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4th International Research Workshop – “Methods for Ph.D.”
October 3-8, 2010
Akademie Sankelmark, Flensburg (Germany)
University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg (Denmark)

For the fourth time Ph.D. students in the field of Social Sciences and Economics have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and experience in research on empirical data, including SOEP. The workshop language will be English. Interested parties from all countries are invited. The workshop is especially for those who need training in the process of choosing a topic, grounding the research idea in theory, as well as in gathering and analyzing data and presenting results in scientific contexts.

The workshop tackles these steps of Ph.D. research projects:

• gathering data through (un)structured interviews and analyzing standardized survey data (e.g., SOEP),
• using the computer for content analysis and as a statistical tool,
• writing a report and making presentations.

These steps will strengthen the cooperation in empirical research to boost and streamline ones project. For more information about the programme, see:
http://hermes.hsu-hh.de/doctoralstudy/?page_id=26

It is possible to obtain credits for the workshop under the European Credit Transfer System.

The workshop fee is 380 Euro. This includes all lectures, meals, and accommodations during the workshop (October 3-8, 2010). For more information about the registration procedure, see:
http://hermes.hsu-hh.de/doctoralstudy/?page_id=28

Organizers of the Workshop are: Helmut-Schmidt University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, University of Flensburg, the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the DIW Berlin, University of Southern Denmark Campus Soenderborg, Leuphana University Lüneburg, University of Hamburg – Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and Faculty of Education Psychology and Human Movement.

For more information, see:
http://www.phd-network.eu/

The workshop program is now available online:

Morning lectures:

• Data Analysis with Stata – Beginners
• Data Analysis with R – Reproducible Research
• Qualitative -Expert- Interviews and Qualitative Inquiry and Content Analysis with MAXQDA
• Questionnaire Design

Afternoon lectures:

• Introduction to the SOEP
• Data Analysis with Stata – Intermediates
• Case Study Research and Introduction to MaxQDA
• (Mulit-Value) Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Lectures on Wednesday:

• Multilevel Modeling
• Structural Equation Modeling with Amos
• Network Analysis
• Teaching Skills – How to Implement Activating Methods Appropriately

Registration procedure:

The system for the registration and payment procedure is also available now. To register and pay for the 4th International Research Workshop you will need to have an account for the Learning Management System (Ilias) of the Helmut-Schmidt-University. To register a new account got to:

https://iliascluster.unibw-hamburg.de/ilias3/register.php?client_id=unibw&lang=de (German)
https://iliascluster.unibw-hamburg.de/ilias3/register.php?client_id=unibw&lang=en (English)

After you set up your account please login and go to the “Shop”:
http://iliascluster.unibw-hamburg.de/ilias3/ilias.php?baseClass=ilShopController&cmd=clearFilter

There you can purchase (”Kaufen”) the course “International Research Workshop 2010”. Payment is possible by Credit Card or Direct Debit Mandate (only with a German bank account). The regular Workshop Fee is 380 Euro (including meals and accommodation at Sankelmark).  The Workshop Fee is 240 Euro without accomodation at Sankelmark (only meals are included).

After you purchased the International Research Workshop you will have access to the content. The ILIAS course “Internatinonal Research Workshop 2010″ appears on your personal desk “Persönlicher Schreibtisch”.

Please complete the questionaire “Course Registration” as soon as possible.

For any questions don’t hesitate to contact us.