Ph.D. Courses
KVANTITATIV METODE 2012
From: 2012/04/26 To: 2012/06/07Responsible: Robert Klemmensen, Institut for Statskundskab, Syddansk Universitet Michael Bang Petersen, Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet
FORMÅL
Færdigheder inden for dataindsamling og dataanalyse efterspørges både inden for og uden for forskningsverdenen. Dette seminar giver en videregående og uddybende behandling af kvantitativ metode til brug for analyser af politologiske problemstillinger. Seminaret er både relevant for overbygningsstuderende og ph.d. stipendiater.
Public Management: Theories and Contemporary studies
From: 2012/05/21 To: 2012/05/24Responsible: Associate Professor Karl Löfgren, Roskilde University, Associate Professor Patrik Hall, Malmö Högskola
This course gives an overview to the current state on the academic debate on Modern Public Management in a global perspective. The course is relevant for all PhD students who are interested in the global discussion on changes and reforms of public management and policy across different disciplines and research paradigms. The participants will encounter both classical as cutting-edge voices on how public management has evolved since the 1980s, and will mix both empirical and theoretical approaches on how to study these changes. By the end of the course the participants will have achieved a better understandng of the both the conceptual/theoretical as well as the empirical elements of the notion.
STV9210 - NATO: Political Processes and International Role
From: 2012/05/29 To: 2012/06/01Responsible: Department of Political Science, University of Oslo / Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norwegian Defence University College
The academic study of NATO represents possibilities and challenges for historians, political scientists and IR-scholars. The history of NATO allows for both analyses of change over time and in-depth case-studies, and NATO is the only international organization where alliance theories can be probed along with the whole theoretical literature in IR. Nevertheless, the academic study of NATO is relatively scant. In this course, we aim to introduce the participants to the existing body of scholarly work on NATO as an alliance and an international organization, as well as on political processes within NATO. The dynamics between NATO as a political organization and a military alliance is a subject of particular interest. However, the main focus of the course, especially the seminars, will be how to conduct scholarly work on NATO, in other words issues of methodology and research design.
The course is organized by the research program NATO in a changing world carried out in cooperation between the Institute of Political Science at the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies at the Norwegian Defence University College. In addition to lecturers from these institutions, renowned international NATO scholars will appear as guest lecturers.
The subjects addressed during the course will be covered both through lectures and seminars. The recommended literature is to be regarded as background literature, useful in building up an understanding of the overall content of the course. The required literature, approximately 1000 pages, will be discussed explicitly in the seminars (see the schedule for detailed information). We expect participants to have read the required literature before the start of the course. Discussions during the seminars will revolve around issues such as research design, epistemological and ontological approaches to studying NATO, how to find and use relevant sources, and similar.
Three questions will be of central importance when discussing the texts:
1) What is the research problem and how well is it formulated?
2) How is the research problem converted into a research design/strategy, and how well-founded is the research design (are there, for example, alternative designs and why so)?
3) How rigorous are the results as regards validity, reliability, and alternative interpretations?
Using IPE to Understand Governance in a North-South Perspective: PhD Workshop and Public Seminar
From: 2012/05/31 To: 2012/06/01Responsible: Lise Ann Richley
What can be gained from the interface between International Political Economy, International Relations, Global Politics and Post-Colonial Theory? How do macro-level theories contribute to our knowledge of processes of globalization, inequality and marginalization and how do these inform case and variable oriented approaches in research?
Software for analysis of qualitative data: MaxQDA
From: 2012/06/06 To: 2012/06/06Responsible: Polforsk
It is often an advantage for Phd students to use software to analyse qualitative data. It is not only time-saving, it also promotes a better overview of the data as well as a more efficient data analysis. The course introduces to one of the most powerful programs in the field: MaxQDA. The course consists of two days an introduction day June 6 and follow-up day in late September or early October.
Research Design for Political Science 2012
From: 2012/06/27 To: 2012/06/29Responsible: Kasper Møller Hansen, Inst. for Statskundskab, KU
This three days PhD course give an intense overview of fundamental research designs in political science.
C2. Process Tracing Methodology
From: 2012/07/30 To: 2012/08/03Responsible: Derek Beach is an Associate Professor at the University of Aarhus. His substantive research has focused upon EU integration, on which he has published one book, an edited volume, and numerous articles and chapters. He has co- authored a book on Process Tracing methodology that will be published in 2012 (University of Michigan Press), and has published several book chapters on Process Tracing.
This course is an introduction to Process Tracing methodology, giving participants a set of practical methodological
tools to utilise the method in their own research. The relative strength of Process Tracing methods is that they enable
us to study causal mechanisms in single case studies. Causal mechanisms are theories that detail how an outcome is
produced.
The course will first introduce the ontological and epistemological underpinnings of the method, followed by a
practical introduction to topics such as how we should conceptualise causal mechanisms in a manner that can be
studied empirically, gathering and evaluating evidence, and case selection strategies. The conclusions will debate the
strengths and limitations of Process Tracing, showing when it can be used, when not, and how it can be combined
with other methods.
The course requires active participation. Most benefit is to be expected if participants are able to use parts of their own
research in the exercises during the course.
CANCELLED. Polforsk summer school - stream 1: Political Behaviour
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23Responsible: Rune Stubager (Associate Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University) and Kasper M. Hansen (Professor, Political Science, University of Copenhagen)
The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with an overview of core strands of research within the literature on political behaviour.
CANCELLED: Polforsk summer school - stream 3: Public Policy: Explaining policy change
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23Responsible: Michael Baggesen-Klitgaard (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Southern Denmark) and Christoffer Green-Pedersen (Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University)
The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss theories dealing with questions about change and stability of public policy.
Polforsk Phd-course:: Public Administration: Organising the public sector
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23Responsible: Bente Bjørnholt (AAU) & Bodil Damgaard (RUC)
The aim of the stream is to provide empirical and theoretical knowledge about changing modes of governance and management and we are interested in conceptualising and explaining the appearance and consequences of these modes.
CANCELLED. Polforsk summer school - stream 5: Political Theory: Political Ethics and Real Politics
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23Responsible: Anders Berg-Sørensen (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Copenhagen) and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Professor, Political Science, Aarhus University)
The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss actual political theories dealing with the question how political ethics and normative political theory can contribute to the analyses of or relevant to political reality.
Polforsk Ph.d course: International Relations (IR)
From: 2012/08/20 To: 2012/08/23Responsible: Senior Researcher Rens van Munster (DIIS) and Professor Lene Hansen (KU)
The thematic focus of the IR Track of the POLFORSK Summer School 2012 is on these recent interventions and the history of IR to which they speak. This focus opens up for discussions of what makes IR theories, how research should be conducted, and what factors drive a discipline like IR forward (or not).
Advanced Analysis of Qualitative Data using Nvivo and other software 2012-2
From: 2012/09/11 To: 2012/09/14Responsible: Associate Professor Merete Watt Boolsen, University of Copenhagen. & Dr. Christina Silver, University of Surrey
Polforsk and Professor Merete Watt Boolsen are happy to offer a Ph.d course with Dr. Christina Silver, QDA Services and the University of Surrey, UK, who is an international expert on using software in qualitative data analysis. Dr. Christina Silver's research field is Computer Assisted Qualitative Data AnalysiS(CAQDAS). Professor Merete Watt Boolsen's field of research is social science method. Thanks to the collaboration between these two researchers, Polforsk now offers a Ph.D. course in the use of CAQDAS at the highest level. The course is aimed at using CAQDAS in general. However, since Nvivo is the most used CAQDAS in Denmark, and the course focuses on hands-on use of CAQDAS, Nvivo is the tool focused on for the practical aspects.
Combining methods and data sources
From: 2012/09/17 To: 2012/09/19Responsible: Associate Professor Merete Watt Bolsen,University of Copenhagen and Professor Uwe Flick, Hochschule Berlin - Unerversity of Applied Science.
Short Description
Polforsk, the Danish Political Science Research Education Program, gives a course for Ph.d students within political science on how to combine data and methods in a research project. The course offers an overview of the state of the art of combining data and methods with particular emphasis on the field of political science, international relations and public administration. The course includes exercises and discussion of the Ph.d students own projects.
Transnational Care, Gender and Citizenship
From: 2012/10/08 To: 2012/10/12Responsible: Prof. Lise Widding Isaksen, University of Bergen, Norway and Prof. Hanne Marlene Dahl, University of Roskilde. Denmark
In many societies migration for care work is managed and regulated migration. Migration management, especially concerning migration from economically poor to economically rich countries, also operates in transnational chains. In the chains poor countries often provide the labour supply and migration regimes structure the flow of migrant care workers. Some migration is legal and some is illegal. The aim of this course is to explore and discuss the role of the state, citizenship and how migration regimes are related to gender, ethnicity, class and race. Migrants are governed through their relation to the nation state in the sender and receiving countries. How do migrations affect social institutions like the families and communities left behind? What are the policies - if any - pursued by different welfare regimes? What are the conditions of these care workers, their strategies and how do they cope with their care obligations? Here we will discuss the implications different theoretical perspectives have for the understanding of migration, citizenship and care.
Doing Political Discourse Analysis: Applications, Strategies, Methods and Techniques 2012
From: 2012/10/22 To: 2012/10/26Responsible: David Howarth & Aletta Norval (Department of Government, University of Essex), Allan Dreyer Hansen (Department of Society and Globalisation Roskilde University)
This course introduces and elaborates the theoretical and methodological tools for doing political discourse analysis. It is concerned with the way in which we can articulate and apply discourse analysis to problematized empirical cases in the name of critical explanation. It will also serve as a forum to discuss practical research strategies, methods and techniques that are consonant with the field of discourse analysis. The course focuses on the definition of research objects and problems; the construction of appropriate theoretical frameworks; the requisite character and collection of empirical data; the logics of rhetorical and textual analysis; as well as the different modes of argumentation and
Quantitative Methods for Causal Inference
From: 2012/10/24 To: 2012/10/27Responsible: Robert Klemmesen
This course focuses on the use and analysis of research designs such as field and natural experiments in the social sciences. It teaches quantitative tools for both experimental and observational studies, including matching and instrumental-variables regression, and introduces students to the analysis of regression-discontinuity designs. The merger of quantitative and qualitative methods will also be discussed. No more than 40 students are admitted to the course. STATA and R is the software that is used in this course.
Qualitative Methods in Political Science: Political Ideas or Values?
From: 2012/12/03 To: 2012/12/07Responsible: Anders Berg-Sørensen, Associate Professor, PhD.
The aim of the course is to elaborate on approaches to ideas and values in policy processes. The participants will engage in presentations and discussions of analytical tools for interpreting and grasping how ideas and values form and interact with relevant variables such as decision-making, institution-building or ideological traditions.
Though qualitative methods are the premise of this course, more quantitative orientated students of political identity and/or values might also benefit from these discussions, since it allows one to develop a deeper understanding of the limits and merits of both sides.
Politics, State, and, Society - theoretical reflections in a historical context
From: 2012/12/10 To: 2012/12/14Responsible: Lars Bo Kaspersen, Dept. of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
This is a new and innovative course and it aims at introducing and analyzing key concepts within political theory and political sociology in order to think imaginatively about contemporary political and societal issues. The course is highly relevant for PhD-students from many disciplines such as politics, sociology, anthropology, humanities, law, economics, and political economy.