Barthes Reader, London: Vintage, pp. 93-149

  • Beck (2006) ‘Is Causal-Process Observation an Oxymoron?’, Political Analysis, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 347-352.

  • Bennett and Elman (2006) ’Complex Causal Relations and Case Study Methods: The Example of Path Dependence.’, Political Analysis, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 250-267.

  • Bennett (2006) ‘Stirring the Frequentist Pot with a Dash of Bayes’, Political Analysis, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 339-344.

  • Bourdieu, Pierre (1990), The Logic of Practice, Cambridge: Polity Press, kap. 3, 4 & 5, pp. 52-97

  • Brady, Collier and Seawright (2006) ‘Towards a pluralist vision of methodology.’, Political Analysis, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 353-368

  • Fairclough, Normann (2003), Analyzing Discourse. Textual Analysis for Social Research, Oxon: Routledge. (Købes)

  • Fearon (1991) ’Counterfactuals and Hypothesis Testing in Political Science’, World Politics, Vol. 43, Issue 2, pp. 169-195.

  • Feldman, Martha S. (1995), Strategies for Interpreting Qualitative Data, SAGE. (Købes)

  • Geertz, Clifford (1973), The Interpretation of Cultures, Basic Books, kap. 1, p. 3-30.

  • Laclau, Ernesto & Chantal Mouffe (1985), Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics, London: verso, kap. 3, pp. 93-148

  • Lebow (2000) ‘What’s so different about a counterfactual?’, World Politics, Issue 52, No. 4, s. 550-585.

  • Ricouer, Paul (1971), ”The Model of the Text: Meaningful Action Considered as a Text”, Social Research 38, no. 3, pp. 529-562

  • Rueschemeyer ’Can One or a few cases yield theoretical gains?’ i Mahooney og Rueschemeyer, (red) Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, kap. 9, pp. 305-336.

  • Charles Taylor (1979), ”Interpretation and the Sciences of Man”, in Rabinow, Paul & William M. Sullivan, Interpretive Social Science. A Reader, University of California Press, p. 25-72 (48 s.)



Forskningsmetodik

1969 Responsible: Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Åbo Akademi
From: 2008/11/24 to: 2008/11/27
Subscription Deadline: 2008/11/01
Place: Åbo Akademi, Finland
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 7,5
Further information: Thomas Denk

Forskningsmetodik

7,5  ECTS points

Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo 24-27 november 2008

Syftet med denna kurs är att främja doktorandernas arbete med sina avhandlingar när det gäller metodologiska frågor. Kursen vänder sig därför till doktorander som arbetar med att utforma sina studier eller som sedan tidigare har utformat sina studier och som nu arbetar med studiens undersökning eller analys. Även doktorander som arbetar med avsnitt eller kapitel om metodologiska frågor utgör kursens målgrupp. Kursen behandlar ett antal grundläggande frågor om hur empiriska undersökningar kan genomföras och analyseras. Frågorna behandlas utifrån de pågående diskussioner som förs inom ämnet kring metodologiska frågor. Doktorander erbjuds inom kursens ram att överföra dessa diskussioner till sitt arbete med avhandlingen.

De moment som berörs inom kursen behandlar forskningsdesign, problemformulering, konstruktion av analytisk ram, urval, empirisk analys samt slutledning. Till detta kommer moment som behandlar elementär logik, vilket formar analyser och tillämpas vid slutledning.

Kursen består av föreläsningar och seminarium, som genomförs under en vecka (24-27/11 2008). Fortlöpande ges doktoranderna möjligheter att tillämpa kursens moment i förhållande till sitt avhandlingsarbete. Som examination genomförs även en individuell inlämningsuppgift där doktoranderna förväntas relatera kursens moment till sitt avhandlingsarbete.

Kursen är öppen för doktorander från samhällsvetenskapliga och humanistiska ämnen. Anmälan görs till kursansvariga (carsten.anckar@abo.fi & thomas.denk@abo.fi) senast 1 november 2008.

 


Kurslitteratur

Brady, H. E. & Collier, D. (2004): Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards. Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham. (350s)

King, G., Keohane, R & Verba, S. (1994): Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Quality Research. Princeton University Press: Princeton.  (250s)

Kompendium med artiklar (150s)

Texter som väljs i samråd med lärare utifrån pågående avhandlingsarbete (100-150s)

 

Preliminärt kursupplägg

24/11-08        10.15-12.00                       Introduktion: forskningsdesign

                      14.15-16.00                        Hur väljs och utvecklas forskningsproblem?

25/11-08        10.15-12.00                        Hur gå från idé till hypotes?

                      14.15-16.00                        Hur konstrueras analysmodell?

26/11-08        10.15-12.00                        Hur väljs fall?

                      14.15-16.00                        Varför undvika urvalsskevhet?

27/11-08        10.15-12.00                        Hur formuleras slutsatser?

                      14.15-16.00                         Avslutning: från fråga till svar

 

 



Doing Discourse Analysis - The Euroqual Programme, ESF

1923 Responsible: Jacob Torfing - jtor@ruc.dk David Horwath, Maarten Hajer and Johannes Angemüller
From: 2008/12/01 to: 2008/12/04
Subscription Deadline: 2008/07/01
Place: Copenhagen
Fee: None
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 4
Further information: jtor@ruc.dk


About the ESF Euroqual Programme

  • Aims to match a similar programme on quantitative methods

  • Led by Professor Paul Atkinson, Cardiff

  • Signed by 16 ESF countries

  • Aims to promote qualitative methods in the social sciences through exchange and training

  • There will be workshops on:

    • Digital methods

    • Analysis of visual data

    • The politics of qualitative research

    • Multi-methods

    • Spatial analysis

    • The quality of qualitative research

    • Studies of archives

    • Discourse analysis

Workshop on discourse analysis

  • A chance to strengthen relations between various discourse analysis research groups in Europe

  • Combines a high-level workshop with experts in the field with training of doctoral students and early career researchers

  • Focuses on a broad range of methodological issues

  • Focuses on different methods for data collection and data analysis

  • Focuses on a variety of subjects: the discursive construction of European identity and identities in Europe, analysis of mass media discourse, the discursive framing of policy and governance, etc.

  • Combines different formats: lectures, round tables, master classes, group discussions, etc.

  • Logistics: a four day workshop on 1-4 of December in a wonderful location just outside Copenhagen. Arrival in the evening of the 30th of November and departure on the 4th of December in the evening

  • Food and accommodation during the workshop and up to 500 Euros of the travel costs (discount tickets if available) is covered by the European Science Foundation

  • Students must send a one page project description and present their project at the workshop


Aim of the workshop

During the last decade there has been mounting interest in various kinds of discourse theory and discourse analysis within the social sciences. Poststructuralist discourse theory has produced a range of rather sophisticated concepts and arguments that help us to transcend the objectivistic, reductionist and rationalistic bias of modern social science theory and radicalize hermeneutic alternatives by emphasizing the role of discourse and politics in shaping social, political and cultural interpretations. Poststructuralist discourse theory has contributed to the critical renewal of several social science disciplines and has persuaded many mainstream theorists to pay more attention to new issues such as identity, knowledge paradigms and discursive forms of power.

