Category Archives: Network Courses

Universität Hamburg-Workshop: Categorical Data Analysis (22.06. – 25.06.2015)

Institution: University of Hamburg

Lecturer: Shawna N. Smith, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, USA)

Date: June 22-25, 2015

Place: University of Hamburg

Language of instruction: English

Registration: For further information on the registration process, please see this link.

Contents: Many variables of interest to social, political and behavioral scientists are non-continuous, either through nature or through measurement. Outcomes like vote choice, social class, condom use, and/or number of Facebook friends necessarily violate key assumptions of the simple linear regression framework and require other model estimation strategies. Although advances in software have made estimation of these models trivial, model non-linearities make post-estimation interpretation difficult and require investigators to make choices about which aspects of the data space best represent underlying social dynamics.

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Universität Hamburg-Workshop: The economics of biomedical innovation (02.06.2015)

Institution: University of Hamburg

Lecturer: Prof. Frank Lichtenberg, Professor of Business, Columbia University

Date: June 02, 2015

Place: University of Hamburg

Language of instruction: English

Registration: For further information on the registration process, please see this link.

Contents: There is considerable debate about the social returns to biomedical research and innovation. The primary purpose of this course is to discuss econometric methods for evaluating the overall impact of biomedical innovation — much of which is embodied in new products and procedures — on longevity and health. We will consider analyses based upon a variety of research designs, medical innovation measures, health outcome measures, and populations. We will also analyze the impact of various public policies on biomedical innovation.

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HSU-Workshop: Einführung in die Meta-Analyse (19.-20.11.2015)

Institution: Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Martin Eisend, Europa Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

Date: November 19-20, 2015

Place: Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg

Language of instruction: German

Registration: For further information on the registration process, please see this link.

Contents:

Metaanalysen integrieren empirische Befunde mehrerer Untersuchungen zu einer bestimmten Fragestellung und analysieren die Variabilität dieser Befunde. Damit bieten sie Wissenschaftlern und Wissenschaftlerinnen eine Möglichkeit, bisherige Forschungsergebnisse quantitativ zu integrieren und zu bewerten und sich somit einen Überblick über die empirische Forschung zu einer Fragestellung zu verschaffen. Sie helfen Wissenschaftlern und Wissenschaftlerinnen auch bei der Erklärung und Interpretation von unterschiedlichen und zum Teil gegensätzlichen Befunden in der bisherigen Forschung. Durch ihre generalisierenden Befunde unterstützt die Metaanalyse auch Praktiker bei der Entscheidungsfindung. Aufgrund der stark zunehmenden Anzahl von empirischen Untersuchungen in vielen Disziplinen der betriebswirtschaftlichen Forschung kommt die Metaanalyse in diesen Bereichen zunehmend zum Einsatz.

Der Kurs wendet sich an Nachwuchswissenschaftler und Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen, die sich mit der Methode der Metaanalyse vertraut machen möchten und lernen möchten, wie man diese erfolgreich einsetzt und verwendet. Nach Besuch des Kurses sind die Teilnehmer und Teilnehmerinnen in der Lage…

  • selbstständig Metaanalysen zu einer von Ihnen gewählten Fragestellung durchzuführen, beginnend von der Literaturrecherche über die Kodierung von Studien bis hin zur softwaregestützten Auswertung der Daten;
  • unterschiedliche Metaanalysen in der Fachliteratur im Hinblick auf die ver-wendeten Methoden zu unterscheiden, einzuordnen und zu beurteilen;
  • der inhaltlichen und methodischen Diskussion zur Metaanalyse zu folgen.

Der Kurs setzt grundlegende Kenntnisse in Statistik und multivariater Datenanalyse voraus. Insbesondere sollten die Teilnehmer und Teilnehmerinnen mit Test-verfahren und regressionsanalytischen Techniken vertraut sein; erwünscht ist auch ein Grundverständnis von Strukturgleichungsmodellen.

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GIGA-Workshop: Causal Case Studies: Comparing, Matching, Tracing (01.-02.06.2015)

Institution: GIGA Doctoral Programme

Lecturer: Prof. Derek Beach PhD, Aarhus

Date: June 01-02, 2015

Place: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 in Hamburg

Language of instruction: English

Registration: Participants need to register until May 10 via the GIGA website.

