NASP-COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO DAYS
FRONTIERS OF METHODS IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES

14th - 18th June 2021
Blended workshop, in presence and online
Collegio Carlo Alberto, Piazza Arbarello 8, Torino and on ZOOM

The workshop is jointly organized by the Collegio Carlo Alberto and the Ph.D. programs in Economic Sociology and Labour Studies (ESLS) and Political Studies (POLS) at the University of Milan.

Its aim is twofold. First, it offers NASP students training on the frontier of methods in social and political sciences. Invited and Collegio Carlo Alberto scholars will present students with a range of methods drawing on their own research including experimental and quasi-experimental approaches, quantitative analysis of textual data, qualitative and mixed-methods, and survey data research. Second, NASP students will present their ongoing work to receive comments from attending scholars and students. 

PROGRAM

MONDAY 14TH JUNE - QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEXTUAL DATA

10:30-10:50 Introduction
                    Prof. Diego Gambetta (Collegio Carlo Alberto) and Prof. Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Milan)

10:50-11:30 Assessing SAOM with Discontinuous Evolution Model for Collab and Advice Networks 
                    Francesco Renzini (ESLS - 36th cohort)

11:30-12:45 Analysing archival data in a quantitative framework
                    Dr. Krzysztof Krakowski (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

Lunch Break

14:00-15:15 Data scraping: An introduction on techniques of data collection on social media
                    Dr. Moreno Mancosu (University of Turin)

Coffee Break

15:35-16:50 Studying political communication on social medial: Populist language and issues
                    Dr. Federico Vegetti (University of Turin)

TUESDAY 15TH JUNE - EXPERIMENTS: POLITICAL SCIENCE, INNOVATORS AND MODERN FOUNDATIONS

10:30-11:10 Misinformation perception and incentives: an experimental study
                    Fabio Torreggiani (ESLS - 36th Cohort)

11:10-12:25 Survey experiments in political science
                    Dr. Davide Morisi (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

Lunch Break

13:40-14:55 Innovators in the Laboratory
                    Prof. Filippo Barbera (University of Turin) with Dr. Davide Barrera (University of Turin)

Coffee Break

15:15-15:35 Replicability and experiments
                    Dr. Aron Szekely (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

15:35-16:50 Bayesian philosophy of science: A guide for hypothesis testing in social science
                    Prof. Jan Sprenger (University of Turin)

16:50-17:30 Social structure of science: a perspective on research topic choice
                    Carlo De Bernardi (ESLS - 36th cohort)

WEDNESDAY 16TH JUNE - QUALITATIVE AND MIXED-METHODS

10:50-11:30 Gossip and Reputation in Social Networks
                    Esteban Munoz (ESLS - 36th cohort)

11:30-12:45 Bridging qualitative and quantitative methods in the social sciences

                    Dr. Effrosyni Charitopoulou (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

Lunch Break

14:00-15:15 Multi-method field research: combining methods within & across the qualitative/quantitative divide
                    Dr. Juan Masullo (Leiden University)

Coffee Break

15:35-16:50 Migration policy and politics in small and medium-sized cities and rural areas in Europe.
                    Reflections on case selection in cross-country/cross-locality research
                    Dr. Tiziana Caponio (University of Turin) with Dr. Andrea Pettrachin (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

16:50-17:30 Food, representations and foodscapes in poverty: a study on right to healthy food in Turin
                    Veronica Allegretti (SOMET - 35th cohort)

THURSDAY 17TH JUNE - A FOCUS ON SOCIAL NORMS

10:50-12:30 Tax compliance, institutions and social norms
                    Gian Luca Pasin (ESLS - 35th cohort)

11:30-12:50 Studying social norms in and outside the laboratory

                    Dr. Giulia Andrighetto (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies)

Lunch Break

14:00-15:20 Norm change and disease across the globe
                    Dr. Aron Szekely (Collegio Carlo Alberto)

Coffee Break

15:40-17:00 The cultural explanation: Methodological reflections from a study on gender inequality in the division
                    of domestic labor
                    Dr. Renzo Carriero (University of Turin)

16:50-17:30 Women in energy communities: how inclusive are energy communities towards women?
                    Aurore Dudka (ESLS - 34th cohort)

FRIDAY 18TH JUNE - SURVEY DATA RESEARCH

10:50-11:30 Gender wage gap, social origin and field of study. An analysis of early occupational outcomes of
                    Italian university graduates
                    Antonina Zhelenkova(ESLS - 36th cohort)

11:30-12:45 Social embeddedness in contexts and relations through the lens of multi-level models

                    Dr. Tiziana Nazio (University of Turin)

Lunch Break
14:00-15:15 Strengths and weaknesses of the expert survey approach: Insights from the M-pop comparative
                    project
                    Dr. Giuliano Bobba (University of Turin)

15:15-15:55 Employment shortage, instability and women's and men's risk of union dissolution
                    Elena Bastianelli (SOMET - 34th cohort)

15:40-16:00 Closing
                    Dr. Aron Szekely (Collegio Carlo Alberto) and Prof. Gabriele Ballarino (University of Milan)

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