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Tommaso Vitale
Dipartimento di Sociologia e della Ricerca Sociale
Università di Milano Bicocca
via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8
20126 Milano
tel: ++39.02 6448 7477
skype: tomvita
Papers and pre-prints:
http://homepage.mac.com/tommaso.vitale/
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> Da: Benoit Rihoux <benoit.rihoux@???>
> Data: 20 febbraio 2009 18:37:36 GMT+01:00
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> COMPASSS NEWSLETTER
> N°21 (20 February 09)
>
> COMParative methods for the Advancement of
> Systematic cross-case analysis and Small-N Studies
> http://www.compasss.org
> Main items :
> 1. COMPASSS (New Site – Following)
> 2. COMPASSS activities (18-20 March 09)
> 3. New Call for papers (deadline 24 March 09)
>
> --1. COMPASSS (NEW SITE - FOLLOWING)
> The 2nd generation COMPASSS International resource site, launched in
> early January 2009, is being gradually expanded. The International
> bibliographical database is back & fully operational -- http://www.compasss.org/pages/resources/international.html#
> . Hopefully we shall launch soon the new “Questions and Answers”
> forum page.
>
> --2. COMPASSS ACTIVITIES (18-20 MARCH 09)
> See details at : http://www.compasss.org/pages/announcements/compasssa.html
> 3 activities to be mentioned :
>
> - Wednesday 18 March 2009, 12:45 – 14:00, UCLouvain (Belgium),
> Distinguished guest lecture by Charles C. Ragin : “Redesigning
> Social Science Research: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond”
>
> - Thursday 19 March 2009, 14:00-17:00, KULeuven (Belgium), Master
> Class : fine-tuning QCA applications (crisp-set, multi-value or
> fuzzy-set QCA) – with the participation of Charles C. Ragin, Benoît
> Rihoux, and Wendy Olsen (University of Manchester) as advisors/
> experts. NB deadline for registrations 5 March 09
>
> - Not directly organized by COMPASSS, but also useful for junior
> researchers or advanced students reflecting of their methodology and
> methods in the course of a Ph.D. research (or research project) :
> Friday 20 March 2009 whole day, Brussels (Belgium): “3ème rencontre
> annuelle des doctorants en science politique” (3rd yearly meeting of
> Ph.D students in political science). This year’s topic (working
> languages : English & French) : “Questions of methodology and
> methods at the beginning of and during a Ph.D research / Questions
> de méthodologie et de méthodes au début et en cours de doctorat” –
> with several guest speakers & experts. Non-Belgium-based advanced
> students also welcome (participation is free – prior registration
> compulsory before 13 March 09).
> Thru : http://www.edtsciencepo.be/ -- All details at : http://centres.fusl.ac.be/EDTPOLS/document/Journeedoctoraledu20mars.pdf
>
> --3. NEW CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE 24 MARCH)
> see details at : http://www.compasss.org/pages/announcements/conferences.html
> For a workshop on “Configurational Approaches in Political Science:
> QCA, Fuzzy-Sets and Beyond”, to be held in Nijmegen (the
> Netherlands) on 28-29 May 2009, at the Dutch/Flemish
> Politologenetmaal (working language for this workshop : English).
> Different types of papers welcome. Deadline for paper proposals : 24
> March 09.
>
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