List of Past PhD Courses
Thesis Workshop 2019
Ulrik Brandes, Marlis Buchmann, Catherine Herfeld, Heiko Rauhut, Jörg Rössel, Katja Rost, Michael J. Shanahan, Christoph Stadtfeld, Marc Szydlik
Donnerstag und Freitag, 7. und 8. November 2019
Ort: Propstei Wislikofen
2 ECTS Credits für Teilnahme, 4 ECTS Credits für Teilnahme mit Präsentation
Dieses Seminar ist ein zwei-tägiger, auswärtiger Workshop mit Professorinnen und Professoren des Soziologischen Instituts und der ETH Zürich. Doktorierende und Post-Docs präsentieren und diskutieren ihre Forschungsideen und ihre aktuellsten Forschungsprojekte. Ziel ist den Teilnehmenden wertvolles Feedback zu ihrer Arbeit zu geben, die Forschungsqualität zu erhöhen und die gemeinsame Identität der Soziologie in Zürich zu stärken.
Current Sociological Research HS19
Catherine Herfeld, Heiko Rauhut, Jörg Rössel, Katja Rost, Michael J. Shanahan, Marc Szydlik
Tuesdays, 12:15 to 1:45 p.m., on 17 September to 12 December 2019
During the course, new research findings will be presented and discussed. Presentations will be given by members of the Institute of Sociology and by outside lecturers. On preannouncement at least one semester in advance, PhD candidates can give a lecture on their own research topics.
Completing Your PhD Successfully on Time HS19
Tress Academic (https://tressacademic.com/)
Wednesday to Friday, 3 day-course, in English, 2-4 October 2019
2 ECTS Credits
Recommended for PhD students in their first or second year of study
This course addresses the most common problems PhD students face and supports them in mastering the challenges of a PhD. It equips PhD students with the tools and techniques needed to complete their PhD project successfully and on schedule. Most PhD students experience the process to the PhD degree as a professional and personal challenge. International empirical studies document delays in completion as a result of a variety of problems that PhD students face in this process. In this course participants learn step-by-step how to conduct and complete a PhD study successfully.
Einzelcoaching Bewerbungsunterlagen HS19
Prof. Prof. h.c. Dr. Dr. h.c. Elisabeth Cheauré
Montag, 9. Dezember 2019
ohne ECTS Credits
Max. 6 Teilnehmende können von einem individuellen Coaching (ca. 30 Minuten) profitieren, in welchem sie ihre eigenen Bewerbungsunterlagen besprechen und optimieren werden. Zur Vorbereitung auf das Einzelcoaching ist eine fiktive oder reale Bewerbung auf der Grundlage eines konkreten Ausschreibungstextes zu erstellen. Auch eine fiktive Bewerbung sollte sich auf eine tatsächlich ausgeschriebene Stelle beziehen.
Über die Workshopleiterin: http://www.slavistik.uni-freiburg.de/personal/elisabeth-cheaure
Workshop Berufungstraining HS19
Prof. Prof. h.c. Dr. Dr. h.c. Elisabeth Cheauré
Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2019
1 ECTS Credits
Modulbuchung und Anmeldung bitte über institut(at)soziologie.uzh.ch
Im Workshop werden die Prozesse innerhalb eines Berufungsverfahrens ausführlich dargestellt und diskutiert. Teilnehmende lernen den Aufbau von Berufungsverfahren in seinen einzelnen Phasen und eigene Handlungsspielräume kennen, sie erhalten wertvolle Tipps, welche Strategien in den verschiedenen Phasen zum Erfolg führen können. Die Teilnehmenden haben Gelegenheit, unter Anleitung der Workshopleiterin Bewerbungsstrategien zu erarbeiten und sich auf Bewerbungsverfahren vorzubereiten.