It is important that the increasing number of discourse theoretical studies is supported by sound methods and research strategies. In order to further develop the methodological aspects of discourse analysis this workshop will focus on doing discourse analysis. However, the purpose is not to develop or disseminate a general and comprehensive method of discourse analysis, which consists of methodological rules that guarantee scientific truth. But equally, we shall not dismiss methodological discussions as a positivist fallacy, thus contenting ourselves with an impressionistic or purely subjective descriptivism. Rather, we aim to spur contextual and problem-oriented reflections about the methodological choices that are involved in doing poststructuralist discourse analysis. As such, we believe that there is no right method, but a series of trade-offs that scholars and students of discourse analysis (and the social sciences more generally) must be able to recognise, negotiate and reason about.


Number of participants: 32


Workshop program

The 1st of December, 2008:

9:30 – 10:30 Welcome and introductions

10:30 – 12:30 Poststructuralist discourse theory: ambitions, achievements and challenges

    Lecture and plenary discussion

   - Professor Jacob Torfing

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 17:00 Different discourse theoretical interpretations of the same material

    Round table discussion, including coffee break

  - Professor Maarten Hajer, University of Amsterdam

  - Dr Martin Reisigl , University of Vienna

  - Dr David Howarth, University of Essex

  - Assistant Professor Johannes Angermüller, Magdeburg University

17:00 – 18:30 Project presentations in two groups organized as Master Classes

    Three projects will be discussed in each group

19:00 – 20:30 Dinner


The 2nd of December, 2008:

9:30 – 12:00 Problem-driven research: the role of problematization

    Lecture followed by exercise

    - Dr David Howarth, University of Essex

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 15:45 Crafting your research strategy: What to look for? Where to look?

How to draw conclusions from your analysis?

    Short lectures and plenary discussion

    - Dr Martin Reisigl , University of Vienna

    - Assistant Professor Johannes Angermüller, Magdeburg University

    - Professor Niels Åkerstrøm, Copenhagen Business School

15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 18:30 European identity – identities in Europe

    Lecture followed by group discussions

    - Dr Thomas Diez, University of Birmingham

    - Dr Vicki Squire, The Open University

19:00 – 21:00 Dinner


The 3rd of December, 2008:

9:30 – 12:00 Discourse analysis using documents, interviews and other texts

    Lectures followed by plenary discussion

    - Professor Dominique Maingueneau, University of Paris-XII

    - Professor John Forester, Cornell University

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 15:30 The use of digital methods in text analysis

    Lecture followed by technical demonstration

    - Professor André Salem, University of Paris-III

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 18:30 Project presentations in two groups organized as Master Classes

    Four projects will be discussed in each group

19:30 – Workshop dinner


The 4th of December, 2008:

9:30 – 12:00 Analysing texts in contexts

    Lecture followed by exercise

    - Professor Maarten Hajer, University of Amsterdam

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 16:00 The discursive framing of policy and governance

    Lectures and plenary discussion

    - Dr Steven Griggs, University of Essex

    - Professor Jacob Torfing, Roskilde University

    - Professor Urs Stäheli, Basel University

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 18:30 Project presentations in two groups organized as Master Classes

     Four projects will be discussed in each group

18:30 – 19:00 Self-organization of international PhD network on poststructuralist discourse theory

19:00 – 21:00 Dinner


Deadlines

Deadline of applications: 1st of July

Final selection: 1st of August

Participants’ project descriptions (one page): 15th of October



Literature

(Not complete list of literature!)

PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO COPY OR CITE THE TEXTS WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHORS!

Should you wish to cite or copy from the compendium , please send a request to sek@polforsk.dk


Literature for Professor Jacob Torfing' lecture:
1st. lecture by Torfing on the 1st of December:
  • Marcussen, Martin and Torfing, Jacob (2006): Democratic Newtork Governance in Europe; Chapter  5; Discursive Governance Networks in Danish Activation Policy
2nd lecture by Torfing on the 4th:
  • Howarth, David and Torfing, Jacob (2004): Discourse Theory in European Politics, Chapter: Discourse Theory: Achivements, Arguments, and Challenges by Torfing, Jacob

Literature for Professor Maarten Hajer' lecture:
  • Hajer, Maarten A. (2004): Coalitions, Practices, and Meaning in Environmental Politics: From Acid Rain to BSE, in 'Discourse Theory in European Politics - Identity, Policy and Governance' (2004) edited by Howarth, David and Torfing, Jacob.  
  • Hajer, Maarteh and Versteeg, Wytske (2008): The Limits to Deliberative Governance, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Conference, Bosten, August 28-31, 2008

Literature for Dr Martin Reisigl's
lecture:
  • Reisigl, Martin (2007): Discrimination in Discourses. In: Kotthoff, Helga, Spencer-Oatey, Helen (eds.): Handbooks of Applied Linguistics. Volume 7: Intercultural Communication. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin (Herausgeber der Serie: Antos, Gerd, Knapp, Karlfried). pp. 365-394.
  • Reisigl, Martin (2008): Analyzing political rhetoric. In: Wodak, Ruth, Krzyzanowski, Michal (eds.) (2008): Qualitative Discourse Analysis in the Social Sciences. London et al.: Palgrave. pp. 96-120.
  • Reisigl, Martin (2008): Rhetoric of political speeches. In: Wodak, Ruth, Koller, Veronika (eds.) (2008): Handbooks of Applied Linguistics. Volume 3: Language and Communi­ca­tion in the Public Sphere. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter (Editor of the series: Antos, Gerd, Knapp, Karlfried). pp. 243-269.

