1. Bibliographical database
http://www.compasss.org/Bibli%20database.htm
The international bibliographical database has been updated (as of 16 July). If you wish to report new entries, suggest corrections/complements to existing entries, etc., please send a message to Benoit Rihoux : benoit.rihoux@uclouvain.be .

2. Training ["News" --> "Training"]
http://www.compasss.org/Trainings.htm

Apart from the courses in Ljubljana (ECPR Summer School) and Colchester (Essex Summer School) : Wednesday, August 29, 2007, Chicago, USA : 2007 APSA Short Course : « Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets ». Instructor: Charles C. RAGIN, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona.

3. Meetings [« News » --> « Meetings »]
http://www.compasss.org/Meetings.htm

• 4th August 2007, Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, USA
  Professional Development Workshop: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (Academy of Management Meetings). Presenters: Peer C. Fiss; U. of Southern California, as well as Ruth V. Aguilera; Thomas Greckhamer; Gregory Jackson; and Rodney Lacey;
  
• 6th August 2007, Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, USA
  QCA and Set-theoretic Methods: New Perspectives for Management and Strategy Research (Academy of Management Meetings). Organizer: Peer C. Fiss; U. of Southern California
  
• 8 September 2007, Pisa (Italy ; ECPR General Conference) :
  Panel (nr 15-4, 9 :00-10 :30) on Comparative research design and Configurational Methods (Convenor : Airo Hino, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan). Topic : The group of methods and techniques which are now brought under the heading of “Configurational Comparative Methods” (CCM) – namely crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA), multi-value QCA (mvQCA), fuzzy-set QCA (fsQCA) and Fuzzy Sets – is witnessing quite a few new developments. What are the most promising efforts to further develop/consolidate these methods? How can these methods cross-fertilize with other methods? This panel also discusses overarching issues of comparative research design. Papers presented by Svend-Erik Skaaning, Charles Ragin, Carsten Schneider & Bernard Grofman, Mona Lena Krook, Maria Ackrén.

4.Publication
http://www.compasss.org/Publications.htm
QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (QCA) UND FUZZY-SETS.
Ein Lehrbuch für Anwender und alle, die es werden wollen
New German language textbook on crisp set QCA and fuzzy set QCA by Carsten Q. Schneider (Central European University) and Claudius Wagemann (University of Florence).

5. Call for proposals – COMPASSS seminars 07-08
Call for presentations – if you wish to present innovative work-in-progress related to QCA or linked methods, at a seminar at the UCL (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) or at another venue under the auspices of COMPASSS, please send your proposal to Benoit Rihoux & Sakura Yamasaki (benoit.rihoux@uclouvain.be, sakura.yamasaki@uclouvain.be ) no later than 30 August 07.

6. NB change of e-mail addresses (UCL)
Please update your records : all e-mail addresses of UCL (Universite catholique de Louvain) personel have been changed to the following format :
familyname.givenname@uclouvain.be
Thus : our new e-mail addresses :
Benoit Rihoux : benoit.rihoux@uclouvain.be
Sakura Yamasaki : sakura.yamasaki@uclouvain.be

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