Universität Wien

210098 SE M5 b: European Union and Europeanisation (engl.) (2009W)

Developing and Improving Research Designs

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Only for students with excellent knowledge of European integration (including theories), own research in the field, and good proficiency in English.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 14.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 21.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 28.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 04.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 11.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 18.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 25.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 02.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 09.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 16.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 13.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 20.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Wednesday 27.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar is designed to serve the needs of students preparing a Master or Doctoral Thesis in the field of European integration. It aims to proffer exchange between high-level students from different fields of political science and from various >Privatissima< of different professors, to discuss issues of research design.

European integration is understood in a wide sense, covering
- the bottom-up shifting of competences,
- the background to deadlock and breakthrough in EU decision-making, and finally
- the top-down impact of European integration in the member states and beyond >Europeanization<.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular and active participation throughout the semester, presentation of own research, feedback for colleagues, summaries of literature. Maximum absence without medical certificate: 2 units. Maximum "test period" is three weeks, afterwards all students will be marked.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attention: Only for students with excellent knowledge of European integration (including theories), with good proficiency in English, and with own research in the field -- since the goal is to improve the research design of ongoing master and PhD theses.

Examination topics

Issues of research design will be discussed in-depth, on the basis of the students' own research outlines, and so will classic and recent literature from the field of European integration theory.

Reading list

Graziano, Paolo and Maarten, Vink (eds) Europeanization: New Research Agendas. Houndmills UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Wallace, Helen / Wallace, William / Pollack, Mark (eds.) 2005: Policy-Making in the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2005.

Richardson, Jeremy (ed.), European Union: Power and Policy-making, 3rd Edition: Routledge 2005.

http://eiop.or.at/erpa/
The European Research Papers Archive (ERPA) is a common access point for currently nine high-quality online working paper series in the field of European integration research (including, for example, the one of the European University Institute). Hundreds of articles can be searched and read full text, for free.

Association in the course directory

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