Literature for Dr
David Howarth' lecture:
Lecture by Howarth on the 2nd of December:
  • Glynos, Jason and Howarth, David (2007): Logics of Critical Explanation in Social and Political Theory, Introduction and Chapter 6.
  • Howarth, David and Torfing, Jacob (2004): Discourse Theory in European Politics, Chaper: Applying Discourse Theory: the Method of Articulation by Howarth, David

Literature for Professor Niels Aakerstrøm' lecture:
(in prioritized order)
  • Aakerstrøm, Niels and Born, Asmund (2007): Emotional Identity feelings as communicative artefacts in organisations, in Int. J Work Orgniisation and Emotion, Vol 2, No. 1 2007
  • Aakerstrøn, Niels (2007): The Self-Infantilised Adult and the Management of Personality, in Critical Discourse Studies 2007, Routhledge London 
  • Aakerstrøn, Niels: The Semantic Analytical Strategy and Diagnostics of Present.  
  • Aakerstrøm, Niels (2008): The World as Will and Adaption: The interdiscursive coupling of citizens'  contracts, in Critical Discourse Studies Vol. 5, No. 5, Feburary 2008, 75 - 89


Literature for Assistant Professor Johannes Angemüller
' lecture:
  • Angemüller, Johannes (2007): After Structuralism. The Discourse of Theory and the Intellectual Field in France, Translated from German (to come out early 2009). From Nach dem Strukturalismus. Theoriediskurs und intellektuelles Feld in Frankreich, Bielefeld.

Literature for Professor Thomas Diez' lecture:


Mandatory readings:

  • Ole Waever (2005) Discursive Approaches, in Antje Wiener and Thomas Diez (eds) European Integration Theory, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 197-215.
  • Thomas Diez (2004) Europe's Others and the Return of Geopolitics, Cambridge Review of International Affairs 17 (2), 319-335.
Prospective elaborating readings:
  • Campbell, David (1998) Writing Security: United States foreign policy and politics of identity. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Diez, Thomas (2001) "Europe as a Discursive Battleground: Discourse Analysis and European Integration Studies", Cooperation and Conflict, 36 (1), 5-38.
  • Hansen, Lene and Michael C. Williams (1999) 'The Myths of Europe: Legitimacy, Community and the "Crisis" of the EU' Journal of Common Market Studies 37 (2), 233-49.
  • Hansen, Lene and Ole Wæver (eds) (2002) European Integration and National Identity: The Challenge of the Nordic States, London: Routledge.
  • Howarth, David R. and Jacob Torfing (eds) (2005) Discourse Theory in Euro¬pean Politics: Identity, Policy and Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
  • Marcussen, Martin et al (1999) "Constructing Europe? The Evolution of French, British, and German Nation-State Identities", Journal of European Public Policy, 6 (4), 614-44.
  • Milliken, Jennifer (1999) "The Study of Discourse in International Relations: A Cri-tique of Research and Methods", European Journal of International Relations, 5 (2), 225-54.
  • Neumann, Iver B. (1998a) 'European Identity, EU Expansion, and the Integra-tion/Exclusion Nexus', Alternatives, 23 (3), 397-416.
  • Neumann, Iver B. (1998b) Uses of the Other: the 'East' in European Identity Forma-tion, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Oberhuber, Florian; Bärenreuter, Christoph; Krzyzanowski, Michal; Schönbauer, Heinz; Wodak, Ruth (2005) "Debating the European Constitution: On representa-tions of Europe/the EU in the press", Journal of Language and Politics, 4 (2), 227-71.

Literature for Dr Vicki Squire's lecture:

Mandatory reading:

  • Squire, V. (forthcoming 2009) The Exclusionary Politics of Asylum (Basingstoke: Palgrave), Chapter 2.

Supplementary reading:
  • Glynos, J. and Howarth, D. (2007) Logics of Critical Explanation in Social and Political Theory (London: Routlege), Introduction and Chapter 6
  • Hansen, L. (2006) Secturity as Practice: Discourse Analysis and the Bosnian War (London: Routhledge), Chapters 2 and 3
  • Howarth, D. and Torfing, J. (2004) Discourse Theory in European Politics: Identity, Policy and Governance (Basingstoke: Palgrave)


Literature for Professor Dominique Maingueneau' lecture:
  • Maingueneau, Dominique (1999): Analysing Self-Constituting Discourses, Discourse Studies vol. 1, no. 2, 1999, pp. 175-199


Literature for Professor John Forester' lecture:

  • Forester, John (2008): Learning Through Conflict
  • Forester, John (2006): Exploring Urban Practice in a Democratising Society: Opportunities, Techniques and Challenges, Development Southern Africa Vol. 23, No. 5, December 2006.

Literature for Professor
André Salem's lecture:
  • Salem, Andre (2008): Textual Statistics - Scope and Applications
  • Salem, Andre (2008): The Units of Textual Statistics
Both from: Exploring Textual Data (Text, Speech and Language Technology) (Hardcover) by L. Lebart, A. Salem and L. Berry.
(http://korturl.dk/n5x)

- Further information on Professor André Salem's research and work please see:
 - Http://korturl.dk/hag
 - Http://korturl.dk/51q


Literature for Professor Urs Stäheli's lecture:

      Mandatory Reading:

  • Mitchell, Timothy (1998): Fixing the Economy. /Cultural Studies 12, /82-101.
  • Stäheli, Urs (2006): Market Crowds. In: Schnapp, Jeffrey / Tiews, Matthew (ed.): Crowds. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 271-288.

    Additional Reading:

  • Ruccio, David (2008) (ed.): Economic Representations. Everyday and Academic. London: Routledge.
  • Stäheli, Urs (2007): Spektakuläre Spekulation. Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp.
  • Tellmann, Ute (2003): The Truth of the Market. Distinktion 7, 49-63.
  • Vogl, Joseph (2002): Kalkül und Leidenschaft. Poetik des ökonomischen Menschen. München.


Literature for Dr Steven Griggs' l
ecture:
  • Griggs, Steven and Howarth, David (2008): Bringing Government Back In: Problematizing Aviation Policy and Practice in the United Kingdom
  • Griggs, Steven and Howarth, David (2007): Metaphor, Catachresis and Equivalence: The Rhetoric of Freedom to Fly in the Struggle over  Avation Policy in the United Kingdom, in Policy and Society, Vol. 25 No. 2



Udfordringer for kvalitative metodologier i dag

1971 Responsible: Ph.d-stipendiat Marie Bruvik Heinskou E-mail: mbh@sociology.ku.dk Ph.d- stipendiat Jens Christian Hermansen E-mail: jch@soc.ku.dk Adjunkt Charlotte Baarts E-mail: cba@soc.ku.dk
From: 2008/12/01 to: 2008/12/03
Subscription Deadline: 2008/10/20
Place: Sociologisk Institut, Københavns Universitet
Fee: 400 kr.
Link to full program: here
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 3
Further information: Sekretær for Ph.d-studiet, Anne-Lise Schulze på alsa@soc.ku.dk

Ph.d.- kursus: Udfordringer for kvalitative metodologier i dag.

 

Udbyder: Sociologisk Institut, Københavns Universitet, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1014 København K.

