6th South East European Doctoral Student Conference
19 - 20 September 2011, Thessaloniki - Greece
Workshops
During the SEERC Annual Doctoral conference a series of workshops will be running, which include research techniques such as introductions to specialized software or design of tools, and also career workshops. Each workshop will last for 2-3 hours, and students should express their interest upon registration for the conference. Please notice that a limited number of people will participate in each workshop and selection will be done on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please note that you have to pre-register in order to be able to participate to the workshops organized during DSC2011 as available positions are limited. For more information refer to Conference Fees section.
For more information contact RT3@seerc.org.
Practical Uses of Theory in Social Science Research
This workshop features a discussion of importance of a theoretical framework in social science research. The workshop will not review any particular theory, but rather, consider practical issues related to research and writing. We will discuss issues such as why you want to avoid 'under-theorised' work, how 'theory-driven research' makes your life easier, what the 'theory chapter' of your thesis should do, and how effectively engaging theory just might be the key to PhD success. The workshop will be delivered by Dr Paul Knepper from the University of Sheffield.
Communicating Research to the Public
This workshop will talk about how to translate your work into words and concepts that everybody can understand. We will discuss how to "deprogramme" yourself from writing in an academic style and various ways in which you might meet the public to talk about your research (magazines, newspapers, blogs and public talks). Tom Stafford is the author of (amongst others) the best-selling popular psychology book "Mind Hacks" and the author of the award-winning blog mindhacks.com
Online Attitude Assessment
Increasingly researchers are making use of online tools, such as survey websites, to conduct their experiments and collect data from greater and more diverse samples. This workshop is designed to introduce students to some of the online tools used to conduct research over the internet, with a particular focus on online survey design and attitude assessment. We shall consider such topics as 'what makes a good question?' as well as discussing the advantages and disadvantages of online data collection. By the end of the session, students should have a better understanding of: (a) some of the online research tools available to them; (b) the principles of survey design and attitude assessment; and (c) the relative merits and limitations of online research methods. This workshop will be delivered by Dr Chris Jones from the University of Sheffield.
E-Prime
E-Prime (to design and run computerized experiments) by Dr Ana B. Vivas, City College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield.