Dear All
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This is the invitation for a workshop organised at Bremen International
Graduate School for Social Sciences "Ideas in Social Research".
Kindest regards,
Organization Team
Marzena Kloka, Alexander Schellinger, Dorota Szelewa and Philine Weyrauch
WORKSHOP
Ideas in Social Research
17-18 November 2011
Call for Papers
Studying ideational influence has been one of the most interesting
developments of social research in recent decades. Ideas have been addressed
as the sources of social and institutional transformation, the points of
reference for studying processes of decision-making or for detecting
discursive frameworks in public debates on policy change. Simultaneously,
ideational research in different fields has stimulated the development of
sophisticated research tools and analytical frameworks, often with regard to
quite specific policy fields or social phenomena.
And yet, the discussion about ideas in all fields of social research has
been challenged by similar and often very basic questions: What are ideas?
Where do they come from? How do they matter? How do they travel? What is the
relation between culture, values, discourse and ideas? (How) can we use
ideas in social sciences?
The workshop starts from these common challenges to discuss ideational
frameworks in social sciences from different theoretical perspectives and
research areas. Therefore, researchers of public policy, political economy,
European studies, and international relations, welfare state research,
institutional evolution or political theory and sociology are welcome to
participate in the workshop. We invite PhD students and other researchers
working on these questions to send an abstract (max. 500 words) until
October 10th 2011 to [log in to unmask] Both theoretical
accounts of ideational approaches and papers applying these analytical tools
to empirical analyses are welcome. Presentations will be grouped according
to subject areas into different panels with senior researchers as
commentators. The workshop also includes general sessions of literature
discussion with all researchers. Senior researchers at the workshop are:
Prof. Silke Bothfeld, Hochschule Bremen
Prof. Thomas Diez, Universität Tübingen
Prof. Jane Jenson, University of Montreal
Prof. Frank Nullmeier, Universität Bremen
Prof. Craig Parsons, University of Oregon
Prof. Sven Steinmo, European University Institute
You will be informed about the acceptance of your paper by October 20th.
Workshop participation is free of charge. Participants have to cover their
own accommodation and travel costs.
For further information and questions feel free to contact the organizing
team:
Marzena Kloka, Alexander Schellinger, Dorota Szelewa and Philine Weyrauch at
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