Магистратура
2025/2026
Научно-исследовательский семинар "Искусство сравнений"
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Сравнительные социальные исследования / Comparative Social Research)
Кто читает:
Департамент социологии
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1-4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
12
Контактные часы:
96
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The idea of the research seminar "Craft of Comparisons" is to present the students the rich spectrum of comparative studies: from sociology and demography to economics, cultural studies and even linguistics.
Students will get familiar with not only most important theoretical concepts but also learn the cutting-edge methodological approaches. Seminar is conducted by accomplished scientists with solid research and teaching backgrounds. They will bring their own experience and examples to make the seminars richer and more practical.
During this research seminar students will get familiar with professional, social, and scientific research ethics; with the article and book publication processes; and with academic and research job market. Students will improve the implementation of research designs into their Term papers and Master's theses which will strengthen their professional portfolios.
Learning Objectives
- To be able to understand the difference between comparative research strategies in different scientific disciplines
- To be able to detect similar approaches of different disciplines in order to organise, conduct and analyse comparative research
- To be able to choose a correct theoretical and methodological approach for a planned research
- To be able to interpret the results and formulate the pivotal research findings
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Able to understand the difference between comparative research strategies in different scientific disciplines
- Able to detect similar approaches of different disciplines in order to organise, conduct and analyse comparative research
- Able to choose a correct theoretical and methodological approach for a planned research
- Able to interpret the results and formulate the pivotal research findings
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.5 * Short tasks + 0.5 * Tests
- 2025/2026 4th module0.5 * Short tasks + 0.5 * Tests
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Advances in mixed methods research : theories and applications, , 2008
- Ages, generations and the social contract : the demographic challenges facing the welfare state, , 2007
- Class and gender in Russian welfare policies : soviet legacies and contemporary challenges, Iarskaia - Smirnova, E., 2011
- Configurational comparative methods : qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and related techniques, , 2009
- Cross-linguistic influences in multilingual language acquisition, , 2012
- Education and the family : passing success across the generations, Feinstein, L., 2008
- Fallon, M. (2016). Writing up quantitative research in the social and behavioral sciences. Brill.
- Gender in cross-cultural perspective, , 2005
- Integrating analyses in mixed methods research, Bazeley, P., 2018
- Introduction to behavioral economics : noneconomic factors that shape economic decisions, Just, D. R., 2014
- Social stratification : class, race, and gender in sociological perspective, , 2014
- The Oxford handbook of quantitative methods. Vol.2: Statistical analysis, , 2013
- Базовые ценности-2008: сходства и различия между россиянами и другими европейцами : препринт, Магун В.С., Руднев М.Г., 2010
- Динамика трудовых ценностей экономически активного населения России, 1991-2004гг. Препринт WP3/20..., Магун, В. С., 2006
- Индивидуальные и страновые факторы гордости своей страной : автореф. дис. ... канд. социологических наук : 22.00.04, Фабрикант, М. С., 2017
- Ценностные установки представителей бизнес-сообщества и его модернизационный потенциал в современ... : дис. ... канд. социологических наук : 22.00.03, Соболева, Н. Э., 2013
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Class formation, civil society and the state : a comparative analysis of Russia, France, the US and England, Burrage, M., 2008
- Degrees of inequality : culture, class, and gender in American higher education, Mullen, A. L., 2012
- Economic institutions and democratic reform : a comparative analysis of post-communist countries, Norgaard, O., 2000
- Qualitative methods for family studies and human development, Daly, K. J., 2007
- Qualitative methods in business research, Eriksson, P., 2016
- Qualitative research in political science. Vol.1: Backgrounds, pathways and directions in qualitative methodology, , 2016
- Quantitative methods for decision making using Excel, Davis, G., 2013
- Social stratification : class, race, and gender in sociological perspective, , 2001
- The SAGE handbook of qualitative methods in health research, , 2013
- Three generations, two genders, one world : women and men in a changing century, , 1998