Training
This page contains a non-exhaustive list of the forthcoming and past trainings on Qualitative Comparative Analysis broadly speaking. This includes summer school courses, general lectures, methodological seminars, etc… If you have any suggestion or comment concerning this page, please send an email to Damien Bol.
An e-version of an introductory lecture about QCA and Fuzzy Sets, given by Benoit Rihoux is available HERE (ECPR Summer School, Ljubljana, August 2009).
Forthcoming training:
7 June 2011, University of Manchester, UK
CCSR short courses
FUZZY SETS ANALYSIS
Instructors: Wendy Olsen (University of Manchester)
The Cathie Marsh Centre for Census & Survey Research of the University of Manchester organizes a short course on Fuzzy Sets Analysis the 7th of June 2011. For more details and registration, click HERE.
Course Content
This course aims to: Introduce concepts of fuzzy and crisp sets; Study causality using truth tables; Calibrate ranked data; Reduce truth tables using Boolean algebra; Study causality using fuzzy set data. It consists in: lecture on fuzzy sets in comparative research; Practical on creating and calibrating fuzzy sets (uses SPSS and FS-QCA software); Lecture on Boolean algebra and reducing truth tables; Practical on qualitative comparative analysis, using FS-QCA and Tosmana software; Practical on analysing fuzzy set data using nested sorts (uses STATA software, Excel and STAT-Transfer)
Fee
£175 (£125 for those from educational institutions). CCSR offers 5 free places to research staff and students within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester.
19-27 July 2011, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences
LINKING THEORY AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
Instructors (non-exhaustive): Craig Calhoun (New-York University), John Gerring (Boston University), Gary Goertz (University of Arizona), Mich¸le Lamont (Harvard University), Dietrich Rueschemeyer (Brown University), and Jonathan H. Turner (University of California, Riverside)
Goals
The Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences Š Linking Theory and Empirical Research aims at promoting young researchers by strengthening their methodological understanding in linking theory and empirical research. In a first step, we tackle the key methodological challenges of causation, micro-macro-linkage, and concept-building that occur in all research efforts. In a second step, we look at how certain empirical fields deal with these challenges and Š by referring to selected empirical studies Š what solutions have been found to overcome them. Furthermore, participants are provided with hands-on research advice and have the opportunity to present their own work and approaches to these issues.
Organizers
The Berlin Summer School is a joint endeavor of two of GermanyÕs leading social science institutions, the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB).
Registration
The international summer school is open to thirty PhD candidates. Due to generous funding by the BGSS and the WZB, there will be no tuition fee. We have applied for additional funding and thus might be able to cover travel and accommodation costs for all participants. A decision is expected soon. Five ECTS Credit Points can be granted upon successful completion. The call for applications has begun. Applications can be submitted online until May 15, 2011.
For more details, visit the Berlin Summer School's Website, or contact directly Johannes Gerschewski.
1 - 12 August 2011, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
QCA AND FUZZY SET
Instructors: Cartsen Schneider (CEU Budapest) Claudius Wagemann (Italian Institute of Human Sciences, Florence)
The ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques organizes a two-weeks class (5 ECTS) on QCA and Fuzzy Set.
Course Content
This course deals with set-theoretic methods and their application in the social sciences. In a first step, the course spells out the fundamental concepts that characterize this methodological perspective, among them the central notions of necessity and sufficiency. This requires that the participants are also made familiar with background knowledge from set-theory, formal logic and Boolean algebra. The course will start with crisp-set (dichotomous) Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA), including practical steps, best practices, and the use of software packages (fsQCA, TOSMANA, depending on the advancement of the course perhaps also Stata and R). Then the course provides a thorough introduction to fuzzy-set QCA (fsQCA) and the discussion of several advanced issues surrounding QCA, such as its relation to case selection principles, concept formation and aggregation issues, or the treatment of time in QCA. Real-life published applications are used throughout the course; but participants are also encouraged to bring their own data, if available. Some basic empirical comparative training is useful to get more out of the course, but this is no course prerequisite in a strict sense.