 

Dato: 1-3. december 2008

Tilmeldingsfrist: 20. oktober 2008

Sted: Sociologisk Institut, Københavns Universitet, Lokale 16.1.62

ETCS point: 3

 

Undervisere:

Professor David Silverman, Goldsmiths University

Professor Birgitte Possing, Københavns Universitet

Professor Henning Bech, Københavns Universitet

Adjunkt Charlotte Baarts, Københavns Universitet

 

Indhold:

Det overordnede formål med kurset er at drøfte væsentlige udfordringer for kvalitative metodologier i dag, såsom: Hvad er brugbare metodologiske optikker? Hvad er relevante redskaber, når man arbejder med kvalitativ empiri? Hvilke kvalitetskriterier må der oparbejdes og hvordan sikrer man en ”god nok” videnskabelig analyse?

 

På kurset vil en række af de fremmeste forskere inden for brugen af kvalitativ metodologi give deres bud på, hvilke udfordringer der gør sig gældende på området i dag.

 

Eftersom størstedelen af kvalitative projekter i dag baseres på interviews, vil kurset indledningsvis diskutere muligheden for at inddrage en mangfoldighed af empiri ud over interviewmateriale. Første dag vil vi således diskutere forskellen på og relevansen af at skelne mellem ”konstruerede” og ”naturlige” data. Yderligere diskuteres forskellige metodologiske positioner (postmodernisme, autoetnografi, empiricisme m.m.)

 

Anden dag fortsætter vi med at diskutere muligheden for at inddrage forskellige former for empiri og muligheden for at arbejde kreativt og flerstemmigt. Yderligere skal vi se eksempler på hvorledes etiske problemstillinger er indlejret i vores måde at gå til det empiriske materiale på.

 

Den sidste dag på kurset vil vi samle kursets tråde og forholde diskussionerne til vores projekter hver især.

 

Kurset vil først og fremmest invitere til overvejelse og diskussion af en række problemstillinger, som ofte viser sig i forbindelse med kvalitative forskningsprojekter og give mulighed for at relatere  disse problematikker til metodologiske diskussioner.

Kurset vil derfor inden for en bred tematik afstikke metodologiske linjer og begreber til gavn for den enkelte ph.d studerendes projekt. Kurset vil således drøfte forholdet mellem metode og metodologi på en måde der er relevant for den enkelte phd-studerendes projekt.

 

 

Program

 

Mandag 1/12

 

9.00 – 9.30: Velkomst, formål & gensidig præsentation

V/ Marie Bruvik Heinskou & Jens Christian Hermansen

 

9.30 – 16.30: Two Key Debates in Qualitative Methodology

V/ Professor David Silverman, Goldsmiths University :

 

9.30: Introduction to the Day

 

10.00: Lectuer one: “Why naturally-occuring data is important”

 

11.00: Pause

 

11.10: Workshop

 

12.00: Fælles frokost i kantinen

 

13.00: Feedback fra workshop 1

 

13.30: Lecture two “Why post-modernism is a dead end for qualitative research

 

14.30: Pause

 

14.40: Workshop 2/Supervision

 

15.30: Feedback fra Workshop 2

 

16.00: Concluding Discussion

 

16.30: Day ends

 

Primærlitteratur:

Silverman, David 2006: On Finding and Manufacturing Qualitative Data. In Silverman (2007): A Very Short, Fairly Interesting, Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research. Sage.

Silverman, David 2007:The Aesthetics of Qualitative Research: On Bullshit and Tonsils. In Silverman (2007): A Very Short, Fairly Interesting, Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research. Sage.

 

Denne dag er der mulighed for at 6 deltagere kan få enevejledning af David Silverman. Hvis flere end 6 studerende ønsker vejledning udvælges disse efter projektbeskrivelse, spørgsmål og relevans.   

 

Tirsdag 2/12

 

9.00-12.00: Birgitte Possing, seniorforsker, dr. phil

 

“En analyse bliver til”

 

Birgitte Possing vil tale om, hvordan en analyse bliver til i feltet mellem flere fagdiscipliner som politisk historie, litteratur, kunsthistorie og teologi. Hvordan man kommer fra et empirisk problem til en god analyse? Hvordan man bevæger sig gennem en kompliceret analyseproces med flere kvalitative metodologier i spil? Og med flere typer empirisk kildemateriale som interviews, manuskripter, breve, elektroniske arkiver, fotos og billeder?

Forelæsningen vil skabe en gennemsigtighed i vejen fra problemstilling over data-indsamling til færdig analyse og tekst, således der kan ydes en konkret hjælp til at forstå de komplekse forhold, der optræder i et analysearbejde, der er båret af at søge flerstemmighed.

Possings forelæsning vil tage et analytisk dobbeltgreb i form af en konkret redegørelse for, hvordan 3 teoretiske tekster gav nøglen til analysen bag et biografisk portræt samt nogle refleksioner over, hvordan denne analyse blev til.

 

Forberedelse: Deltagerne bedes forberede sig på nogle af dagens tekster, og i løbet af de første 30-45 minutter på skift fremlægge, hvad de får ud af dem.

 

Primærlitteratur:

Said, Edward: The Public role of Writes and Intellectuals, pp. 19-40 in Small, Helen (ed.): The Public Intellectual, Blackwell 2002

Liljenstrøm, Marianne: History, Memory and Female Authorship (Introduction pp. 9-28, in: Liljenstrøm: Useful Selves, Kikimora Publications, Sarijärvi 2004

Bourdieu, Pierre: “L’Illusion biografique”, I Actes de la recherché en sciences sociales, no. 62/63, juni 1986. Er oversat til dansk af Eva Bertram i Kontext 2,  s.39-45, 1988, Politisk Revy, København

Possing, Birgitte: Portrættering og omportrættering: Om biografi som re- og dekonstruerede metode, i: Koefod & Staunæs: Magtballader. 14 fortællinger, Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitetsforlag 2007

Possing, Birgitte: ”Vision i rødt. Liv og urørlighed”, s. 9-49, i Uden omsvøb. Et portræt af Bodil Koch, Gyldendal 2007

 

12.00 – 13.00: Fælles frokost i kantinen

 

13.00 – 16.00: Henning Bech, Professor, Sociolgisk Institut, KU

 

Sociologisk kvalificerede historier:

En metodologisk position der hverken er empiricistisk eller radikalt postmoderne”

 

I forelæsningen drøftes denne position ud fra tekster af Henning Bech, herunder bl.a. spørgsmål om forholdet mellem metoder og forskellige genstandsfelter, empiriens teoriladethed og dettes betydning for metoden, stemningers betydning, det æstetiskes betydning, subjektivitet og objektivitet, og ”værdier”.

 

I diskussionen bedes deltagerne inddrage stof dels fra Henning Bechs forelæsning, dels fra Silvermans og Possings kursusdele, således at Henning Bechs kursusdel kan fungere som en videreførelse af disse drøftelser.

