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CfP: “Social Networks and Intergroup Relations: New Questions and Challenges”, Sept 26-29, 2017
by Lars Leszczensky 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Session at the 3rd European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN) at Johannes Gutenberg-University, Main, Germany, September 26 to 29, 2017 Call for Papers “Social Networks and Intergroup Relations: New Questions and Challenges” In recent years, researchers increasingly have applied social network analysis to study intergroup relations. Both cross-sectional (ERGM) and longitudinal (SAOM) methods led to similar conclusions; that students’ friendship networks are segregated along ethnic, cultural and religious lines, even net of relative group size effects. However, researchers only have begun to exploit the potential of social network analysis for under- standing the causes and consequences of such ethnic, cultural, and religious segregation. Taking this next step involves theoretical and methodological challenges, both of which we intend to address in this session. Numerous follow-up questions have arisen from earlier research. Do, for example, the preferences of immigrants and natives for interethnic contact differ? And how do actors’ contact preferences de- pend on contextual characteristics? Under what circumstances do youth consider themselves as members of a particular group in the first place? A central theoretical challenge is to tackle these questions systematically, for example by relying on more general theoretical approaches, such as a social boundary making perspective or theories of identity formation. Social network analysis provides the tools to tackle these questions empirically. Studying intergroup relations, however, implies complex model specifications that include interaction effects. Interpret- ing the results of such models almost always requires additional efforts. Most notably, evaluating the respective contrasts of theoretical interest often makes it necessary to calculate and test specific linear combinations of lower- and higher-order effects. This methodological challenge is ignored in much applied research, even though addressing it is crucial to understand network dynamics from the perspective of various groups. In this session, we therefore welcome theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions to the study of intergroup relations from a network perspective. This includes, but is by no means limited, to work that * - addresses current research puzzles regarding the causes and consequences of ethnic, cultur- al, or religious segregation, or * - examines how respective hypotheses, especially about group differences in network for- mation, can be tested empirically. * Abstract submission: Please submit your abstract via http://www.eusn2017.uni-mainz.de/abstract-submission/. The deadline for submission is March 31. Session organizers: Lars Leszczensky (MZES, University of Mannheim), Hanno Kruse and Clemens Kroneberg (University of Cologne, Germany) -- Dr. Lars Leszczensky University of Mannheim Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) A5,6 D-68159 Mannheim Tel.: +49/(0)621-181- 2832 E-mail: Lars.Leszczensky(a)mzes.uni-mannheim.de https://www.larsleszczensky.com/

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Ausschreibung LfBA entfristbar 50%
by Henning Best 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, der Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften der TU Kaiserslautern, Lehrstuhl für Soziologie und Sozialstrukturanalyse, sucht eine Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben (m/w). Es handelt sich um eine 50%-Stelle, die nach einer 2-jährigen Anfangsbefristung entfristet werden kann. Der Tätigkeitsschwerpunkt der Stelle liegt im Bereich Lehre (8 SWS auf einer halben Stelle). Die Stelle ist, wie geschrieben, entfristbar und auch für Bewerber/innen geeignet, die die 6 bzw. 12-Jahres-Grenze schon überschritten haben! Die Stellenbeschreibung finden Sie im Anhang oder unter http://www.uni-kl.de/fileadmin/ha-3/Ausschreibungen/Lehrkraft_Sowi.pdf . Bei inhaltlichen Fragen können Sie sich auch direkt an mich wenden. Bitte leiten Sie die Ausschreibung auch an interessierte Kolleginnen und Kollegen weiter. Ausschreibungsende ist der 20. Februar. Viele Grüße, Henning Best -- Prof. Dr. Henning Best Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften TU Kaiserslautern Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 57 67663 Kaiserslautern E-Mail: best(a)sowi.uni-kl.de

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Fwd: Bochumer Winter School Empirische Sozialforschung
by Stefanie Eifler 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