Über die Workshopleiterin:
http://www.slavistik.uni-freiburg.de/personal/elisabeth-cheaure
Forschungskolloquium FS19
Catherine Herfeld, Heiko Rauhut, Jörg Rössel, Katja Rost, Michael J. Shanahan, Marc Szydlik
Dienstag, 12.15 bis 13.45 Uhr jeweils am 19. und 26. Februar, 12. März, 2. und 30. April, 14. und 28. Mai 2019
In der Veranstaltung werden neue Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt und diskutiert. Vorträge werden von Institutsangehörigen und externen Referierenden gehalten. Auf Vorankündigung mindestens ein Semester im Voraus können Doktorierende einen Vortrag über ihr eigenes Forschungsthema halten (3 ECTS Credist für Vortrag)
Workshop Academic Writing for Sociologists FS19
Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Scientific Writing
We’re happy to announce a workshop in Academic Writing for Sociologists.
This workshop is offered in collaboration with the Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich.
Writing for Sociologists is a short language course (5 x 4-lesson workshops) designed to help doctoral students and Postdocs develop the skills needed to write their (first) articles. The course deals with topics such as targeting selected readerships, structuring the text effectively, producing fluent and reader-friendly sentences and paragraphs, and revising and editing the text before submission and in response to reviewers’comments.
Please find here more information about the course and the previewed dates:
https://studentservices.uzh.ch/uzh/anonym/vvz/index.html#/details/2018/004/SM/50937354
Fundraising, and Proposal Writing 2018
Eurorelations
23.11.2018 & 07.12.2018, 9 pm–17 pm, tba
Course for PhD students, Postdocs and early career researchers
Module: Proposal writing
ECTS: 2 ECTS
Link to the course catalogue
Research needs funding from third parties, mainly public funding providers. And doctoral candidates are supposed to write research proposals to acquire funding for their research ideas and their team. But to successfully obtain these third-party funds it is essential to have an all-around convincing project proposal, which exposes the own research idea in a keen manner.
In this training, participants will get to know the most important national and European and worldwide funding programmes. They will get to know the different funding opportunities as well as their specific requirements. In a second step, the participants will learn to understand and start to write specific parts of a research proposal: the research plan, the impact chapter, the implementation, the career plan, the budget, the ethics, the gender aspects and other parts requested by the funding agencies the participants intend to address.
They will furthermore discuss communication issues and how our messages are transported effectively to evaluation committees, including the presentation of the research group and CVs. To distinguish proposal writing from scientific (paper) writing is of key importance and therefore, elements in common and differences will be elaborated.
Course objectives
- Where to find appropriate fellowship funding (preparatory homework)
- How to apply: A-Z of the proposal submission process
- How to attract an evaluators’ attention for my proposal? Success factors for proposals
- Practice writing of a fellowship proposal
- Gain experience in reviewing fellowship proposals
Method
- Theoretical introduction and practical exercises in groups
- Homework: Students are expected to choose a funding programme of their interest and deliver a requirements’ list for a proposal submission
- Database research on the internet
- Practical exercises
Thesis Workshop 2018
Ulrik Brandes, Marlis Buchmann, Catherine Herfeld, Heiko Rauhut, Jörg Rössel, Katja Rost, Michael J. Shanahan, Christoph Stadtfeld, Marc Szydlik
Thursday, 8th until Friday, 9th November 2018 at Seminarhotel Kloster Kappel
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Thesis Workshop
ECTS: 2 ECTS for participation/ 4 ECTS for presentation
Programm Thesis Workshop 2018 (PDF, 910 KB)
Link to the course catalogue
This seminar is a two-day Workshop with professors of the UZH and the ETH to present and discuss current research projects and research ideas. The aim is to give PhD students/postdocs valuable feedback on their work, to increase the quality of research and to strengthen the common identity of Sociologists in Zurich.
Writing for Leading Academic Journals 2018
David Seidl
12.10.2018, 9am–12am and 1pm–6pm AND-3-48
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Scientific Writing
ECTS: 2 ECTS
Link to the course catalogue
This one-day seminar is aimed at advanced PhD students who are interested in publishing in leading academic journals. Based on a sample of well-known published papers, the students will learn about (1) how to set up an argument, (2) how to relate theory and empirics to each other, (3) how to structure the article, (4) how to write the different (sub)sections of an article and (5) what is expected in terms of academic writing styles. The course will be taught in an interactive manner involving group discussions, group exercises and presentations.
Suggested course structure:
1. Session: Welcome and introduction (45 min): In this session the students will learn about the general structure of a research paper and the role of the different sections.
2. Session (2h): Ways of setting up an argument. In this session the participants will learn about different ways of setting up an argument. They will be asked to analyze (in groups) exemplary introductions of published papers. In particular, they will learn about how to problematize the existing literature (“research gap”) and, based on that, how to construct a research question.
3. Session (2h): Hands-on exercise on setting up an argument: Based on the learnings of the first session, the students are asked to examine the introductions of some of their own papers and to discuss ways of improving them.
4. Session (2h): Engaging with the literature: In this session the participants will learn about how to set up a focused literature review and how to engage with the literature in the discussion section. For this purpose the students will be asked to analyze prominent examples of published works.
5. Session (2h): Interweaving theory and empirics: In this session students will learn about ways of interweaving theory and empirical data. This session is particularly focused on qualitative papers.
Biographical note
David Seidl (PhD, Cambridge University) is a Professor of Management and Organization at the Department of Business Administration at the University of Zurich and is a Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research (CBR) at Cambridge University. He is also a senior editor of Organization Studies and editorial member of several other journals including Organization, Journal of Management Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Management Studies and Strategic Organization. He has published widely on organization and management in leading international journals including Academy of Management Annals, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies and Organization Studies. He has also (co)edited several special issues including most recently on “Resistance in and around organizations” (Organization Studies). He is also author and editor of several books including the Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice (Cambridge University Press) and Niklas Luhmann and Organization Studies (Copenhagen Business School Press).
Meet the Editor: Publishing in Top Peer-Reviewed Journals 2018
Melinda Mills
16.05.2018, 13 pm–16 pm, AND 3.46
Course for PhD students, Postdocs and early career researchers
Module: Publishing
ECTS: 1 ECTS
This Workshop will delve into the main issues, challenges and strategies of publishing in top peer-reviewed journals. The Workshop will begin with a general lecture and discussion of an insider’s view of how publishing works from an Editor’s perspective. This will be followed by focused topics and discussions on: the challenges of publishing in interdisciplinary projects, developing a strong paper (that will not get desk rejected), selecting a journal, responding to revisions and strategies for building attention to your work. Students will be provided with concrete examples of rejections, responses to reviewers, and the pipeline of the entire process of publication. They will also see strategies to promote the wider understanding and use of their research to academics and the public. Students are encouraged to examine which journals they would like to publish in, and welcome to bring draft papers or ideas of projects to class. The Workshop will be held in English.
Biographical note
Melinda Mills is the Nuffield Professor of Sociology, Head of the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College. Since 2012, she has been the Editor-in-Chief of the European Sociological Review, one of the highest ranked sociology journals in the discipline. She is a regular reviewer for various journals and has published in ociology, demography (Social Forces, Journal of Marriage & Family, Population Studies) and other general science journals such as Nature Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, JAMA Psychiatry, PloS One.
Workshop: Networks and Culture: Taking Stock of Existing Research and Thinking About the Future 2018
Frédéric Godart (INSEAD)
Tuesday, 27.02.2018, 2 pm–6 pm
The use of network-analytical tools and relational thinking for the understanding of culture has been flourishing for the last couple of years across disciplines, notably in sociology, communication studies, and management. In this workshop, I offer an overview of some of the key trends at play, and offers some ideas for the development of this new approach.
Biographical note:
Frédéric Godart is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behavior at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. His research examines the factors leading to the emergence of creativity in organisations and the global dynamics of creative industries. In particular, he explores the impact of formal and informal social networks on the emergence of novel and useful ideas, and the role played by stylistic and cultural dynamics in the formation of firms' identities. His research focuses on fashion and luxury sectors (e.g. design, modelling, watchmaking, footwear). He has published in a wide range of leading academic peer-reviewed journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Organization Studies, the Annual Review of Sociology, and Social Forces, practitioner-oriented journals (notably Harvard Business Review), as well as several edited books. Frédéric wrote a book on the structure and culture of the fashion industry, Sociologie de la mode (A Sociology of Fashion), which has been translated into Portuguese(Brazil) and Spanish (Argentina) languages.
