Universität Wien

230053 SE B8 Urban Sociology - Cities, territories, governance (2024W)

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4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 18.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Friday 22.11. 09:45 - 14:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Saturday 23.11. 09:45 - 14:45 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 10.01. 09:45 - 16:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course will look at urban sociology, multilevel governance and spatial disparities in (European) territories, including recent research results and pressing debates, and will provide students with the theoretical foundations and conceptual tools to critically approach urban research and territorial disparities. Students will be engaged in in-class presentations on group work related to urban and spatial research themes and readings. The students will gain in-depth knowledge related to urban sociology and territorial disparities, achieving familiarity with the main concepts, empirical methods, central themes and debates.

Main themes:
- Introduction to Urban Sociology: cities and space
- Urban and rural divides
- Territorial disparities and cohesion
- Multilevel governance structures
- The cultural and economic dimension of cities
- The perception of the city

Assessment and permitted materials

Students have to respect the deadlines agreed for each task. If the student does not perform in one of the tasks according to the deadline, the course is considered failed. Attendance at the sessions is expected (80%), if a student misses more than one session without legitimate justification, the course is considered failed. Permitted materials include scientific research articles and books, relevant grey literature and official data sources (e.g. Eurostat, OECD, Statistik Austria). The use of AI tools for the production of the final paper is not permitted.

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Important Grading Information:
All students who received a place in the course are assessed if they have not deregistered from the course in due time or if they have not credibly shown an important reason for their failure to deregister after the cause for this reason does no longer apply
Students who credibly show an important reason (e.g. a longer illness) for the withdrawal from a course with continuous assessment are not assessed.
Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer. The request for deregistration must be submitted immediately.
For a positive assessment of the course, all partial achievements must be fulfilled.
The plagiarism-detection service (Turnitin in Moodle) can be used in course of the grading.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the production of texts is only permitted if this is expressly requested by the lecturer (e.g. for individual work tasks).
In order to ensure good scientific practice, the lecturer can provide for a "grading-related discussion" of the written work submitted, which must be completed successfully.
If any requirement of the course has been fulfilled by fraudulent means, be it for example by cheating at an exam, plagiarizing parts of a written assignment or by faking signatures on an attendance sheet, the student's participation in the course will be discontinued, the entire course will be graded as "not assessed" and recorded accordingly.
You can find these and other provisions in the study law: https://satzung.univie.ac.at/studienrecht/.
In case you have received three negative assessments of a continuously assessed course and want to register for a fourth attempt, please make sure to contact the StudiesServiceUnit Sociology during the registration period (for more information see "third attempt for continuously assessed courses" https://soziologie.univie.ac.at/info/pruefungen/#c56313)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will be evaluated as follows:
- Final paper of approx. 2.500 words (50%-50 pts)
- Presentation of group work results for in-class discussion (30%-30 pts)
- Mandatory attendance and in-class-participation (20%-20 pts)

Final grades:
1. Excellent > 87
2. Very Good 75 -87
3. Good 63 -75
4. Sufficient 50 62
5. Not passed < 50

Criteria for evaluation of final paper:
- Structure and organisation of the text (15pts)
- Form und language (10pts)
- Content knowledge of topic and use of concepts from the course (25pts)

For a positive assessment of the course, all partial achievements must be fulfilled.

Examination topics

Introduction and inputs by the professor, individual presentation, work in groups, plenary discussion, essay structuring and preparation.

Reading list

Bagnasco, A. Le Galès P. (2000) Cities in contemporary Europe. Chapter 1. European cities: Local societies and collective actors, pp. 1-32.
Bell, D. A., & De-Shalit, A. (2013). The spirit of cities: Why the identity of a city matters in a global age. Princeton University Press.
Cucca, R., & Ranci, C. (2017).Unequal cities. Routledge.
Dijkstra, L., Poelman, H. & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (2020) The geography of EU discontent, Regional Studies, 54:6, 737-753
Evenhuis, E., Lee, N., Martin, R., & Tyler, P. (2021). Rethinking the political economy of place: challenges of productivity and inclusion.Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society,14(1), 3-24.
Florida, Richard. "Cities and the creative class."City & community2.1 (2003): 3-19.
Iammarino, S, Rodriguez-Pose, A and Storper, M (2019). Regional inequality in Europe: evidence, theory and policy implications. Journal of Economic Geography 19(2): 273298.
Kazepov, Y., Ahn, B., & Cucca, R. (2023). The ‘European City’at the Crossroads: Four Analytical Elements for Understanding Convergence and Differentiation.Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie.
Lees L. Slater, T. Wyly E. (eds) (2007) Gentrification, Routledge, London. [Chapter 1].
Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2018). The revenge of the places that don’t matter (and what to do about it).Cambridge journal of regions, economy and society,11(1), 189-209.
Sassen, S. (2005) The global city: introducing a concept, The Brown Journal of World Affairs, XI, 2, pp. 26-43.

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