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COMPASSS launching conference, 16-17 Sept. 2003
Systematic Comparative Case Analysis
: Bridging the gap between qualitative and quantitative methods
Louvain-la-Neuve and Leuven (Belgium)
A word of welcome
Welcome to the specific pages of the
COMPASSS launching conference.This event has a clear international and
interdisciplinary ambition, with distinguished guests from Europe, the
USA (with Prof. Charles C. Ragin) and Japan.
It is open to methodologists, disciplinary
specialists and advanced students in various scientific disciplines.
Conference theme
[French below; Français ci-dessous]
The key theme of the conference is
that of the "middle road" between the qualitative and quantitative
approaches, methods and techniques. Can these different traditions
meet in some new, original tools, such as Qualitative Comparative Analysis
(QCA) or Fuzzy Sets ? This conference intends to open up a place of dialogue
and fruitful confrontation between qualitative and quantitative methods,
as well as a locus for the integration of these methods and the further
development and application of original approaches, methods and techniques.
A particular emphasis will also be laid on some practical applications
of these new tools in policy-oriented research.
The purpose of this launching conference
is to bring together scholars and practitioners who share a common interest
in theoretical, methodological and practical advancements in a systematic
comparative case approach to research which stresses the use of a configurational
logic, the existence of multiple causality and the importance of a careful
construction of research populations.
It also aims at setting the agenda
for the further development of systematic comparative case analysis as
a genuine and established research strategy to study many different and
diverse social phenomena. --
Thème de la conférence
Le principal thème de cette conférence
et celui de la "voie médiane" entre les approches, méthodes et techniques
qualitative et quantitative. Ces différentes traditions peuvent-elles
converger par le biais d'outils nouveaux et créatifs tel que l'Analyse
Quali-Quantitative Comparée (AQQC-QCA) ou les ensembles flous (Fuzzy Sets)?
Cette conférence se veut un lieu de débat et de confrontation productive
entre les méthodes qualitative et quantitative, mais aussi un point d'intégration
de ces méthodes et de développement et d'applications d'approches, méthodes
et techniques originales. Une attention particulière est portée sur les
applications pratiques de ces nouveaux outils sur des politiques publiques.
L'objectif de cette conférence inaugurale
est de rassembler académiques, chercheurs et praticiens partageant un
intérêt commun dans les avancées théoriques, méthodologiques et pratiques
de l'approche comparative systématique de cas, et mettant l'accent sur
l'usage de la logique configurationnelle, l'existence de la causalité
multiple et l'importance de la construction rigoureuse de la population
analysée.
Elle vise aussi à mettre à l'agenda
l'analyse comparée systématique de cas comme une stratégie de recherche
à part entière dans l'étude d'une grande diversité
de phénomènes sociaux.
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Scientific committee
| Prof. Dirk
BERG-SCHLOSSER |
Philipps-Universität Marburg,
GERMANY |
| Prof. André-Paul
FROGNIER |
Centre de Politique Comparée,
UCL |
| Prof. Nobuo
KANOMATA |
Keio University, Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Prof. Jon
KVIST |
Danish National Institute
of Social Research (SFI), Copenhagen, DENMARK |
| Prof. Algis
KRUPAVICIUS |
Kaunas University of Technology,
LITHUANIA |
| Prof. David
LEVI-FAUR |
University of Haïfa, ISRAËL |
| Prof. Lars
MJÖSET |
University of Oslo, NORWAY |
| Prof. Daishiro
NOMIYA |
Sophia University, Tokyo,
JAPAN |
| Prof. Paul
PENNINGS |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
NETHERLANDS |
| Prof. Charles
C. RAGIN |
University of Arizona, Tucson,
USA |
| Prof. Marc
SWYNGEDOUW |
ISPO K.U.L. |
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Conference sponsors
(some still to be confirmed)
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National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS - Belgium) |
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Doctoral Study Programme at the University of Antwerp
(Universiteit Antwerpen)
Dept. of Political and Social Sciences |
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Association Belge de Science Politique -
Communauté française (ABSP) |
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Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders
(Belgium) (F.W.O. - Vlaanderen) |
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Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Adminitration Publiques
- CERAP (Asbl).
(Université Libre de Bruxelles) |
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Département des Sciences Politiques et Sociales
(POLS), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL). |
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