Master
2022/2023
Research Seminar "Craft of Comparisons"
Type:
Compulsory course (Comparative Social Research)
Area of studies:
Sociology
Delivered by:
School of Sociology
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Marharyta Fabrykant,
Irina Krasnopolskaya,
Ekaterina Mitrofanova,
Ekaterina Nastina,
Daniil Romanov,
Natalia Soboleva,
Denis Zubalov
Master’s programme:
Comparative Soсial Research
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The idea of the research seminar "Craft of Comparisons" is to present the students the rich spectrum of comparative studies: from sociology and demography to economics, cultural studies and even linguistics. Students will get familiar with not only most important theoretical concepts but also learn the cutting-edge methodological approaches.
The lecturers of the seminar are accomplished scientists with a solid research and teaching backgrounds. They will bring their own experience and examples to make the seminars richer and more practical.
Learning Objectives
- To be able to understand the difference between comparative research strategies in different scientific disciplines
- To be able to detect similar approaches of different disciplines in order to organise, conduct and analyse comparative research
- To be able to choose a correct theoretical and methodological approach for a planned research
- To be able to interpret the results and formulate the pivotal research findings
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Able to understand the difference between comparative research strategies in different scientific disciplines
- Able to detect similar approaches of different disciplines in order to organise, conduct and analyse comparative research
- Able to choose a correct theoretical and methodological approach for a planned research
- Able to interpret the results and formulate the pivotal research findings
Course Contents
- Gender inequality and diversity
- Values and labour market
- Interethnical marriages, ethnicity and language policy
- Comparisons of key sociodemographic characteristics
- Nationalities and values
- Cross-Regional Studies: Exploring Russia
- The influence of economic and demographic factors on reproductive behaviour
- Mixed methods strategy for comparisons
Assessment Elements
- TestsShort test assessing the knowledge and competences which students acquired after the seminars
- Short tasksSome teachers of the seminar prepared small tasks in order to make the forming of competences more effective
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 2nd module0.5 * Short tasks + 0.5 * Tests
- 2022/2023 4th module0.5 * Tests + 0.5 * Short tasks
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Advances in mixed methods research : theories and applications, , 2008
- Ages, generations and the social contract : the demographic challenges facing the welfare state, , 2007
- Alsos, G. A., Hytti, U., & Ljunggren, E. (2016). Research Handbook on Gender and Innovation. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1359169
- Cross-linguistic influences in multilingual language acquisition, , 2012
- Education and the family : passing success across the generations, Feinstein, L., 2008
- Five Generations of Russian Constitutions: Russia as Part of the Western Legal Heritage. (2019). https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300113136.001.0001
- Gender in cross-cultural perspective, , 2005
- Integrating analyses in mixed methods research, Bazeley, P., 2018
- Introduction to behavioral economics : noneconomic factors that shape economic decisions, Just, D. R., 2014
- Pierre Bréchon, & Frédéric Gonthier. (2017). European Values : Trends and Divides Over Thirty Years. Brill.
- Tatiana Kossova, Elena Kossova, & Maria Sheluntcova. (2014). Estimating the Relationship Between Rate of Time Preferences And Socio-Economic Factors In Russia. European Research Studies Journal, (1), 39. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.ers.journl.vxviiy2014i1p39.68
- Базовые ценности-2008: сходства и различия между россиянами и другими европейцами : препринт, Магун В.С., Руднев М.Г., 2010
- Динамика трудовых ценностей экономически активного населения России, 1991-2004гг. Препринт WP3/20..., Магун, В. С., 2006
- Индивидуальные и страновые факторы гордости своей страной : автореф. дис. ... канд. социологических наук : 22.00.04, Фабрикант, М. С., 2017
- Ценностные установки представителей бизнес-сообщества и его модернизационный потенциал в современ... : дис. ... канд. социологических наук : 22.00.03, Соболева, Н. Э., 2013
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Arrighi, B. A., Pollitt, K., Nonn, T., Rogers, M. F., Reay, D., Mill, J. S., … Estrich, S. (2007). Understanding Inequality : The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender (Vol. 2nd ed). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=632280
- Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Globalization and Superdiversity: Toward Sociolinguistic Repertoires. (2017). Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.tilburguniversity.edu.publications.a953a209.d7e4.4b1f.8791.3cf581c09aa1
- Class and gender in Russian welfare policies : soviet legacies and contemporary challenges, Iarskaia - Smirnova, E., 2011
- Degrees of inequality : culture, class, and gender in American higher education, Mullen, A. L., 2012
- Kraus, P. A., & Grin, F. (2018). The Politics of Multilingualism : Europeanisation, Globalisation and Linguistic Governance. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1868797
- Social stratification : class, race, and gender in sociological perspective, , 2001
- Three generations, two genders, one world : women and men in a changing century, , 1998