Fee
590 euros (including an accommodation) for those from an ECPR member institution, and 840 euros for the others.
For more details, visit the ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques' Website
Show Past trainings:
Utrecht, the Netherlands, April 2011
NIG Course
Configurational Comparative Approaches in Public Administration and Political Science: Boolean and Fuzzy-Set Analysis
Instructors: Maarten VINK (Maastricht University) and Barbara VIS (VU Amsterdam)
University of Arizona, US, January - February 2011
Arizona Methods Workshops
Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructor: Charles C. RAGIN (University of Arizona)
University of Arizona, US, January 2011
University of Arizona's short courses
Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructor: Charles C. RAGIN (University of Arizona)
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 2010
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
Configurational Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets: Basic and Advanced Issues in Configurational Comparative Methods
Instructors: Airo HINO (Tokyo Metropolitan University) and Carsten SCHNEIDER (CEU Budapest)
University of Manchester, UK, June 2010
CCSR Short Course
Fuzzy Sets Analysis
Instructors:Wendy OLSEN (University of Manchester
University of Arizona, US, January and February 2010
University of Arizona's Short Courses
Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy-Set
Instructors: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
University of California, Berkeley, US, January 2010
UC Berkeley Social Research Workshop
Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy-Set Methods
Instructors: Stephen VAISEY (UC Berkeley)
University of Torino, Italy, November and December 2009
Methodological course of the Doctoral Schoool in Sociology and Political Science
Seminar on QCA and Related Techniques
Instructors: Davide GRASSI (University of Torino) and Claudius WAGEMANN (Italian Institute of Human Sciences, Florence)
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 2009
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
Configurational Comparative Methods: QCA and Fuzzy Sets
Instructors: Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain) and Carsten SCHNEIDER (CEU Budapest)
CARMA, Virginia Commonwealth University, US, May 2009
Short course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Instructor: Thomas Greckhamer (Louisiana State University)
High College of Brussels (HUB) - University of Leuven (KUL), Beglium, February-March 2009
QCA and fsQCA classes
Comparative Research Design: csQCA and fsQCA
Instructors: Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain), Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona) and Damien BOL (UCLouvain)
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, July-August 2008
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
Configurational Comparative Methods: QCA and Fuzzy Sets
Instructors: Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain) and Carsten SCHNEIDER (CEU Budapest)
University of Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2008
Lecture on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets – a Primer
Instructor: Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest)
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, November 2008
Lecture on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets. A Critical Introduction
Instructor: Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest)
University of Hamburg, Germany November 2008
Short course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructor: Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest)
University of Essex, UK, August 2008
40th Essex Summer School Social Science Data Analysis and Collection
Small-N and Qualitative Comparative Methods
Instructor: James MAHONEY (Northwestern University)
University of Arizona, US, August-September 2008
Short Course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructor: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
University of Mannheim, Germany, May 2008
Short course on Fuzzy Set Analysis
Instructor: Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest)
University of Mannheim, Germany, May 2008
Short course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructor: Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest)
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, July-August 2007
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
Comparative Research Design and Configurational Comparative Methods
Instructors: Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain) and Carsten SCHNEIDER (CEU Budapest)
University of Essex, UK, July 2007
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Anal
Systematic Qualitative Comparative Methods Research Design
Instructors: Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER and Lasse CRONQVIST (both Philipps-University Marburg)
Chicago, USA, August 2007
APSA Short Course
Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructor: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, March 2007
Marburg QCA Spring Course (in German)
Instructors: Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER and Lasse CRONQVIST (both Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany).
