Master
2024/2025
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,
Elena R. Iarskaia-Smirnova,
Ekaterina Mitrofanova,
Ekaterina Nastina,
Denis Zubalov
Master’s programme:
Comparative Soсial Research
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
64
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
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 2nd module0.5 * Short tasks + 0.5 * Tests
- 2024/2025 4th module0.5 * Short tasks + 0.5 * Tests
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- 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
- 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
- Class and gender in Russian welfare policies : soviet legacies and contemporary challenges, Iarskaia - Smirnova, E., 2011
- Configurational comparative methods : qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and related techniques, , 2009
- Fallon, M. (2016). Writing up quantitative research in the social and behavioral sciences. Brill.
- Fielding, N., & Schreier, M. (2012). Introduction: On the Compatibility between Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.7930192C
- 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
- 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
- Patricia Leavy. (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research: Vol. Second edition. Oxford University Press.
- Pierre Bréchon, & Frédéric Gonthier. (2017). European Values : Trends and Divides Over Thirty Years. Brill.
- Social stratification : class, race, and gender in sociological perspective, , 2014
- Strengths and Limitations of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods. (2017). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.887088
- 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
- The Oxford handbook of quantitative methods. Vol.2: Statistical analysis, , 2013
- Visually Hypothesising in Scientific Paper Writing: Confirming and Refuting Qualitative Research Hypotheses Using Diagrams. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.12226DBE
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Class formation, civil society and the state : a comparative analysis of Russia, France, the US and England, Burrage, M., 2008
- Degrees of inequality : culture, class, and gender in American higher education, Mullen, A. L., 2012
- Durmic, N. (2020). Factors Influencing Project Success: A Qualitative Research. TEM Journal, 9(3), 1011–1020. https://doi.org/10.18421/TEM93-24
- Economic institutions and democratic reform : a comparative analysis of post-communist countries, Norgaard, O., 2000
- Jenkins-Smith, H. (2017). Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R) : 3rd Edition. Place of publication not identified: University of Oklahoma Libraries. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsotl&AN=edsotl.OTLid0000536
- Qualitative methods for family studies and human development, Daly, K. J., 2007
- Qualitative methods in business research, Eriksson, P., 2016
- Qualitative research in political science. Vol.1: Backgrounds, pathways and directions in qualitative methodology, , 2016
- Quantitative methods for business, , 2016
- Quantitative methods for decision making using Excel, Davis, G., 2013
- Readme first for a user's guide to qualitative methods, Richards, L., Morse, J.M., 2013
- Sharan B. Merriam, & Robin S. Grenier. (2019). Qualitative Research in Practice : Examples for Discussion and Analysis: Vol. Second edition. Jossey-Bass.
- The SAGE handbook of qualitative methods in health research, , 2013
- Three generations, two genders, one world : women and men in a changing century, , 1998