Contents: The aim of this course is to provide students with a set of methodological tools that enable the use of case study methods in your own research. A constant theme throughout the course will be on debating the strengths and limitations of different small-n methods, illustrating the types and scopes of inferences that are possible, and whether and how they can be nested into mixed-methods research designs, focusing on how these issues play out in the context of your own research.

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GIGA-Workshop: Triangulation of Qualitative and Quantitative Research (28.-29.05.2015)

Institution: GIGA Doctoral Programme

Lecturer: Prof. Nigel Fielding PhD, Surrey

Date: May 28-29, 2015

Place: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 in Hamburg

Language of instruction: English

Registration: Participants need to register until May 10 via the GIGA website.

Contents: The workshop aims to introduce students to the dynamic development of social science approaches to the inter-relation and integration of qualitative and quantitative research. Tracing the movement from the classic formulations of triangulation for convergent validation to the contemporary approach of triangulation for analytic density, the workshop will feature a range of research examples and extended exemplars of triangulation in practice. It will also feature the role of information technologies in supporting and facilitating mixed methods research.

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GIGA-Workshop: Interpretive Methods (21.-22.05.2015)

Institution: GIGA Doctoral Programme

Lecturer: Dr. Lauren Wilcox, Cambridge

Date: May 21-22, 2015

Place: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 in Hamburg

Language of instruction: English

Registration: Participants need to register until May 10 via the GIGA website.

Contents: Interpretive methodologies are centered upon the meaning-making practices of actors and are key research strategies of social constructivist perspectives on global politics, broadly construed. While there is some overlap between qualitative research methods and interpretive methods, these two terms are not synonymous. There is not a single interpretivist methodology; rather, interpretive methodologies may include case study analysis, ethnography, participant observation, grounded theory, genealogy, discourse analysis, feminist analysis, and more. This course provides an introduction to interpretivism as a genre of research methodologies that share an emphasis on the socially constructed nature of meaning and knowledge, discusses a variety of different kinds of interpretivist methodologies including feminism, constructivism and critical theory and more recent advances, and provides a forum for discussing issues of research design, quality criteria (how do we know the author’s claims should be trusted?) and selection of material.

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GIGA-Workshop: Event History Analysis (07.-08.05.2015)

Institution: GIGA Doctoral Programme

Lecturer: Dr. Aya Kachi, Zürich

Date: May 7-8, 2015

Place: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 in Hamburg

Language of instruction: English

Registration: Participants need to register until April 10 via the GIGA website.

Contents: Event history analysis—some people call it “duration analysis” or “survival analysis”— is a class of statistical methods that is becoming increasingly popular in the social sciences. In many situations in the social sciences, we are interested in analyzing the occurrence and timing of events. Some dictatorships are terminated more quickly than others. Some government coalitions or international agreements collapse sooner than others. Similarly some treaty negotiations and conflicts last longer than others. Some countries adopt new regulations much before other countries. In these political processes, we are often interested in identifying whether and to what extent various political economic factors determine the timing of events. The simplest way to analyze such a relationship is to look at correlations between the duration of a certain political state (e.g. a regime being authoritarian) and a number of structural factors that are suspected to determine the duration (e.g. the level of economic development).

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GIGA-Workshop: Research Designs and Research Questions (27.-28.04.2015)

Institution: GIGA Doctoral Programme

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Heike Klüver, Bamberg

Date: April 27-28, 2015

Place: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 in Hamburg

Language of instruction: English

Registration: Participants need to register until April 10 via the GIGA website.

Contents: This course will introduce PhD students to the fundamentals of crafting a research design in the Social Sciences. A well-thought and carefully designed research plan is the key to a good dissertation. The research design specifies how you are going to carry out your research project and, particularly, how to use empirical evidence to answer your research question. This course is designed to introduce students to the core issues involved in developing a sound research design.

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Graduate School der Universität Hamburg: Advances in Macroeconomic Theory and Policy

Institution: Graduate School der Universität Hamburg

Dozent: Arne Heise

Datum und Zeitplanung:

  • Mi., 29.04.15, 11-17 Uhr
  • Mi., 20.05.15, 11-17 Uhr
  • Mi., 17.06.15,   11-17 Uhr

Ort: Universität Hamburg, Raum 2.16 (Welckerstr. 8)

Beschreibung:

In diesem Kurs, der in 3 – 4 Blockveranstaltungen abgehalten werden soll, sollen Doktoranden die Gelegenheit bekommen, Ihre Forschungsfragestellung, das Forschungsdesign und auch erste Forschungsergebnisse ausführlich – d.h. jenseits der üblichen Darstellung in Beratungsgesprächen und Promotionscolloquien – präsentieren und diskutieren zu können.

