Seminar

Narratives of Schooling:
Culture, computational methods, and cross-national variation
Cathie Jo Martin - Boston University

Chair: Emmanuele Pavolini - University of Milan

5 March 2024, h.15.00
Room A - NASP Graduate School
Via Pace, 10 - Milan 

Abstract

This seminar will consider the use of computational analysis in a mixed-methods research design. I suggest that computational analyses of literature are particularly useful in studying historical cultural frames and the ways that culture contributes to cross-national differences in institutional and policy development. 

The class is divided into two parts. First, I give a talk on how to use computational methods in a research design and use as an example how my recent book and articles study cultural influences.

Second, I invite student volunteers to briefly describe their own work. We then collectively consider how they might expand their theoretical arguments and enrich their empirical data with computational methods.