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Research master's "Sociology and Social Research" at the Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University
by Sprecher der Methodensektion 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

=================================================== Research master's "Sociology and Social Research" at the Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University The Department of Sociology and the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) at Utrecht University offer a two-year research master's program "Sociology and Social Research" that is completely taught in English. Rather than being a "track" in a broader program in the behavioral and social sciences, this is the only specialized research master's program in sociology in the Netherlands. The research master's program has a clear profile, offering structured and systematic training in theoretically and methodologically advanced research in sociology and the social sciences in general. Special features of the program include: - A problem-driven approach with a substantive focus on topics such as social networks and social capital, social integration, stratification and inequality, households, organizations. - A strong focus on the integration of social theory, empirical research, and methods of data-analysis. - In various courses, students gain extensive hands on experience in state of the art social science data analysis. - Students gain hands on experience in writing a publishable research article in English: the master's thesis that completes the program is written in the format of a publishable research article. In fact, many students do indeed submit their thesis or a revised and adapted version of their thesis to a journal and quite some of these submissions are accepted for publication. Meanwhile, research articles that have developed from master's theses of the program have appeared in or are accepted for publication in journals like Social Forces, Social Networks, Journal of Marriage and the Family, European Union Politics, and others. Students regularly present their master's thesis at international conferences outside the Netherlands. A broad range of topics for master's thesis projects is available. - The program comprises a master class taught by an outstanding visiting professor from abroad. Previous visiting professors include Andreas Diekmann, ETH Zurich; Hartmut Esser, Mannheim; Frank Kalter, Leipzig/Mannheim; Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Bamberg; Ted Mouw, North Carolina. Upcoming visiting professors include Walter Muller, Mannheim; Robert J. Sampson, Harvard, and Karen Cook, Stanford. Furthermore, Sociology and Social Research students themselves organize a mini-conference on their own research projects at the end of the first or the beginning of the second year of the program. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in summer schools like Essex or Ljubljana in the summer period between the first and the second year of the program. The quality of the program can be inferred, among other things, from numerous and consistently very favorable external evaluations of research and teaching in Sociology at Utrecht University and the ICS. For example, sociology at Utrecht University is repeatedly ranked highest and obtains excellent scores in the authoritative comparative assessments of Dutch research programs in sociology that are carried out regularly under the auspices of the Quality Assurance Department of the Association of Dutch Universities, including the recent 2008/2009 Research Assessment Sociology. Another well-known annual ranking, widely used by incoming students, is provided by the Dutch weekly ELSEVIER and includes field-specific rankings based on a survey among all full professors and associate professors in the particular field in the Netherlands. In the most recent 2009 ELSEVIER survey, Utrecht has been chosen by a wide margin as the overall best Sociology Department in the Netherlands and also as the Department with the best bachelor's and master's programs, the best teachers in Sociology, and the best publication record. Students in the program benefit from intensive supervision. Instructors involved in teaching the program and supervising students inlude prominent researcher from the Department of Sociology and the ICS such as Vincent Buskens, Henk Flap, Tanja van der Lippe, Ineke Maas, Paul Nieuwbeerta, Anne-Rigt Poortman, Werner Raub, Rene Torenvlied, Frank van Tubergen, Beate Volker, Jeroen Weesie, and others. Students likewise benefit from much interaction and collaboration in a relatively small group of peers. Drop out rates of students from the program are very low and almost all students entering the program do complete it in due time within two years. The profile of the program ensures that the labor market position of alumni is excellent: students who have completed the program are very successful in acquiring subsequent positions as PhD students at the ICS or elsewhere in and outside the Netherlands, as researchers in institutes and organizations outside the university system, as trainees, etc. "Sociology and Social Research" is part of the integrated graduate training program of the ICS that likewise comprises research master's programs at the universities of Groningen and Nijmegen and a jointly taught PhD program. Students can thus attend selected courses in Groningen and are well-prepared, for example, for an application for a position as PhD student at the ICS after having completed "Sociology and Social Research". The target group of students consists of promising students with a Bachelor's degree or an equivalent period of at least three years of undergraduate study and qualifications that justify the expectation of successful completion of the program in due time. This includes students with a BA Sociology or Social Sciences, broadly conceived and including Economics, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Demography, and (Social) Psychology. While the program is designed for students with above-average grades, motivation of students and affinity with the program have proven to be important. Quite some students with good but clearly less than excellent grades from previous studies have entered and enjoyed the program and have completed it with very good results, due to a clearly structured curriculum, sound supervision, and interaction and collaboration with peers. Applicants with deficiencies in methods and statistics can be admitted conditional upon participation in a methods and statistics summer course right before the start of the first year of the program that is offered specifically for incoming research master's students by the Graduate School of Social and Behavioral Sciences of Utrecht University. Students from outside the Netherlands are explicitly encouraged to apply and can easily follow the program since it is taught in English. About 30-50% of the students are students from outside the Netherlands, up to now including students from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, various countries in Central and Eastern Europe as well as students from, e.g., China, Israel, Taiwan, and Turkey. Admission to the program is selective. "Sociology and Social Research" is one of Utrecht University's Prestige master's programs and thus benefits from special funds of Utrecht University. Some teaching and research assistantships are available for students. Also, funding is available for participation in summer schools outside the Netherlands (for example, Essex, Ljubljana, and Ann Arbor). Each year, a new group of students enters the program. We are currently searching for talented candidates for the academic year 2010/2011. Courses for this group will start on September 1, 2010. The DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS for the academic year 2010/2011 is March 1, 2010. The number of new students per year is limited to 15-20. Detailed information on the program, including courses taught, is available at www.uu.nl/sasr and www.uu.nl/graduateschools/sbs Information about the Department of Sociology of Utrecht University is available at www.fss.uu.nl/sociology Please use gradschool(a)fss.uu.nl for any inquiries about the program and about admission procedures. Please don't hesitate to draw the attention of talented students to the program. Also, please don't hesitate to forward this message to other colleagues who might wish to inform students on the program. Werner Raub Coordinator research master's program "Sociology and Social Research" Werner Raub | Department of Sociology/ICS | Utrecht University | Heidelberglaan 2 | 3584 CS Utrecht | Netherlands | phone +31-(0)30-253 2101 | w.raub(a)uu.nl | www.fss.uu.nl/soc/raub | www.fss.uu.nl/sociology | www.fss.uu.nl/soc/iscore | Sociology and Social Research www.uu.nl/sasr -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christof Wolf Sprecher der Sektion Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie Tel. 0621 1246-153, -197