 

Form: Forelæsning og diskussion

 

Primærlitteratur:

Bech, H. 2005: Indledning. In: Bech, H.: Kvinder og mænd. København: Hans Reitzel, s. 7-29.

Bech, H. Genstandsfelt. Tilgange. Status og stil. In: Bech, H.: Fritids verden. København: Forlaget Sociologi, s. 11-45, 111-120.

Sekundærlitteratur:

Bech, H. 2005: Hierarki, dikotomi, etc.: Om den store fortælling om køn, seksualitet, etnicitet osv., samt om nogle mulige mellemstore alternativer. In: Bech, H. & Scott Sørensen, A (red.): Kultur på kryds og tværs. Århus: Klim 191-226.

 

Onsdag 3/12

 

12.30-16.15: Charlotte Baarts, adjunkt, Sociologisk institut:

 

”Udfordringer for kvalitative metodologier i dag”

 

Alle deltagere på kurset bedes medbringe deres ph.d.projektbeskrivelse den sidste dag. Dem, der har mulighed for det, må også gerne medbringe en transskription af et interview, de har foretaget.

 

Form: Forelæsning, opsamling, gruppearbejde og diskussion

 

Primærlitteratur:

Law (2004): Making a Mess With Method

Law and Singleton (2002): Allegory and its other

 

Kursussprog: Der vil være forelæsninger på såvel engelsk som dansk. Det er muligt for deltagere at aflevere projektbeskrivelser på engelsk eller skandinaviske sprog.

 

Deltagerantal: Max. 20 deltagere. Kurset henvender sig til ph.d-studerende, der har indsamlet kvalitativt empirisk materiale eller som på anden vis er involveret i problemstillinger vedrørende kvalitative metodologier.

 

Forberedelseskrav:

Deltagerne forventes at have læst kursuslitteraturen inden kursets start. Kompendium udsendes ca. 1. november 2008

 

 

Primærlitteratur på kurset:

 

Grundbog:

Silverman, David (2007): A Very Short, Fairly Interesting, Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research [VSB] (Sage, 2007).  Kapitel 2 + 5

Bogen vil være tilgængelig på Sociologisk Bibliotek.

 

Kompendium:

Said, Edward: The Public role of Writes and Intellectuals, pp. 19-40 in Small, Helen (ed.): The Public Intellectual, Blackwell 2002

Liljenstrøm, Marianne: History, Memory and Female Authorship (Introduction pp. 9-28, in: Liljenstrøm: Useful Selves, Kikimora Publications, Sarijärvi 2004)

Bourdieu, Pierre: “L’Illusion biografique”, I Actes de la recherché en sciences sociales, no. 62/63, juni 1986. Er oversat til dansk af Eva Bertram i Kontext 2,  s.39-45, 1988, Politisk Revy, København

Possing, Birgitte: Portrættering og omportrættering: Om biografi som re- og dekonstruerede metode, i: Koefod & Staunæs: Magtballader. 14 fortællinger, Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitetsforlag 2007

Possing, Birgitte: ”Vision i rødt. Liv og urørlighed”, s. 9-49, i Uden omsvøb. Et portræt af Bodil Koch, Gyldendal 2007

*

Bech, H. 2005: Indledning. In: Bech, H.: Kvinder og mænd. København: Hans Reitzel, s. 7-29.

Bech, H. Genstandsfelt. Tilgange. Status og stil. In: Bech, H.: Fritids verden. København: Forlaget Sociologi, s. 11-45, 111-120.

Sekundærlitteratur:

Bech, H. 2005: Hierarki, dikotomi, etc.: Om den store fortælling om køn, seksualitet, etnicitet osv., samt om nogle mulige mellemstore alternativer. In: Bech, H. & Scott Sørensen, A (red.): Kultur på kryds og tværs. Århus: Klim 191-226.

*

Law (2004): Making a Mess With Method, Published by the Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster University.  

Law and Singleton (2002): Allegory and its other, Published by the Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster University.

 

Optagelse

Tilmelding inklusive en halv sides projektbeskrivelse sendes til: Sekretær for Ph.d-studiet, Anne-Lise Schulze på alsa@soc.ku.dk  senest 20.

oktober 2008.

Ønsker man personlig vejledning af David Silverman skal dette angives. Hertil skal vedlægges en engelsk projektbeskrivelse samt de spørgsmål man ønsker at diskutere med Silverman (i alt max. 200 ord).

Kursusdeltagere som ikke er indskrevet på Sociologisk Institut på Københavns Universitet vil blive opkrævet et kursusgebyr for kompendium, frokost, morgenbrød m.m. på 400 kr.

 

Kursusansvarlige:

Ph.d-stipendiat Marie Bruvik Heinskou E-mail: mbh@sociology.ku.dk

Ph.d- stipendiat Jens Christian Hermansen E-mail: jch@soc.ku.dk

Adjunkt Charlotte Baarts E-mail: cba@soc.ku.dk



Poltisk Teori og Politisk Sociologi

1899 Responsible: Lars Bo Kaspersen og Øjvind Larsen
From: 2008/12/08 to: 2008/12/12
Subscription Deadline: 2008/09/29
Place: CBS - Handelshøjskolen - Porcelænshaven 20 - Lokale PH 1.10
Fee: 1200 kr
Link to full program: here
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 10
Further information: lbp.cbp@cbs.dk

Politisk teori og politisk sociologi

Undervisere
Lars Bo Kaspersen, International Center for Business and Politics, CBS
Øjvind Larsen, LPF, CBS


Fagansvarlig
Lars Bo Kaspersen, International Center for Business and Politics, CBS

Øjvind Larsen, LPF, CBS


Forudsætninger/fagets progression

Kursussproget er dansk. Det er obligatorisk at deltage i hele kurset. Til den teoretiske del af kurset skal man deltage med oplæg om en af de teorier, som diskuteres, og til arbejdspapirseminaret skal man deltage med et arbejdspapir.

Fagets formål

Kurset sigter på at belyse nogle af den politiske sociologis, den politiske teoris grundbegreber i et teorihistorisk og begrebshistorisk perspektiv. Særlig centralt står begreberne stat, samfund, marked, politik, økonomi og magt.

Begrebshistorien tager sit udgangspunkt i Aristoteles’ to bøger om etik og politik. Her lægges grunden for den videre teorihistoriske rejse frem mod vor tids store tænkere Habermas, Foucault, Luhmann og Norbert Elias. Undervejs læses tekster af Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Hegel, Marx, Weber, Durkheim. De valgte teoretikere har en central betydning i teorihistorien og de kan bidrage til aktuelle politiske og samfundsmæssige problemstillingerne.