--- fyi --- Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich freue mich, die neue Ausgabe der */Bochumer Winter School/* */Empirische Sozialforschung/* ankündigen zu dürfen: *Bochumer Winter School 2017 /Empirische Sozialforschung /(1.-4. März 2017, Ruhruniversität Bochum)* mit den fünf Workshops /1.//Explorativ-interpretatives Forschungsprojekt gestalten (Dr. Peter Stegmaier) 1./2. März 2017, Raum GC 04/611/ /2.//Grounded Theory for Beginners (Dr. Peter Stegmaier) 3./4. //März 2017, GC 04/611/ /3.//Quantitative Auswertungen mit SPSS (Prof. Dr. Werner Voß) 1. bis 4. März 2017, Raum GBCF 04/252/ /4.//Gewusst wie: Planung und Durchführung qualitativer Forschungsinterviews (Susanne Friese) 1./2. März 2017, Raum GC 614/ /5.//Computergestützte qualitative Datenanalyse: Eine Einführung (Dr. Susanne Friese) 3./4. März 2017, Raum GC 614./ Die intensiven Workshops wenden sich an Forschende aller Fachrichtungen und Einrichtungen. Anfänger können Einstiege finden – Fortgeschrittene Vertiefung. In den meisten Workshops arbeiten wir mit Ihrem Material, wenn Sie das wünschen. Hinweis: Alle Workshops (außer Nr. 3) sind auf 12 Teilnehmende beschränkt, um genügend individuelle Teilhabe zu gewährleisten. Kommen Sie und profitieren Sie vom kollegialen Austausch über Ihre spannenden Forschungsideen und Erfahrungen in methodisch aufgeschlossener und praxisorientierter Atmosphäre! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dr. Peter Stegmaier für das Team Dr. Peter Stegmaier | Assistant Professor Department of Science, Technology and Policy Studies (STePS) Institute for Governance Studies, School of Management and Governance (IGS) University of Twente, P.O.Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands p.stegmaier(a)utwente.nl | www.utwente.nl/bms/steps/people/scientific/stegmaier Current research: www.utwente.nl/bms/steps/research/projects/bestanden/DiscGo.docx/ New project: European Market for Climate Change (EU-MACS), EU Horizon 2020, Greening the Economy, RIA New articles: Hoppe, T.; van der Vegt, A.; Stegmaier, P. Presenting a Framework to Analyze Local Climate Policy and Action in Small and Medium-Sized Cities. /Sustainability/ *2016*, /8/, 847www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/9/847/ <http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/9/847/> van Oost, E.; Kuhlmann, S.; Ordóñez-Matamoros, G.H.; Stegmaier, P. (2016): Futures of Science with and for Society: towards transformative policy orientations. /Foresight - The journal of future studies, strategic thinking and policy <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/FS-10-2014-0063>/;http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/FS-10-2014-0063 "We must put ourselves in the position of the subject who tries to find his way in this world, and we must remember, first of all, that the environment by which he is influenced and to which he adapts himself is his world, not the objective world of science." - W.I. Thomas & F. Znaniecki

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IC2S2 2017: 3rd International Conference on Computational Social Science – Call for Papers until 01 March 2017; Call for Tutorials until 10 March 2017
by Weller, Katrin 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

< Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement, please kindly forward this email to other interested parties. > ================================================ IC2S2 2017 – 3rd International Conference on Computational Social Science July 10-13, 2017 Cologne, Germany https://ic2s2.org/2017/ #IC2S2 ================================================ CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (more to be announced) Ulrik Brandes (University of Koblenz) Kathleen Carley (Carnegie Mellon University) Ciro Cattuto (ISI Foundation) Emily Falk (University of Pennsylvania) Justin Grimmer (Stanford University) Jeff Hancock (Stanford University Ágnes Horvát (Northwestern University) Daniel Romero (University of Michigan) Matt Taddy (Microsoft Research) Dashun Wang (Northwestern University) More to be announced! ================================================= This international conference (now in its third edition) aims to bring together scientists from different disciplines and research areas to meet and discuss computational problems in the study of social systems and dynamics, as well as research questions motivated by large datasets, either extracted from real applications (e.g. social media, communication systems), or created via controlled experiments or computational models The goal of the conference is to create a broad and interdisciplinary community of researchers, including academics, tech industry workers, open data activists, government agency workers, and think tank analysts, who are committed to advancing social science knowledge through computational methods. In addition to keynote speakers and paper sessions, the conference will also include a series of training opportunities and tutorials. Please see the call for tutorials below. =================================================== SUBMIT YOUR RESEARCH! (CALL FOR PAPERS / ABSTRACTS) ==================================================== We welcome submissions on any topic in the intersection of the social sciences and the computer sciences, including (a) new approaches for understanding social phenomena, (b) improving methods for computational social science, (c) and improving conditions for computational social science research. But we are especially interested in: • Methods and analyses of integrated human-machine decision-making • Text analysis and natural language processing of social phenomena • Network analysis of social systems • Large-scale social experiments and/or phenomena • Causal inference and computational methods for social science • Methods and analyses of algorithmic accountability • Building and evaluating socio-technical systems • Novel digital data and/or computational analyses for addressing societal challenges • Methods and analyses of biased, selective, or incomplete observational social data • Methodological integration and triangulation of social data • Social news curation and collaborative filtering • Methods and analyses for social information / digital communication dynamics • Ethics of computational research on human behavior • Reproducibility in computational social science research • Infrastructure to facilitate industry/academic cooperation in computational social science • Computational social science research in industry • Science and technology studies approaches to computational science work • Practical problems in computational social science • Issues of inclusivity in computational social science • All other topics in computational social science Researchers across disciplines, faculty, graduate students, industry researchers, policy makers, and non-profit workers are all encouraged to submit computational data-driven research and innovative computational methodological or theoretical contributions on social phenomena for consideration. ----------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES (PAPERS) ----------------------------- Deadline for abstract submission: 01 March 2017 Notification of acceptance: 13 April 2017 Conference dates: 10-13 July 2016 ------------------------------------ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES (PAPERS) ------------------------------------ Contributions to the conference should be submitted via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ic2s22017 The submission should include a list of authors and their affiliations, with a minimum of one designated corresponding author, a title, an abstract summary paragraph, a list of 5 keywords, and an extended abstract with at least one figure, formatted as a PDF file no larger than 20MB. Please give a sufficiently detailed description of your work and your methods so we can adequately assess its relevance. Each extended abstract will be reviewed by a Program Committee composed of experts in computational social science. Please follow the abstract template guidelines for formatting and note that abstracts longer than 3 pages will be automatically rejected. For additional information, see the conference website which also includes the Extended Abstract Template (.docx). The deadline for submission is 01 March 2017. Notice of acceptance will be 13 April 2017. We will do our best to have mostly oral presentations of the selected contributions, both plenary and in parallel sessions. However, since we cannot estimate the number of submissions we may accept some abstracts for a poster session. ============================================================== CALL FOR TUTORIALS ============================================================== We welcome proposals for tutorials on topics at the intersection of the social sciences, computer science and/or statistics. We will consider any topic; provided that the proposal makes a strong argument that the tutorial is important for the IC2S2 community. Tutorials should be of interest to a substantial portion the community and should represent a sufficiently mature area of research or practice. Tutorials should be comprehensive and should not focus only on the presenter’s previous work. We anticipate that each accepted tutorial will be 3 hours long. However, we are also accepting half-tutorials (1.5 hours) and full-day tutorials (6 hours). ----------------------------- PROPOSAL FORMAT ----------------------------- Proposals should provide the following information: • Title • Abstract (up to 250 words) • Description and outline: What material will the tutorial cover? In what depth? Please provide a detailed outline. If available, please include URLs for slides and video recordings of the presenters' previous tutorials. • Presenters: Who are the presenters? Please provide names, affiliations, email addresses, and short bios (up to 200 words) for each presenter. Bios should cover the presenters' expertise related to the topic of the tutorial. If there are multiple presenters, please describe how the time will be divided between them. • Rationale: What are the objectives of the tutorial? What is the benefit for the attendees? Why is this tutorial important for IC2S2 community? • Target audience: What is the target audience? From which areas do you expect potential participants to come? What prior knowledge, if any, do you expect from the audience? How many attendees do you expect? • A list of the most important references that will be covered. • Previous tutorials: Has the tutorial (or a similar/highly related tutorial) been presented at another venue previously? If so, please list the dates and venues, and describe the similarities and differences between the previous tutorials and proposed tutorial. • Proposed length of the tutorial: please choose from 1.5 hours (half session), 3 hours (full session), and 6 hours (full day). If you are flexible, please indicate in the outline the content that will not be included if a short/long version of the tutorial is given. If you would like to give a 6 hour tutorial please justify why a full day is necessary. ----------------------------- SUBMISSION (TUTORIALS) ----------------------------- Please send your proposals to: ic2s2tutorialchairs(a)gmail.com<mailto:ic2s2tutorialchairs@gmail.com> ----------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES (TUTORIALS) ----------------------------- Tutorial proposals due: 10 March 2017 Notifications: 17 March 2017 ================================================ ORGANIZERS ================================================ ------------------------------ CONFERENCE CHAIRS ------------------------------ Markus Strohmaier, GESIS & University of Koblenz-Landau Dirk Brockmann, Humboldt University Berlin Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University ------------------------------ PROGRAM CHAIRS ------------------------------ Aaron Clauset, University of Colorado Boulder Sandra González-Bailón, University of Pennsylvania Brian Keegan, University of Colorado Boulder Katrin Weller, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences ------------------------------ TUTORIAL CHAIRS ------------------------------ Ceren Budak, University of Michigan Jürgen Pfeffer, Technical University of Munich Derek Ruths, McGill University ------------------------------ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------ Markus Strohmaier, GESIS & University of Koblenz-Landau Dirk Brockmann, Humboldt University Berlin Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University Matthew O. Jackson, Stanford University Helen Margetts, University of Oxford Duncan Watts, Microsoft Research