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Call for Papers: Frühjahrstagung der Mezthodensektion
by Sprecher der Methodensektion 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

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Stellenausschreibung WiMi 0,5 in Hamburg
by Sonja Drobnic 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, an der Professur für Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, Institut für Soziologie, Universität Hamburg ist ab dem 1.4.2010 die Stelle einer wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin/eines wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiters (13 TV-L mit der Hälfte der regelmäßigen Arbeitszeit) zu besetzen. Bitte machen Sie geeignete Kandidaten darauf aufmerksam. Danke und schöne Grüße Sonja Drobnic -- Prof. Sonja Drobnic, PhD Institute of Sociology University of Hamburg Allende-Platz 1 D-20146 Hamburg Germany Phone + 49 40 42838-4659 Email: sonja.drobnic(a)uni-hamburg.de http://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/index.php?id=1947

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CfP: Finding Thetas in Europe - Conference on Applied Bayesian Statistics and MCMC Methods in the Social Sciences
by Weiss, Bernd 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Call for Papers: "Finding Thetas in Europe" - Conference on Applied Bayesian Statistics and MCMC Methods in the Social Sciences, 08-09 April 2010, University of Mannheim We are pleased to announce the conference "Finding Thetas in Europe - Applied Bayesian Statistics and MCMC Methods in the Social Sciences" at the University of Mannheim, Germany, from 8th to 9th April 2010. This interdisciplinary conference is organized by young scholars from the University of Cologne and the University of Mannheim. It intends to gather young social scientists from Europe who apply Bayesian and MCMC methods in their research. We aim to provide a platform for exchanging expertise on Bayesian methods and to build up a network for European scholars who share common methodological interests. The conference is based on a workshop-format. Each participant has a 30 minute slot available at his/her disposal to present and discuss his/ her research paper. This provides the framework for constructive feedback in a friendly and inspiring atmosphere. *Please note that we do not expect you to submit polished papers, but we really welcome work in progress!* *Please register by 28th February 2010 at bayes(at)uni-mannheim.de.* The participation fee is 15 Euros for workshop materials and snacks. Funding for accommodation can be provided upon approval of a pending grant application. More information can be found here: http://www.fis.uni-koeln.de/findingthetas.html We hope to welcome you all in Mannheim in spring 2010! Best, the Bayes Conference Team -- Finding Thetas in Europe Applied Bayesian Statistics and MCMC Methods in the Social Sciences 8/9 April 2009

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VORMERKEN: Sektionsveranstaltungen 2010!!!
by Sprecher der Methodensektion 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

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Neue Stellenausschreibung auf der Homepage
by Sprecher Methodensektion 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Liebe Kollegin, lieber Kollege, auf der Homepage der Methoden-Sektion findet sich wieder eine neue Stellenausschreibung. http://www.soziologie.de/index.php?id=111 Beste Grüße i.A. Heike Antoni Sekretariat Christof Wolf ------------------------- Sprecher der Sektion Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung der DGS