Research Colloquium HS2018
Catherine Herfeld, Heiko Rauhut, Jörg Rössel, Katja Rost, Michael J. Shanahan, Marc Szydlik
Tuesday, 12.15 pm–1.45 pm, AND 2.48
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Research Colloquium
Course programm (PDF, 32 KB)Research Colloquium FS2018
Catherine Herfeld, Heiko Rauhut, Jörg Rössel, Katja Rost, Michael J. Shanahan, Marc Szydlik
Tuesday, 12.15 pm–1.45 pm, AND 2.48
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Research Colloquium
Link to the course catalogue (PDF, 134 KB)
Course programmWriting (and Reading) for Academic Journals 2017
Lomi Alessandro
27.04.2017, 1 pm - 5 pm, AND-3-46
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Scientific Writing
ECTS: 1 ECTS
The main proposition developed in this seminar is that activities of writing for academic journals are closely connected to activities of reading for them. In practice, this means that reviewing activities are an integral component in the intellectual and professional development of early-career scholars. More generally, the emphasis on reading for academic journals suggests that the notion of “contribution” can be understood only in the context of multiple conversations that authors engage with communities organized around specific journals. Strategies of competitive differentiation between academic journals (and important changes in the academic publishing industry) imply that these communities are only partially overlapping even within broadly defined “disciplines.” As a consequence submission to a journal is, at least in part, an act of affiliation – an issue that students reading sociology are professionally trained to appreciate. In the seminar, we will introduce the basic distinction between “developmental” and “evaluative” reviewing, and examine several examples of how successful authors try to frame their “contribution” in the context of ongoing theoretical conversations. We will also outline how different scientific traditions differ in what they consider a “contribution,” and discuss how scientific “impact” is both an important issue for individual careers, as well an object of current research in the emerging areas of “science of science,” and “team science.” If time and number of participants allow it, we will also go through a “structured abstract exercise” designed to help participants reflect on their own research ideas and practices.
Background readings
Börner, K., Contractor, N., Falk-Krzesinski, H.J., Fiore, S.M., Hall, K.L., Keyton, J., Spring, B., Stokols, D., Trochim, W. and Uzzi, B., 2010. A multi-level systems perspective for the science of team science. Science Translational Medicine, 2(49), pp.49cm24-49cm24.
Eagle, N., Macy, M. and Claxton, R., 2010. Network diversity and economic development. Science, 328(5981), pp.1029-1031.
Granovetter, M.S., 1973. The strength of weak ties. American journal of sociology, 78(6), pp.1360-1380.
Ma, A., Mondragón, R.J. and Latora, V., 2015. Anatomy of funded research in science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(48), pp.14760-14765.
Radicchi, F., Fortunato, S. and Castellano, C., 2008. Universality of citation distributions: Toward an objective measure of scientific impact. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(45), pp.17268-17272
Uzzi, B., Mukherjee, S., Stringer, M. and Jones, B., 2013. Atypical combinations and scientific impact. Science, 342(6157), pp.468-472;
Wuchty, S., Jones, B.F. and Uzzi, B., 2007. The increasing dominance of teams in production of knowledge. Science, 316(5827), pp.1036-1039.
Biographical note
Alessandro Lomi (PhD, Cornell University, New York) is a Professor in Organization Theory and Behavior in the Faculty of Economics of the University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano where he directs the Social Network Analysis Research (SONAR) Center, and co-directs the Interdisciplinary Institute of Data Science. During the period 2008-2016 he was an elected Conseiller a la Recherche in the Human and Social Sciences Division of the Conseil national de la recherche Suisse (Swiss NSF), where he also served as vice-Chairperson of the Interdisciplinary Research Commission. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge (U.K.), and Honorary Senior Fellow in the School of Psychological Sciences of the University of Melbourne (Australia). In 2011 he was awarded a Banco Santander Cátedra de Excelencia (Chair of Excellence) Professorship at the Universidad Carlos III, Madrid (Spain). In 2008 he was Jemolo Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford (U.K.). In 2002-03 he was N.A.T.O. Senior Research Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute (New Mexico). In the less recent past, he was a Full Professor in the Faculty of Economics of the University of Bologna (Italy), an Assistant Professor at the London Business School (University of London, U.K.), a Visiting Professor at the Haas School of Business (University of California, Berkeley), and at the Stern Graduate School of Business (New York University). He is currently a Visiting Scientist at the ETH Zurich (Chair of Computational Social Science).