Begreber som stat, samfund, marked, politik, økonomi og magt vil have en central placering i kurset. Målet er at demonstrere, hvordan den politiske teoris begreber transformeres semantisk og indholdsmæssigt i takt med sociale og politiske forandringer op igennem den europæiske historie. Derfor vil begrebshistorien suppleres med social- og politisk historie for derved at give deltagerne et større overblik over udviklingen.

Kurset sigter endvidere på at demonstrere, at teoriudvikling er betinget af tre forhold: a) specifikke politiske, økonomiske og sociale problemstillinger en given samtid rejser; b) den eksisterende social teori, der kan benyttes som afsæt til at besvare samtidens nye problemer; og c) samtidens tolkninger af tidligere tiders social teori.

På kurset læses tekster af klassiske og nyere teoretikere. Læsningen suppleres med oplæg, der dels placerer teksterne i en historisk kontekst og dels tilsigter at fungere som oversigt skabende i forbindelse med begrebernes udvikling semantisk og historisk. Desuden vil deltagerne til kursets praktiske del skulle skrive kortere arbejdspapirer, der reflekterer bestemte begreber i relation til deres projekter. Disse papirer skal præsenteres og diskuteres.

Program for Formødet - Fredag den 10. 10. 2008

Formødet er en generel introduktion til hele kurset. Her præsenteres hele konceptet for kurset, og der gives et overordnet overblik over gangen i hele kurset. Litteraturen præsenteres og der aftales eventuelt arbejdsgrupper, som skal forberede oplæg til den teoretiske del af kurset.

 

Program for den teoretiske del

Mandag d. 8. 12. 2008:
09.00 – Velkomst, præsentation, introduktion
09.30 – Aristoteles og antikken v/Lars Bo Kaspersen
12.00 – Frokost
13.00 – Renæssance og reformation: Machiavelli og Hobbes v/ Lars Bo Kaspersen
16.00 – Fra Antikken til renæssancen – kontinuitet og forandring v/ Øjvind Larsen
18.00 – slut

Tirsdag d. 9. 12:
09.00 – Hegel: staten og det borgerlige samfund v/Øjvind Larsen
12.00 – Frokost
13.00 – Marx: kritikken af Hegel og den kapitalistiske produktionsmåde v/Lars Bo Kaspersen
16.00 – Adam Smith, Hegel og Marx v/ Øjvind Larsen
18.00 – slut

Onsdag d. 10. 12:
09.00 – Durkheim: staten og korporationerne v/Lars Bo Kaspersen
12.00 – Frokost
13.00 – Weber: staten, økonomien og volden v/Lars Bo Kaspersen
16.00 – Weber, Durkheim – og kritikken af økonomiteorien v/ Øjvind Larsen
18.00 – slut

Torsdag d. 11. 12:
09.00 – Den stærke stat, den pluralistiske stat og det civile samfund: kontroversen mellem Carl Schmitt og den britiske pluralisme v/Lars Bo Kaspersen
11.00 – Norbert Elias – Figurationer og sociale processer v/Lars Bo Kaspersen
12.00 – Frokost
13.00 – Habermas: diskursetik og det postnationale samfund v/Øjvind Larsen
16.00 – Rawls og retfærdigheden v/Øjvind Larsen
18.00 – slut

Fredag d. 12. 12:
09.00 – Luhmann: systemteori og Foucault: Viden, magt og governmentality v/Øjvind Larsen
12.00 – Frokost
13.00 – Perspektivering: begrebshistorie og politisk-social historie v/Lars Bo Kaspersen
14.30 – Begreberne i kontekst v/Øjvind Larsen
18.00 – slut

Fagets indhold

Den teoretiske del af kurset falder i uge 50, mandag den 8. december til fredag den 12. december. Denne del af kurset er organiseret som et seminar, hvor man hver dag koncentrerer sig om en eller flere af de store politiske sociologiske teorier. Der vil blive holdt en række foredrag/oplæg af underviserne, som introducerer til og diskuterer de forskellige teorier. Det forventes, at deltagerne forbereder spørgsmål til foredragsholderen.

Den praktiske del af kurset finder sted torsdag den 29. januar og fredag den 30. februar 2009. I denne del vil de politiske og sociologiske teorier blive diskuteret i forhold til deltagernes Ph.D. projekter. I denne forbindelse skal alle deltagere præsentere et arbejdspapir, i hvilket man diskuterer en eller flere af de præsenterede teorier i forhold til sit eget projekt. Meningen er, at den studerende skal blive i stand til at integrere de præsenterede teorier i sit projekt.

Obligatorisk litteratur

Der skal læses et udvalg af tekster forfattet af Aristoteles, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Hegel, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Schmitt, Laski, Cole, Figgis, Elias, Foucault, Luhmann, Rawls og Habermas.

Der vil blive fremstillet et kompendium med de relevante tekster.

Orienterende litteratur

Som grundlag kan deltagerne orientere sig i ét eller flere af følgende værker:

  • Andersen & Kaspersen, Klassisk og Moderne samfundsteori, Kbh. 2005.
  • Larsen, Øjvind, Den Samfundsetiske Udfordring, Hans Reitzels Forlag, København 2005.
  • David Boucher and Paul Kelly (eds.), Political Thinkers, Oxford University Press, 2003

Som historisk oversigtsværk, der dækker den politiske og økonomiske historie anbefales:

  • D. Thompson (1990), Europe Since Napoleon. London: Penguin Books.

Tilmelding

Tilmeldingsfrist mandag den 2. Juni  2008

Tilmelding skal ske ved brug af ansøgningsskemaet, som kan downloades på kurset hjemmeside på CBS


International Center for Business and Politics

Niveau: Ph.d.

ECTS: 10 (5 ECTS for den teoretiske del – 5 ECTS for den praktiske del)

Sprog: Dansk

Tidspunkt:

Tilmelding 2. 6. 2008

Formøde: 10. 10. 2008
Hovedkursus: 8. 12 -12. 12. 2008
Praktisk del: 29. 1. - 30. 1. 2009

Adresse:

CBS, Porcelænshaven

Gebyr:

Deltagere indenfor det åbne PhD marked i Danmark - Kr 1.200
Deltagere udenfor det åbne PhD marked i Danmark - Kr 15.084
Dækker undervisning, kompendium og let forplejning

Faglig kontakt:

Lars Bo Kaspersen

E-mail (faglig ansvarlig): lbk.cbp@cbs.dk

Administrativ kontakt:

Anne Birgitte Tramm Ejdrup

E-mail (administrativ ansvarlig): abte.cbp@cbs.dk



Approaching Organizations

1941 Responsible: Ms. Inge Jensen
From: 2008/12/08 to: 2008/12/10
Subscription Deadline: 2008/10/20
Place: Hotel Søfryd, Jyllinge, Denmark
Fee: Euro 300
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 4
Further information: inge@ruc.dk


Ph.d Course: Approaching Organizations  - seen in a developmental perspective

December 8 - 10, 2008
at Hotel Søfryd, Jyllinge,  Denmark.