Es wird also darum gehen, Forschungsfragestellungen im Bereich der makroökonomischen Forschung so zu schärfen, dass ein soweit akzeptables Exposée entsteht, welches als Grundlage für Förderungsanträge und die Antragstellung im Promotionsausschuss dienen kann. Andererseits können aber erste Entwürfe wissenschaftlicher Artikel präsentiert werden, die dann zur Einreichungsreife weiterentwickelt werden sollen.

Der Kurs spricht zunächst die Doktoranden im Lehr- und Forschungsbereich Finanzpolitik und Public Governance an, ist aber selbstverständlich für alle Doktoranden der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften offen, die sich mit makroökonomischen, makropolitischen und governancetheoretischen Fragestellungen in Ihren Doktorarbeiten befassen. _______________________________________________________________

In this course, which will be held in 3 – 4 workshop seminars, Ph.D.-students will be given the opportunity to give a talk on parts of their dissertation project, outline their research focus and methodology and discuss and defend first results – as a first step to the preparation of a publishable paper or a sharpening of their Ph.D.-proposal.

The main focus will be on issues of macroeconomic theory and policy, yet Ph.D.-students working on issues of public finances and public governance will also be eligible to take part in the course.

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Anmeldung:

Anmeldungen sind ab sofort bis zum 19.03.2015 über Geventis https://www.geventis.uni-hamburg.de möglich.

Graduate School der Universität Hamburg: Corporate Strategy and Organizational Performance (Paper Development Workshop)

Institution: Graduate School der Universität Hamburg

Dozenten: 

Timo Busch & Bryan Stinchfield (Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, USA)

Datum und Zeitplanung:

  • Do., 11.06.15, 18-20 Uhr
  • Fr., 12.06.15,   10-18 Uhr
  • Sa., 13.06.15, 10-18 Uhr

Ort: Universität Hamburg, Raum steht noch nicht fest.

Beschreibung:

This is the first paper development workshop offered by the WiSo Graduate School of University of Hamburg. The concept of the workshop is inspired by similar workshops held at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management.

The aim of this paper development workshop is to promote excellent PhD-research in the area of business administration and strategic management (BWL). The two day workshop concentrates on improving the research design and methodology of participants’ paper-projects. Thus, this workshop is focused on academic papers; not on monographs / PhD ideas. Besides content-related discussions, students will get valuable feedback from their peers and two strategy professors. The aim is to support students in developing excellent research papers.

Requirement for participation is that PhD-students work in the area of corporate strategy and/or organizational performance and that they have a paper completed so that it is almost ready for journal submission. This paper needs to be submitted prior to the workshop to Rita Streitt (see below). Each PhD-student will obtain suggestions for improvement; the idea is to move the paper to a level so that there is a high likelihood of a revise and resubmit.

To guarantee an intensive learning process, attendance is limited to 14 PhD-students. First come, first served via enrollment at Geventis (https://www.geventis.uni-hamburg.de). Each student will present his/her paper at the workshop (about 20 min; ppt slides may be used). Afterwards another PhD student will discuss the paper and the two professors will provide in-depth feedback regarding aspects such as hook, theory, methods, and overall story.

Participation is awarded with 4 credit points. These are the course dates:

  • 11th June, 6-8 pm: get together & intro discussion “publishing in peer-reviewed journals”
  • 12th June, 10 am – 6 pm: workshop day 1
  • 13th June, 10 am – 6 pm: workshop day 2

Important deadline: June 1st for paper submissions. Please send your paper to Rita Streitt: Rita.Streitt@wiso.uni-hamburg.de

The two professors are:

  • Professor Bryan T. Stinchfield, Ph.D.
    Department of Business, Organizations, and Society
    Franklin & Marshall College, USA
  • Dr. Timo Busch
    Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
    University of Hamburg, Germany

Anmeldung:

Anmeldungen sind ab sofort bis zum 19.03.2015 über Geventis https://www.geventis.uni-hamburg.de möglich.