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PhD and Post-Doc positions at the University of Zurich
by Heiko Rauhut 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

The Institute of Sociology at the University of Zurich aims to fill several research positions. We are looking for 2-3 Doctoral students (60%) and 1-2 Post-Doctoral researchers (75-100%) interested in joining the research group of Prof. Dr. Heiko Rauhut. The group is interested in theory-guided quantitative research on social norms, cooperation, experimental game theory, experimental and analytical sociology, network analysis, sociology of science, survey methodology, statistical modeling and meta-analyses. The positions are funded by the SNSF Starting Grant “Social norms, cooperation and conflict in scientific collaborations” (CONCISE) and by the University of Zurich. Applicants should hold a MA / PhD (or should be close to completion) in Sociology or a related field (such as Behavioral or Experimental Economics, Social Psychology, Political Science, Statistics or Computational Social Science). We are particularly interested in attracting candidates working on projects described in the CONCISE proposal and in the following 3 research areas: 1) Development of a survey on social norms, cooperation and conflicts in scientific collaborations. 2) Co-evolution of cooperation and networks 3) Development of behavioral scales on cooperation norms in large-scale surveys. Details of these research areas, the full CONCISE proposal, related articles, the research profile of the professorship and further information is found at www.suz.uzh.ch/rauhut <http://www.suz.uzh.ch/rauhut>. Other research topics are also welcome, but should have a strong connection to the general profile of the professorship. We offer a stimulating, dynamic and research-oriented environment in Rauhut’s newly founded Professorship of Social Theory and Quantitative Methods. We are looking for creative, prosocial and proactive candidates. Support in teaching and research activities of the chair is expected. After a trial period, the positions are initially limited to 3 years (with an extension to max. 6 years, subject to funding). Contact Heiko Rauhut for any questions. Please send your application including a statement of interest, CV, transcripts, 1-2 samples of written work and 2 letters of recommendation or alternatively contact details of two referees in one pdf file until 26.2.2017 to Heiko Rauhut via jobs(a)soziologie.uzh.ch <mailto:jobs@soziologie.uzh.ch>. Notifications will be made in March. The starting dates are flexible from May until the positions are filled.