Thesis workshop 2017
Catherine Herfeld, Christoph Stadtfeld, Heiko Rauhut, Jörg Rössel, Katja Rost, Marc Szydlik, Marlis Buchmann, Michael J. Shanahan, Peter-Ulrich Merz-Benz
19.-20. October 2017, Monastery Fischingen
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Thesis workshop
ECTS: 2 ECTS for participation/ 4 ECTS for presentation
This seminar is a two-day workshop with professors of the UZH and the ETH to present and discuss current research projects and research ideas. The aim is to give PhD students/postdocs valuable feedback on their work, to increase the quality of research and to strengthen the common identity of Sociologists in Zurich.
(Inter)National journals: Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Journals 2017
Hendrik Vollmer
21.09.2017, 9am - 12am and 1pm - 6pm
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Publishing
ECTS: 2 ECTS
This workshop invites graduate students to engage with the main issues associated with publishing in peer-reviewed journals. The day will begin with a lecture providing an insider’s view of the organisation of peer review among editors, reviewers, and editorial broads. This will be followed by seminar sessions dedicated to the distinct steps of developing research papers towards publication: working on drafts, writing abstracts, targeting distinct journal audiences and reviewers, responding to reviewers. Students are welcome to bring their draft papers and publication projects to class.
The workshop will be held in either German or English depending on attendance. Please state your language preference when registering for the workshop.
Biographical note
Hendrik Vollmer is Associate Professor at the School of Business, University of Leicester. From 2008-2015 he was the editor-in-chief of the Zeitschrift für Soziologie, one of Germany’s leading sociological journals. He is also a member of the editorial board of Accounting, Organizations and Society, one of the few 4-star ABS journals hosted in Europe. He has published and reviewed widely in peer-reviewed journals in both sociology and accounting, and continues to produce research in both areas. Selected publications: The Sociology of Disruption, Disaster and Social Change (Cambridge University Press, 2013), What Kind of Game Is Everyday Interaction? (Rationality & Society 2013), How to Do More with Numbers (Accounting, Organizations and Society 2007).
Research Colloquium HS2017
Heiko Rauhut, Jörg Rössel, Katja Rost, Marc Szydlik, Michael J. Shanahan
Tuesday, 12.15 pm - 1.45 pm, AND-2-44
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Research Colloquium
Research Colloquium FS2017
Heiko Rauhut, Jörg Rössel, Katja Rost, Marc Szydlik, Michael J. Shanahan
Tuesday, 12.15 pm - 1.45 pm, AND-2-44
Course for PhD students and Postdocs
Module: Research Colloquium
| 21.02.2017 | Bernhard Kittel: Das Verhältnis von Wirtschaftssoziologie und Verhaltensökonomie: Eine interdisziplinäre Bruch- oder Schnittstelle? |
| 28.02.2017 | Marc Keuschnigg: Social Influence and the Wisdom of Crowds |
| 14.03.2017 | Ariane Bertogg: Better Off Alone? Partnership Status and Elders' Health Vulnerabilities |
| 21.03.2017 | Martin Diewald: The Long Shadow of the Family of Origin for Offspring's Attainment: Is it in the Genes or is it Parental Resources and Behavior? |
| 04.04.2017 | Dirk Baecker: Theorie der Netzwerkgesellschaft |
| 11.04.2017 | Philipp Chapkovskii: Collective Sanctions |
| 25.04.2017 | Tina Schmid und Reto Wick: „Das weiss nur Statistik Stadt Zürich“ – Unser Datenangebot für die sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung |
| 09.05.2017 | Siegwart M. Lindenberg: Boosting Individualism: What Effects Does It Have on Organizations? A Randomized Field Experiment |
| 16.05.2017 | Melinda Mills: A Sociogenomic Approach to Study Fertility |
| 23.05.2017 | Hannes Schwandt: The Lasting Legacy of Seasonal Influenza: In-utero Exposure and Human Capital Development |