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Neue Stellenausschreibung auf der Homepage
by Sprecher Methodensektion 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Liebe Kollegin, lieber Kollege, auf der Homepage der Methoden-Sektion findet sich wieder eine neue Stellenausschreibung sowie die Ankündigung des ALLBUS Nachwuchspreises 2010. http://www.soziologie.de/index.php?id=111 Beste Grüße i.A. Heike Antoni Sekretariat Christof Wolf ------------------------- Sprecher der Sektion Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung der DGS

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ALLBUS Nachwuchspreis
by Sprecher Methodensektion 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, nachfolgend übersenden wir Ihnen eine Ankündigung des neu geschaffenen ALLBUS-Nachwuchspreises. Für Rückfragen stehe ich Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung. Mit den besten Grüßen Christof Wolf ------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Christof Wolf GESIS - Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Wissenschaftlicher Leiter: Dauerbeobachtung der Gesellschaft Postfach 12 21 55 - 68072 Mannheim Tel +49 621 1246-153, -197, -0 Fax +49 621 1246-100 E-Mail christof.wolf(a)gesis.org <mailto:christof.wolf@gesis.org> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ausschreibung * * *ALLBUS-Nachwuchspreis 2010* Die seit 1980 alle zwei Jahre durchgeführte Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften ‑ ALLBUS ‑ ist ein zentraler Bestandteil der sozialwissenschaftlichen Infrastruktur in Deutschland. Die Bereitstellung einer qualitativ hochwertigen Datenbasis für Sekundäranalysen ist gerade für Nachwuchswissenschaftler wichtig, die nicht auf eigene Erhebungen zurückgreifen können. Der */ALLBUS-Nachwuchspreis/* unterstreicht die besondere Bedeutung des ALLBUS für die Ausbildung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses. Er wird in Zukunft alle zwei Jahre verliehen, im Wechsel mit einem zweiten /allen/ Wissenschaftlern offenstehenden */ALLBUS-Award/*, der erstmals 2011 und danach ebenfalls im zweijährigen Turnus vergeben werden wird. Mit dem ALLBUS-Nachwuchspreis sollen herausragende Qualifikationsarbeiten prämiert werden, in denen ALLBUS-Daten eine zentrale Rolle spielen. Über die Verleihung des Preises, der mit 1.000 € dotiert ist, entscheidet eine Jury, die aus den Mitgliedern des wissenschaftlichen Beirats des ALLBUS besteht. Die Originalität und Bedeutung der in der Arbeit behandelten Fragestellung sowie das Niveau der statistischen Analyse sind maßgebliche Kriterien der Bewertung. Eingereicht werden können alle Studienabschlussarbeiten (Diplomarbeit, Magisterarbeit, B.A.-Abschlussarbeit oder M.A.-Abschlussarbeit) und Dissertationen in deutscher oder englischer Sprache, die in den letzten vier Jahren fertiggestellt wurden. Absolventen können sich selbst bewerben oder von Hochschullehrern vorgeschlagen werden. Einzureichen sind: · die Qualifikationsarbeit, in Papierform sowie als pdf-Datei · eine maximal zweiseitige Kurzfassung der Arbeit · ein Lebenslauf der/des Autorin/s · eine Bestätigung des betreuenden Hochschullehrers/der betreuenden Hochschullehrerin oder der Hochschule, dass es sich bei der eingereichten Arbeit um eine Abschlussarbeit eines akademischen Studiums oder um eine Dissertation handelt, die nach dem 31.12.2005 eingereicht wurde. Diese Bestätigung soll auch Angaben zu den für entsprechende Abschlussarbeiten geltenden Vorgaben enthalten, insbesondere solchen zu Umfang und Bearbeitungsdauer Einsendungen bitte bis spätestens zum 28.02.2010 an: GESIS ALLBUS-Nachwuchspreis Postfach 12 21 55 68072 Mannheim

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Neue Stellenausschreibung auf der Homepage
by Sprecher Methodensektion 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Liebe Kollegin, lieber Kollege, auf der Homepage der Methoden-Sektion finden sich wieder neue Stellenausschreibungen. http://www.soziologie.de/index.php?id=111 Beste Grüße i.A. Heike Antoni Sekretariat Christof Wolf ------------------------- Sprecher der Sektion Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung der DGS

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Stellenausschreibung WB 50% in Darmstadt
by Marek Fuchs 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Liebe Kollegen, an der Professur für empirische Sozialforschung an der Tu Darmstadt ist eine Stelle als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter (50% BAT IIa, Landesstelle) zu besetzen (3 Jahre, plus Verlängerung). Die Ausschreibung findet sich unter: http://www1.tu-darmstadt.de/pvw/dez_iii/stellen/400.tud Bitte machen Sie geeignete Kandidaten darauf aufmerksam. Danke und beste Grüße Marek Fuchs -- Prof. Dr. Marek Fuchs Institut für Soziologie Technische Universität Darmstadt Residenzschloss D-64283 Darmstadt fuchs(a)ifs.tu-darmstadt.de

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