COMParative methods for the Advancement of Systematic cross-case analysis and Small-n Studies
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COMParative methods for the Advancement of Systematic cross-case
analysis and Small-N Studies
Here is a quick digest of main recent
complements on the COMPASSS international resource site
Important prior notice from Prof. Benoit Rihoux
:
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It is my pleasure to inform you that Sakura YAMASAKI, who under my supervision
at the CPC has been the key « working hand » of COMPASSS ever
since its launching in late 2003, has successfully passed her Ph.D. (with
an excellent dissertation, in which she exploits QCA, naturally !). Her
position as Research Fellow at the Belgian National Foundation for Scientific
Research & Université catholique de Louvain also comes to an
end. Sakura will now take on some other ambitious challenges. It has been
a pleasure working with her & coaching her in her Ph.D. I wish her
all the best for her future projects and thank her (also on behalf of
the recipients of this list, I am sure) for her great work for COMPASSS.
In practical terms, Damien BOL, student & research assistant at the
CPC, will take over Sakura’s tasks. His e-mail is: damien.bol@student.uclouvain.be
(also mentioned on the relevant pages of the COMPASSS site).
--1.
COMPASSS ACTIVITIES ---
http://www.compasss.org/COMPASSS%20activities.htm
SEMINAIRE QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (QCA)
[In French]
Mardi 29 Janvier 2008
"Approche Qualitative Comparative Analysis de la réalité
managériale des
organisations publiques, privées et sportives"
Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon (France)
NB inscriptions possibles encore JUSQU’AU 15 JANVIER auprès
de : mathieu.winand@uclouvain.be
--2. TRAINING
http://www.compasss.org/Trainings.htm
Information has now been posted on the 2008 courses at
the ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, 4th - 16th August 2008,
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia,
And in particular :
Course 7: CONFIGURATIONAL COMPARATIVE METHODS: QCA AND FUZZY SETS
(Benoit Rihoux & Carsten Schneider)
--3. MEETINGS
http://www.compasss.org/Meetings.htm
NB deadlines are approaching for 3 calls for papers :
- Call for Papers, 24th EGOS Colloquium, July 10-12,
2008
"Comparing Organizations: New Approaches to Using Case Study, Small-N,
and
Set-Theoretical Methods"
Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
[NB DEADLINE 13 JANUARY]
- Call for Papers, 7th International Conference on Social
Science
Methodology, Sept.1-5, 2008
"Data for Historical Sociology and for Analyzing Long-Term Social
Processes" Session
Monte Sant'Angelo Campus, Naples, Italy
[NB DEADLINE 31 JANUARY – queries to nina.baur@tu-berlin.de
]
- Call for Papers, 7th International Conference on Social
Science
Methodology, Sept.1-5, 2008
"Process Generated Data" Session
Monte Sant'Angelo Campus, Naples, Italy
[NB DEADLINE 31 JANUARY – queries to nina.baur@tu-berlin.de
]
--4. WORKING
PAPERS
http://www.compasss.org/WP.htm
Some newly posted papers :
WP2007-52[Posted on 27-Nov-2007]
Maarten VINK (University of Maastricht / University of
Lisbon) and Olaf
VAN VLIET (Leiden University)
Not quite crisp, not yet fuzzy?... Assessing the potentials and
pitfalls
of multi-value QCA.
WP2007-51[Posted on 4-Nov-2007]
Claudius WAGEMANN (Istituto italiano di scienze umane)
and Carsten Q.
SCHNEIDER (Central European University)
STANDARDS OF GOOD PRACTICE IN QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
(QCA) AND FUZZY-SETS
Last modified: 11-Jan-2008
Benoît RIHOUX, Centre de Politique Comparée
Gisèle
DE MEUR, Lab.
de recherche en MAThématiques et sciences humaines
Afdeling
Arbeids- en Organisatiesociologie
Peter BURSENS,
Onderzoeksgroep
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