Empirical research is seeking through methodological processes to discover, hopefully, nontrivial facts and insights. Beside choosing a topic and grounding an idea in theory, empirical research consists of gathering and analysing data as well as presenting results in scientific contexts. Our workshop (September 25-30, 2016) tackles these steps of your research project:

• Gathering data via (un)structured interviews or surveys and
• using the computer for qualitative and quantitative data analysis.

The regular workshop fee is 449 Euro. It covers the participation in three courses, meals and accommodation. The workshop fee is 289 Euro without accommodation (only meals are included). It is possible to get a certificate on 5 credit points (according to the European Credit Transfer System). Please note that the number of participants is limited to 20 persons per course!

The following courses will be offered:

Parallel morning session 1 (26-28 September 2016):

• Data Analysis with R
• Data Analysis with Stata
• Grounded Theory
• Qualitative Interviewing
• Developing Theoretical Contributions

Parallel afternoon session 2 (26-28 September 2016):

• Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
• Case Study Research
• Introduction to the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and Applied Survival Analysis
• Analyzing Panel and Spatial Data
• Questionnaire Design

Parallel session at the SDU (30 September 2016):

• Academic English Writing
• Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling and Its Applications to Policy Impact Analysis
• Introduction to Social Network Analysis
• Reproducible Research with R and RStudio
• Analysis of Qualitative Data and Exploratory Statistics

For further information, especially lecturers, program, organizers and registration visit the website: http://www.phd-network.eu/

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Seven intensive, one-week courses will be offered during the period from 18 July to 30 September 2016. All courses will be highly interactive, method-, and application-oriented. They will be delivered by outstanding instructors from PennState, the University of Chile, the University of Vienna, the University of Leeds, and RWTH Aachen University. These courses have been designed to equip you with insights into state-of-the-art research methods and supporting software packages. You will also have the opportunity to apply these insights in order to solve hands-on research problems and to discuss your findings with your peers. What better way to prepare for your empirical master thesis, PhD project or journal publication?

Preliminary course list:

• Qualitative Research Methods and Grounded Theory
• Introduction to the Publication Process in Peer-Reviewed Journals
• Applied Advanced Econometrics I
• Philosophy of Science
• Applied Social Network Analysis using Advanced Data Mining
• Applied Advanced Econometrics II
• Introduction to Measurement Theory and Structure Equation Modeling

Institution: RWTH Aachen University – School of Business and Economics

Lecturers: Almut Balleer (RWTH), Timothy Devinney (University of Leeds), Christian Hopp (RWTH), Glen Kreiner (Penn State), Peter Letmathe (RWTH), Petra Riefler (University of Vienna) and Richard Weber (Universidad de Chile)

Registration deadline: 01.05.2016

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9th International Research Workshop

Methods for PhD

27.9.-2.10.2015, near Flensburg

Organising team: Wenzel Matiaske, Simon Fietze, Heiko Stüber

Empirical research is seeking through methodological processes to discover, hopefully, nontrivial facts and insights. Beside choosing a topic and grounding an idea in theory, empirical research consists of gathering and analysing data as well as presenting results in scientific contexts.

The workshop tackles these steps of a research project:

• Gathering data via (un)structured interviews or surveys and
• using the computer for qualitative and quantitative data analysis.

The regular workshop fee is 439 Euro. It covers the participation in three courses, meals and accommodation. The workshop fee is 279 Euro without accommodation (only meals are included).

It is possible to get a certificate on 5 credit points (according to the European Credit Transfer System).

The following courses will be offered:

Parallel courses offered Monday and Tuesday morning (September 28/29):

• Data Analysis with R
• Data Analysis with Stata
• Grounded Theory
• Qualitative Interviews
• Introduction to the SOEP and Applied Survival Analysis

Parallel courses offered Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday (September 29/30):

• Analysing Panel and Spatial Data
• Analysis of Qualitative Data and Exploratory Statistics
• Questionnaire Design
• Case Study Research
• Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with R

Parallel courses at the SDU (October 1):

• Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
• Academic Writing
• Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling and Its Applications to Policy Impact Analysis
• Measuring Preferences using Conjoint Analytic Methods
• Introduction to Network Analysis

For further information, especially lecturers, program, organizers and registration visit our website.

For any questions don’t hesitate to contact the workshop committee.

The workshop is supported by

• Europa-Universität Flensburg
• University of Hamburg, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
• University of Hamburg, School of Business
• Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Economics
• Werkstatt für Personal- und Organisationsforschung e.V.
• German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the DIW Berlin

„Methods for PhD“
8th International Research Workshop
28.9.-3.10.2014; near Flensburg

Empirical research is seeking through methodological processes to discover, hopefully, nontrivial facts and insights. Beside choosing a topic and grounding an idea in theory, empirical research consists of gathering and analysing data as well as presenting results in scientific contexts in order to contribute new issues to the body of acquired knowledge – not only to someone‘s own but also to that of others.

The workshop tackles these steps of your research project:

• Gathering data via (un)structured interviews and analysing standardized survey data,
• using the computer for qualitative and quantitative data analysis.

These steps will strengthen the cooperation in empirical research to boost and streamline ones project.

In detail the following courses will be offered:

Parallel Courses in the morning (September 28-October 1):

• Data Analysis with R
• Data Analysis with Stata
• Qualitative Research Methodology and Design Strategy
• Expert Interviews
• Introduction to German Data Sets

Parallel Courses in the afternoon (September 28-October 1):

• Spatial and Panel Econometrics
• Questionnaire Design
• Qualitative Compartive Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets
• Structural Equation Modelling with R
• Case Study Research

Parallel Courses at the SDU (October 2):

• Introduction to MaxQDA
• Network Analysis
• Mixed Methods
• Academic Writing
• Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Survey Sampling

The International Research Workshop is organised by

• Prof. Dr. Wenzel Matiaske, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of Federal Armed Forces and Research Professor at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Simon Fietze, Department of Border Region Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Campus Sønderborg
• Dr. Heiko Stüber, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), The Research Institute of the Federal Employment Agency in Nuremberg

The workshop is supported by

• Vidensregion/Wissensregion Syddanmark * Schleswig-Holstein (Interreg 4A)
• University of Flensburg
• University of Hamburg, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
• University of Hamburg, School of Business
• Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Economics
• GESIS – Leibniz Institute of the Social Sciences
• Werkstatt für Personal- und Organisationsforschung e.V.
• German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the DIW Berlin

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