ECSR
European Consortium for Sociological Research

MZES
Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische
Sozialforschung

ECSR Graduate School 1999

ECSR-Workshops 1999

September 30^th - October 6^th

October 7^th – 8^th

at the Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES)

The ECSR Graduate School is a graduate level training programme for social scientists offered by the European Consortium for Sociological Research.

The primary target group for the courses are PhD students working in various fields of sociological research. Topics covered will vary, but the major focus is on theoretical and methodological problems of comparative research.

The ECSR Workshops provide a forum particularly for young researchers to present their work and facilitate co-operation among them. Each Workshop focuses on a specific topic out of the agenda of comparative social research and comprises several sessions.

Workshops consist of a working group led by noted professors or experienced researchers. They will attempt to build up a network of continued co-operation among the Workshop participants.

Plenary lectures:

Chair:

• Prof. Jutta Allmendinger und Stefan Fuchs:
  No U-Turn? The International Integration of Women into the Educational System and into Scientific Labour Markets

Prof. Walter Müller

• Prof. Marlis Buchmann
  The Interplay between the Private and the Public Self: Images of the Self over the last 20^th Century in Switzerland

Lecturers:

Groups on the following topics are chaired by:

• Prof. Hans-Peter Blossfeld
  Event History Modelling in Comparative Research
• Prof. Richard Breen
  Rational Choice in Comparative Research
• Prof. Frank Furstenberg
  Family Change and the Welfare of Children in Comparative Perspective
• John H. Goldthorpe
  Methodological Issues in Comparative
  Macro-Sociology
• Prof. Charles Ragin
  Alternative Strategies of Comparative Research

• Dr. Thomas Bahle and Astrid Pfenning
  Family Policy in Europe
• Dr. Sonja Drobnic and Dr. Karin Kurz
  Work/Family in Comparative Perspective
• Prof. Anthony Heath and Prof. Nan Dirk de Graaf
  Comparative Political Sociology
• Prof. Karl-Ulrich Mayer
  Comparative Life Course Analysis
• Dr. Paul Nieuwbeerta
  Causes and Consequences of Socio-Economic and Political Attitudes in Eastern and Western Europe
• Prof. Bernd Wegener
  Comparative Empirical Research on Social Justice

Participants of the ECSR Graduate School have the opportunity to join the ECSR-Workshops which will take place immediately following the Graduate School.

For further information please refer to our website:
or contact MZES:
e-mail: ecsr@mzes.uni-mannheim.de