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Integrating Sociological Theory and Research in Europe (ISTARE)

Euro Summer School

Integrating Sociological Theory and Research in Europe (ISTARE)


Solidarity and Inequality: markets, states and communities

August 22 – 27, 2005

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The Euro Summer School “Integrating Sociological Theory and Research in
Europe” is organized on behalf of the European Consortium of
Sociological Research (ECSR) and provides intensive, rigorous and systematic
graduate training to young researchers from all European (and
exceptionally also non-European) countries.

The Summer School combines two elements of teaching and learning
opportunities: a set of lectures and seminars by eminent sociological
practitioners, and a set of workshops devoted to more in-depth analysis of
specific issues and at which participants’ own work can be discussed
alongside that of established sociologists. In this way the Summer School
seeks to combine traditional teaching methods with the opportunity for
young researchers to receive direct, practical guidance.

Being organized annually within the ECSR network members institutes,
the Summer School contributes to the creation of a network of excellence
of research centers in Europe and helps researchers to get acquainted
with each other and with the research facilities in various European
countries.

Please click on these links for more details about the various aspects
of the Summer School.

Organization
This year’s topic
Programme and daily schedule
Application procedure
Accommodation and fees


Organization


Period: from Monday, August 22 to Saturday, August 27, 2005


Organizing Institution: Interuniversity Center for Social Science
Theory and Methodology (ICS), The Netherlands

This is the joint graduate school in the social sciences of the
universities of Groningen, Nijmegen and Utrecht

(www.ics-graduateschool.nl).

Information: m.h.bosman@ppsw.rug.nl


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This year’s topic

During the six days of the summer school, bridges will be built between
theoretical and empirical sociology. Theoretically, the assumption that
persons act rationally has been applied to a wide variety of subjects
under various conditions. Not only (1) the state and (2) the market are
powerful conditions for coordinating human activities, also (3)
families and other communities are important coordination mechanisms. In the
Summer School examples of these three theoretical approaches will be
given.

In recent sociology, the application of the assumption of rational
actors under the coordinating conditions of states, markets and
communities, has been accompanied not only by an emphasis on methods for
analyzing large-scale data-sets, but also by specific developments in the
collection of large-scale datasets. In the summer school, data-collection
aimed at all three conditions (markets, state, and families and other
communities) will be presented.

Theoretical and empirical work in the summer school is focused at
inequality and solidarity in states, markets and families. Students who work
in the fields of education, work, social security, the family,
religion, life style and consumption are invited to attend the summer school
and present and discuss their current research.

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Programme and Daily Schedule
The basic structure of each Graduate School event consists of a six-day
programme with about 6 distinguished scholars and about 40 graduate
student/young researcher participants. The programme entails 5 ‘Lecture
days’ plus one day of parallel workshops. On each of the lecture days the
lecturer gives 2 lectures, one, a state of the survey lecture
emphasising a particular theoretical/methodological problem of ISTAR, the other,
an applied ‘science-in-action’ lecture drawing on the lecturer’s own
recent or ongoing research. Lecture days begin with a lecture from a
leading European researcher providing a comprehensive overview of their
field of expertise, followed by presentations by two graduate students on
sub-topics related to particular areas within the filed. The afternoon
programme consists of an applied lecture, where the lecturer provides a
detailed exposition of his/her recent or ongoing empirical research.
The day’s programme concludes with a Workshop paper presentation by a
young researcher or advanced graduate student. Each individual
session is designed to ensure adequate time for detailed discussion and
critique. All papers will be circulated in advance of the summer school.


Some distinguished scholars present will be: Walter Korpi (Stockholm
University, Sweden), Tanja van der Lippe (Utrecht University,
Netherlands), Wout Ultee (Radboud University, Netherlands).


Further information about the programme will follow.

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Application procedure

The deadline for the application is June 1, 2005. Applications should
include:

1. a cv of the candidate-participant

2. a brief description of her/his research: please send an abstract
including the main research questions and hypotheses, the sociological
context and theoretical perspectives, the research design and methods
used.

3 a letter of recommendation of the supervisor of the Ph.D
candidate.



Selected participants will be notified before July 1, 2005 and they
will have to submit their papers before August 1, 2005 (see Points of
reference).


Applications can be sent to:

Dr Rie (M.H.) Bosman

ICS/Sociology

Grote Rozenstraat 31

9712 TG Groningen

the Netherlands

m.h.bosman@ppsw.rug.nl


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Accommodation and fees


The ECSR Summer School will be held at:

Meeting- and Training Center Jonkerbosch

Burgemeester Daleslaan 23, 6532 CL Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0)24 3500335

Fax: +31 (0)24 3500336

http://www.jonkerbosch-bv.nl/


The cost for the Summer School will be 400 Euro, which includes fees,
accommodation (in 2-person bedrooms), lunches, and dinners. For a
one-person bedroom an extra € 70,-- must be added. Travel expenses to
Nijmegen (via direct train from Schiphol Airport) and personal expenses must
be added to this. Students who intend to present a paper are preferred.
Students form Eastern or Central Europe who wish to apply for grants,
should mention this in the accompanying letter or e-mail.

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