University of Cologne, Germany, September 2007
Short course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructor: Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest)
University of Konstanz, Switzerland, September 2007
Short course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructor: Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest)
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 2006
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
Systematic comparative methods
Instructors: Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain) & Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Essex, UK, July-August 2006
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis
Systematic Qualitative Comparative Methods - Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA and Multi-Value QCA), and Fuzzy Sets
Instructors: Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER and Lasse CRONQVIST (both Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, May 2006
La Lógica de la Polķtica Comparada con Enfoque Especial en las Técnicas de ‘Qualitative Comparative Analysis’ y Conjuntos Borrosos (in Spanish language)
Instructor: Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest)
University of Marburg, Germany, March 2006
Short Course on Marburg QCA Spring Course (in German)
Instructors: Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER and Lasse CRONQVIST (both Philipps-Universität Marburg)
University of Bern, Switzerland, March 2006
Short Course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructors: Carsten Q. SCHNEIDER (CEU Budapest) and Claudius WAGEMANN (EUI Florence)
University of Bern, Switzerland, January 2006
Short course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructors: Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest) and Claudius Wagemann (EUI Florence)
WZBerlin, Germany, October 2005
Short Course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructor: Carsten Q. SCHNEIDER (CEU Budapest)
Washington, USA, August 2005
APSA Short Course
Short course on Fuzzy Sets methods
Instructor: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
Philadelphia, USA, August 2005
ASA Annual Meeting
Methodological Seminar on Scientific Foundations of Qualitative Research
Instructor: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
Philadelphia, USA, August 2005
ASA Annual Meeting
Methodological Seminar on Fuzzy Sets and Case-Oriented Research
Instructor: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, August 2005
Short Course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructors: Carsten Q. SCHNEIDER (CEU Budapest) and Claudius WAGEMANN (EUI Florence)
University of Essex, UK, July-August 2005
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Collection & Analysis
Systematic Qualitative Comparative Methods - Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Multi-Value QCA
Instructors: Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain) and Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Seoul, South Korea, June 2005
Methodological Seminar on Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Instructor: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
Academia Sinica, Taiwan, June 2005
Methodological Seminar on Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Instructor: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
European University Institute, Italy, May 2005
Short Course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructors: Carsten Q. SCHNEIDER (CEU Budapest) and Claudius WAGEMANN (EUI Florence)
University of Lüneburg, Germany, February 2005
Short course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
Instructors: Carsten Q. SCHNEIDER (CEU Budapest) and Claudius WAGEMANN (EUI Florence)
Chicago, USA, September 2004
APSA Short Course
Concepts, Causation, and Context: Integrating Methodologies
Instructor: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 2004
Sixth International Conference on Social Science Methodology
Recent Developments and Applications in Social Research Methodology
Instructors: Sakura YAMASAKI (UCLouvain) and Alain GOTTCHEINER (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Oslo, Norway, July 2004
Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies
Comparative Methodology: The Logic of Case Oriented Research
Instructor: Charles RAGIN (University of Arizona)
Essex, UK, July-August 2004
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection
Systematic Qualitative Comparative Methods - Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Multi-Value QCA
Instructors: Benoīt RIHOUX (UCLouvain) & Dirk BERG-SCHLOSSER (Philipps-Universitat Marburg)
European University Institute, Italy, April 2004
Short introductory workshop on technical aspects of QCA
Instructors: Claudius Wagemann (EUI Florence), Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest) & Stefano Bartolini (EUI Florence)
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) in Vienna, Austria, March 2004
Two presentations of QCA as an applied method
Instructors: Claudius Wagemann (EUI Florence) and Carsten Schneider (CEU Budapest)
UCLouvain, Belgium, March 2004
Midis de la Recherche Short Course (in French language)
Instructor: : Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain)
Brussels, Belgium
Ninth Annual Lecture in Social Statistics: QCA (Qualitative Comparative Analysis)
Instructors: Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain) and Gisčle DE MEUR (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Kaunas, Lithuania, October 2003
Teaching Seminar on The logic of QCA and its Application for the Social Sciences
Instructors: Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain), Gisčle DE MEUR (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Sakura YAMASAKI (UCLouvain)
Lille, France, September 2003
Summer School (in French language)
L’analyse quali-quantitative comparée (AQQC-QCA)
Instructors: Benoit RIHOUX (UCLouvain), Gisčle DE MEUR (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Sakura YAMASAKI (UCLouvain)