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DGS-Wahl
by Henning Best 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Liebe Kolleginnen, liebe Kolleginnen, heute wurde der Zugang zur DGS-Wahl online freigegeben. Wie Sie sicher mitbekommen haben, gab es vor einigen Wochen einen alternativen Wahlvorschlag für die DGS-Wahl, der darauf abzielt, die quantitativ-empirische Soziologie besser in den Gremien zu repräsentieren (offener Brief an die DGS). Derzeit sehen wir die analytisch orientierte, quantitativ-empirische Soziologie bei den Nominierungen für die Wahl 2017 nur in geringem Maße repräsentiert. Um das zu ändern, wurde vorgeschlagen, auf den Wahlunterlagen die folgenden Namen zu ergänzen: Vorstand: Hartmut Esser, Thomas Hinz, Stefan Liebig Konzil: Martin Abraham, Katrin Auspurg, Rolf Becker, Roger Berger, Andreas Diekmann, Frank Kalter, Peter Kriwy, Heike Trappe Dies nur zur Erinnerung und zur Erleichterung der Namensergänzung. Mit kollegialen Grüßen und den besten Wünschen zum neuen Jahr, Henning Best -- Prof. Dr. Henning Best Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften TU Kaiserslautern Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 57 67663 Kaiserslautern E-Mail: best(a)sowi.uni-kl.de

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Ausschreibung W3 Empir. Sozialforschung und Statistik
by Mueller-Benedict, Volker 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich möchte Sie gerne auf die angehängte Ausschreibung aufmerksam machen. Es würde mich sehr freuen, wenn sich jemand aus dem Umkreis der Methodensektion auf die Nachfolge für meine Stelle bewerben würde. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Volker Müller-Benedict ______________________________ [Logo EUF 300] Prof. Dr. Volker Müller-Benedict Forschungsmethoden und Statistik Abt. Zentrale Methodenlehre Auf dem Campus 1 24943 Flensburg

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Ausschreibung 1, 5 WMA im Projekt "Zukunftsstrategie Lehrer*innenbildung"
by Tobias Wolbring 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, mit den besten Wünschen zum neuen Jahr leite ich anbei eine aktuelle Ausschreibung für 1,5 WMA-Stellen an der Universität zu Köln weiter. Beste Grüße Tobias Wolbring

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Wahlen zum RatSWD
by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Eifler 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Liebe Kollegen und Kolleginnen, in der Zeit vom 18. Januar bis zum 8. Februar (15:00 Uhr) 2017 findet die Wahl zum RatSWD statt. Die DGS-Sektion Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung unterstützt die Kandidatur und Wiederwahl des bisherigen Rat-SWD-Mitglieds Prof. Dr. Monika Jungbauer-Gans (Hannover) und die Kandidatur von Prof. Dr. Stefan Liebig (Bielefeld). Für den Ablauf der Wahl beachten Sie bitte, dass Wahlberechtigte alle promovierten Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler an Hochschulen und wissenschaftlichen Forschungsinstitutionen sind, die sich in das Wählerverzeichnis haben eintragen lassen. In jedem Fall ist es notwendig, sich neu in das Wählerverzeichnis eintragen zu lassen, da Wählerverzeichnisse vergangener Wahlen nicht übernommen werden. Bitte registrieren Sie sich bis zum 11. Januar: _www.ratswd.de/wahl/wvz <http://www.ratswd.de/wahl/wvz>_ . Alle Wahlberechtigten, die in das Wählerverzeichnis eingetragen sind, erhalten rechtzeitig Ihre Zugangsdaten an die angegebene E-Mailadresse für die Online-Wahl. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Eifler

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Erinnerung: Call for Papers für die Frühjahrstagung
by Menold, Natalja 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

Liebe Mitglieder der Methodensektion, ich möchte gerne an den Call für unsere Frühjahrstagung erinnern. Das Thema ist "Measurement Error". Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter: http://www.gesis.org/unser-angebot/veranstaltungen/gesis-tagungen/fruehjahr… Die Beiträge können bis Ende Dezember online eingereicht werden. Viele Grüße, Natalja Menold Dr. Natalja Menold Wissenschaftliche Teamleiterin GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Umfragedesign und Methodik (SDM) B2,15 D-68159 Mannheim Tel.: 0621 / 1246 286 Fax: 0621 / 1246 100 Mail: natalja.menold(a)gesis.org<mailto:natalja.menold@gesis.org>

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