MA ‘Studies in European Societies’ IMPORTANT BENCHMARKS AND DEADLINES
DATE 17. 09 14. 09 (postponed until 21. 09!) VENUE EVENT Chair of comparative sociology Choice of supervisors + preliminary paper topics to be presented at the chair meeting Council of young Open interdisciplinary seminar for scholars + young scholars ‘Scientific CGES Environment’: deadline for submissions September 2015 CGES -September 2016 ‘Arts for the city’ project Early October + every 3 weeks Faculty of Open interdisciplinary seminar for sociology, SPSU young scholars ‘Scientific Environment’: panels 14. 10 Council of young Competition of English-language scholars + articles (target group: young scholars = CGES MA and Ph. D from Russia and Europe): deadline for submissions
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* *Participants: you scholars from Russia and Europe working in the field of social sciences *Format: panels of 2 -3 papers each + intense moderated discussion *Languages: Russian, English *Time: Wednesday, every three weeks, 19. 00 *Place: Faculty of sociology, St. Petersburg State University *Presentation of results: videos created by enlightenment project Lectorium, reports in the Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, webpages of the Council of young scientists, Faculty of sociology; CGES + social networks and media
* *Geography: research and educational centers of St. Petersburg (SPSU, NRU HSE, EU SPb, CICR, SI RAS), Russia (KSU), Europe (Barcelona, Vienna, Luneburg, London and other cities) *Panels in spring-2015: • Телесные практики конструирования, переопределения и презентации женственности • Политики социального исключения / Politics and policies of social exclusion • Борьба за города и борьба в городах: пространственные прибыли и политические решения • Язык, текст и повседневные практики • ‘Soil of the Social’: Enframing Space, Place and Materiality in Social Research
* *http: //www. soc. spbu. ru/nauka/council_of_young_scientists/ *http: //www. zdes. spbu. ru/ In social networks: *http: //vk. com/council_spbu *http: //vk. com/zdes_spbu *http: //www. facebook. com/youngsocfak *http: //www. facebook. com/Center. For. German. And. European. St udies
DATE VENUE EVENT Late Octoberearly November Chair of comparative sociology Presentation of research projects/topics approval (deadline for submissions: September 12) 09 -10. 10 Faculty of All-Russian Research Symposium sociology, SPSU ‘Social Communications in Culture: Innovation Potential of Creative Industries’ 13 -15. 11 Faculty of X Kovalevsky readings (deadline for sociology, SPSU submissions: October 10) Late November Council of young Competition of English-language scholars + articles: presentations of finalists CGES early December Council of young Workshop on International Papers scholars + Writing and Publishing for Finalists of CGES Competition of Articles by Young Social Scientists
DATE November VENUE Faculty of Competition among students for sociology, SPSU scholarships to Bielefeld and Magdeburg Around Bielefeld and 13. 01 -03. 02 other destinations February/ March EVENT Winter School in Germany Faculty of Competition for scholarships to the sociology, SPSU Universities of Bielefeld and Magdeburg From late Council of young Open interdisciplinary seminar for young February on scholars + scholars ‘Scientific Environment’: panels CGES March CGES Methodological Workshop Series for students: Intense methodological training April Faculty of MA SES internships training sociology, SPSU
DATE VENUE EVENT April-May online Search for internship sites for those who plan to undertake the internship in summer Late April – mid May Universities of St. Conferences for young scholars such as Petersburg ‘Social communications’, ‘Sociology in the making’, etc. June/July online Call for participation in an international think tank for MA students together with Radboud University, Nijmegen
Choosing the research topic: key factors Ø Ø Ø Ø Personal interests/curiosity (emerging from everyday life experience, hobbies, membership in cultural groups and settings) Practical interests and applied problems + timeliness and applicability Ethical principles and ideals of the researcher Theoretical preferences Access to the field Time constraints and financial constraints Personal security and reputation
Research design Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Research problem (gnosiological or applied) Key research question -> goal Specific research questions -> tasks Subject of inquiry (“research object”) -> gaining access + samples, cases + necessary grounding Hypotheses (if needed/applicable) Data collection and data analysis methods + grounding Additionally: topicality, earlier researches on the topic/literature review Theoretical frame(s) + grounding of approach(es) chosen Preliminary schedule Ethics
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