The Graduate School in International Development Studies at Roskilde University, the Danish Institute for International Studies, and the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University are happy to announce the Ph.D. course Approaching Organizations - seen in a developmental perspective.

The Ph.D. course will deal with the analytical and methodological challenges faced in studying the nature and role of organizations in development. The course proposes to explore a broad range of organizations from the international level, such as the World Bank, to the national level, such as a government ministry or a large NGO, and down to the local levels of small NGOs, associations and local government departments and agencies. The course will combine lectures from leading international experts in the field of organizations in development, and workshops in which Ph.D. students attending the course present their research projects.

Participating throughout the course will be two international experts

  • Diana Conyers  is Research Officer at Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, teaches Governance and Development and writes on decentralisation, empowerment and democracy, primarily in Southern Africa;

  • Richard Crook is Professor and Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, teaches Globalization and Development and is the author of The law, legal institutions and the protection of land rights in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, IDS, University of Sussex, 2007.


In addition there will be a number of senior research staff from the organising institutions lecturing at the course, including:

  • Anne Mette Kjaer, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University;

  • Neil A. Webster, Senior Research Fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen;

  • Ole Therkildsen, Senior Research Fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen; and

  • Henrik Secher Marcussen, Professor, International Development Studies, Roskilde University.


The course will provide an excellent opportunity for Ph.D. students to learn of the latest directions in research in the field and to receive comments from some of the leading international experts in the field of organizations in development.

The course will address a number of important questions including:

  • What forms of authority and legitimacy do organizations draw upon and utilize?

  • How does one explore organizational capacity, and what are the sources of such capacity?

  • To what extent are organizational types universal and to what extent contextually and historically specific?

  • What resources do different types of organizations draw upon in the promotion of development (political, social, financial, etc)?

  • What methodologies are best suited to the study of organizations?

Approaching Organizations will be based on a combination of the key-note presentations and Ph.D. presentations. The key-note speakers will present their own research on organizations and the challenges they themselves have had to deal with in their research. Each key-note speaker will also act as discussant on the Ph.D. Project presentations (approximately six presentations each of a length of ten pages). The Ph.D. presentations will take place in parallel workshops whereas the key-note presentations will be in panel sessions.


Venue: Hotel Søfryd, Søfrydvej 8 – 10, DK – 4040 Jyllinge (info@hotel-sofryd.dk), about 15 kms north of Roskilde (which again is about 35 kms from Copenhagen);

Deadline for application (send in a brief abstract): October 20, 2008;

Deadline for max ten page paper: November 10, 2008;

Applications should be sent to: Contact at IDS, Ms. Inge Jensen (inge@ruc.dk);

For selected students, a fee of Euro 300 will have to be paid;

Participants will receive 4 ECTS points.



Governance Networks: Theory, Practice and Methods

1955 Responsible: Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing
From: 2009/01/26 to: 2009/01/30
Subscription Deadline: 2008/12/01
Place: University of Roskilde
Fee: Travel fees is accommodated by the participants
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 5
Further information: sek@polforsk.dk

Nordic Network on Democratic Network Governance

PhD-course on ’Governance Networks: Theory, Practice and Methods’

26-30 January 2009


Course directors: Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing


The PhD-course will run for five days and combine lectures, joint discussions and student presentations. In the morning there will be a thematic lecture that requires listening and reflection. In the afternoon there will first be a joint discussion based on a text presenting an empirical study of governance. This will be followed by student presentations that will focus on research questions, research strategies and the choice of methods. Feedback will be provided from both course directors and fellow students.


Monday the 26th of January: Government, governance and governance networks

9:00-10:00 Welcome and presentation of program, directors and participants


10:00-12:00 Morning lecture: Government, governance and governance networks

Jacob Torfing

Required readings:

  • J. Torfing (2007), ‘Introduction Democratic network governance’, in Marcussen and Torfing (Eds) Democratic Network Governance in Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 1-22.

  • J. Torfing (2007), ‘A comparative and multi-level analysis of governance networks: A pilot study of employment policy’, in Bogason and Zølner (Eds) Methods in Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 21-32. (you do not need page 32-40)

  • J. Torfing (2007), ‘Empirical findings: Seven network stories’, in Bogason and Zølner (Eds) Methods in Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 41-73.


13:00-14:30 Afternoon discussion: Government and/or governance?

Jacob Torfing

Required readings:


14:30-15:30 Afternoon presentations: 3-4 paper presentations followed by feedback

Jacob Torfing


Tuesday the 27th of January: Theories of network governance

10:00-12:00 Morning lecture: Four theories of governance networks

Eva Sørensen

Required readings:

  • E. Sørensen and J. Torfing (2007), ‘Governance network research: Towards a second generation’, in Sørensen and Torfing (Eds) Theories of Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 1-21.

  • E. Sørensen and J. Torfing (2007), ‘Theoretical approaches to governance network dynamics’, in Sørensen and Torfing (Eds) Theories of Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 25-42.


13:00-14:30 Afternoon discussion: Different approaches – different studies

Eva Sørensen

Required readings:

  • J. Torfing (2007), ‘Discursive governance network in Danish activation policy’, in Marcussen and Torfing (Eds) Democratic Network Governance in Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 111-129.

  • A. Buuren, J. Edelenbos and E.H. Klijn (2007), ‘ Interactive governance in the Netherlands: The case of the Scheldt Estuary’, in Marcussen and Torfing (Eds) Democratic Network Governance in Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 150-173.


14:30-15:30 Afternoon presentations: 3-4 paper presentations followed by feedback

Eva Sørensen


Wednesday the 28th of January: Metagovernance of governance networks

10:00-12:00 Morning lecture: Metagovernance in theory and practice

Jacob Torfing

Required readings:

  • E. Sørensen and J. Torfing (2007), ‘Theoretical approaches to metagovernance’, in Sørensen and Torfing (Eds) Theories of Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 169-182.

  • P. Triantafillou (2007),’Governing the formation and mobilization of governance networks’ in Sørensen and Torfing (Eds) Theories of Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 183-198.

  • L.J. O’Toole (2007), ‘Governing outputs and outcomes of governance networks’, in Sørensen and Torfing (Eds) Theories of Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 215-230.


13:00-14:30 Afternoon discussion: Different levels and forms of metagovernance

Eva Sørensen

Required readings:

  • E. Sørensen (2007), ‘Local politicians and administrators as metagovernors’, in Marcussen and Torfing (Eds) Democratic Network Governance in Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 89-108.

