90909 - Workshop 2 (WS10)

Learning outcomes

The course aims at introducing students to the utilization of one of the main statistical packages for data analysis and presenting to them the basic elements of micro-data management and analysis. By the end of the course students will be familiar with the statistical package interface and be able to: load different types of data and different file formats into the statistical package, perform basic data management operations and conduct monovariate and multivariate statistical analyses using the software introduced during the course.

Course contents

This Workshop will focus on sociological, economic, legal and political issues in our contemporary world and society.

Each seminar will be held by worldwide recognized experts and professors. Guest speakers, Dates/Time (Italian Time GMT+1, CET) and webinars’ titles will be provided below.

Ana Marta Guillén Rodriguez Universidad de Oviedo

13^th October 2021, 13-15h

“The Spanish Welfare State between two crises: What prospects for recovery?”

Iris Canor College of Management Striks School of Law, Saarland University

14^th October, 11-13h

“The Solange model: from the German original to its Horizontal Dimension”

Ann Shola Orloff Northwestern University

20^th October 2021, 17-19h

“Gender, work and the welfare state”

Eleonora Vlach Goethe Univesität

29^th October 2021, 11-13h

“Second Generation Immigrants’ Educational Inequality in a Comparative Perspective"

James Scott King’s College London

4^th November 2021, 13-15h

“Brexit and Finance”

Roxana Bratu Sussex University

18^th November 2021,14-16h

“When ‘Order’ Turns to ‘Chaos’: The Power of Corruption Narratives for Framing Political Action”

Michele Castelli Newcastle University

30^th November,11-13h

“Comparative analysis of the health system in England and Italy: efficiency, efficacy and performance evaluation”

Readings/Bibliography

Each lecturer will provide students with a list of readings and additional material (e.g. PPT).

Teaching methods

All webinars will be held on Microsoft Teams. Students are invited to participate and discuss on covered topics.

Assessment methods

A final paper on one of the topics among those covered during the five webinars, max. 2000 words (excluded bibliography).

You are expected to send your final paper to my email address: roberto.rizza@unibo.it

Evaluation method: passed/failed (idoneo/non idoneo).

Office hours

See the website of Roberto Rizza