  • L. Jensen and H. Kähler (2007), ‘The Danish Ministry of Finance as metagovenor’, in Marcussen and Torfing (Eds) Democratic Network Governance in Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 174-191.

  • A. Esmark (2007), ‘Network management in the EU: The European Commission as network manager’, in Marcussen and Torfing (Eds) Democratic Network Governance in Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 252-271.


14:30-15:30 Afternoon presentations: 3-4 paper presentations followed by feedback

Jacob Torfing


Thursday the 29th of January: Democratic network governance

10:00-12:00 Morning lecture: Governance networks and democracy

Eva Sørensen

Required readings:

  • E. Sørensen and J. Torfing (2007), ‘Theoretical approaches to democratic network governance’, in Sørensen and Torfing (Eds) Theories of Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 233-246.

  • E. Sørensen and J. Torfing (2005), ’The democratic anchorage of governance networks’, Scandinavian Political Studies, 28(3), pp. 195-218.

  • A. Esmark (2007), ‘Democratic accountability and network governance: problems and potentials’, in Sørensen and Torfing (Eds) Theories of Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 274-296.

  • J. Torfing (2008), ‘Harmony through network governance?’, in Tao (Ed.) Governance and Harmony, London: Sage. Will be circulated on the mail.


13:00-14:30 Afternoon discussion: Exercise: the role of politicians and administrators in

democratizing governance

Eva Sørensen


14:30-17:30 Roundtable: Governance networks across Europe

Stig Montin, Chris Skelcher, Jacob Torfing &

Toril Ringholm


Friday the 30th of January: Research methods

10:00-12:00 Morning lecture: How to study governance networks?

Jacob Torfing

Required readings:

  • A. Esmark and P. Triantafillou (2007), ‘Document analysis of network topography and network programmes’, in Bogason and Zølner (Eds) Methods in Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 99-124.

  • M. Zølner, I.Ø. Rasmussen and A.D. Hansen (2007), ‘Qualitative interviews: Studying network narratives’, in Bogason and Zølner (Eds) Methods in Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 125-147.

  • E. Sørensen and J. Torfing (2007), ‘Studying local network inclusion through observation and diaries’, in Bogason and Zølner (Eds) Methods in Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 148-178.

  • B. Damgaard and E. Sørensen (2007), ‘Interactive focus group interviewing in studies of network governance’, in Bogason and Zølner (Eds) Methods in Democratic Network Governance, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp. 179-206.

NB: You might want to focus on the first sections in these chapters that outline how the different methods are applied


13:00-14:30 Roundtable: How to study complex and interactive governance

processes?

Chris Skelcher, Eva Sørensen & Jacob Torfing


14:30 Brief course evaluation and farewell


Deadline for submission: December 1st.

Deadline for paper: January 12st


Accommodation as well as food is payed by the network.


Travel  expenses must be covered by the participants. In some special cases and after appliance we can accommodate a limited number of participants' travel expenses.


Paper detalils:

You are all expected to prepare a paper of maximum 10 pages (i.e. in the region of 4,000 words) which should be posted to Polforsk (sek@polforsk.dk) no later than January 10.
The paper can be either a general outline of your PhD project, a draft chapter from your PhD thesis, or a short draft for an article. It should preferably relate to the topic of the course.
It should, however, comply with ‘standard’ templates for academic articles, and not simply be a bull point list. All papers will later on be distributed among the participants together with a schedule of your presentations.
The presentations will be discussed by a fellow student discussant and commented upon by a senior scholar. You should also prepare an oral presentation of your ‘piece’ of maximum ten minutes, and be prepared to give comments to a fellow PhD student's piece.
Power point facilities will be available for those of you who need it.



Evaluation as a social, cultural and political practice

1973 Responsible: Professor Peter Dahler-Larsen, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark
From: 2009/06/08 to: 2009/05/11
Place: University of Southern Denmark
ECTS (Danish Ph.D. students only): 4,5 (2,25)
Further information: sek@polforsk.dk

Course description/objectives:

This course is intended for PhD students interested in learning more about the social practice(s) of evaluation and the roles this activity plays in public administration and policy making. Students should have a prior interest in the field of evaluation and be working on projects that involve consideration of evaluation theories, practices, and methods. Students may benefit from the course not only if they are doing evaluation themselves, but also if they study the social and cultural ramifications of evaluation or if they study workplaces and organizations affected by evaluation.

Lectures will focus on the ways in which evaluation practices are connected to the achievement of social goals via policy formation and implementation and the management and administration of social service agencies. Lectures will also focus on how evaluation leads to change in professions, workplaces and organizations.

Format and student activity

As a part of the course, each student will present his or her own project. There will be ample time for discussions. Each student is obliged to turn in a short paper which describes a few ideas resulting from participating in the course. The working language of the course will be English.

Maximum number of participants:

20

Time:

June 8-11, 2009. The course goes on from 9.15 to app. 16.30 each day. There will be a few social events some of the evenings.

Place:

University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. Rooms are reserved in the modern conference section of the university.

Draft program:


Monday June 8

Tuesday June 9

Wednesday June 10

Thursday June 11

Morning

Introduction

Purpose and format of the course

Lecture by Thomas Schwandt: Understanding the cultural practice(s) of evaluation

This lecture focuses on ways in which we understand and value the human activity called ‘evaluation’.

Discussion

Lecture by Peter Dahler-Larsen: Evaluation in contemporary organizations.

This lecture focuses on ways in which evaluation is shaped as a modern recipe for “good” management and organization

Discussion

Lecture by Thomas Schwandt: Evaluative reasoning, evidence and use  
This lecture discusses the requirements of evaluative reasoning; the role that empirical evidence plays in reaching an evaluative judgment about the value (merit, worth, significance) of a social policy or program; and, issues in making use of evaluative knowledge in decision making.

Discussion

Lecture by Peter Dahler-Larsen: The constitutive effects of evaluation.

This lecture discusses the “utilization” of evaluation and offers a constructivist perspective on the many ways evaluation shapes practices

Discussion

Afternoon

Students present their projects

Discussion of cross-cutting themes & problems

Students present their projects

Discussion of cross-cutting themes & problems

Students present their projects

Discussion of cross-cutting themes & problems

Students present core ideas for their conclusive paper

For questions about content: Peter Dahler-Larsen: pdl@sam.sdu.dk


Some Suggested Readings:

  • Bovens, M., T Hart, P. & Kuipers, S. (2006). The Politics of Policy Evaluation (pp. 317-333) in The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy, M. Moran, M. Rein, & R.E. Goodin (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • Chelimsky, Eleanor (2005). “The Purpose of Evaluation in a Democratic Society” (pp. 33-55) in The Sage Handbook of Evaluation, Shaw, Ian F., Jennifer C. Greene & Melvin M. Mark (eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

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