| 08-26-GS-5 | Creating your own (quantitative) research project in R (in English) This course wants to enable students to run their own (quantitative) research project in R. In the process, they will learn basic data wrangling and data visualisation (…) This course wants to enable students to run their own (quantitative) research project in R. In the process, they will learn basic data wrangling and data visualisation in R. Every student will choose a project that they want to conduct using publicly available data of their choosing (some examples will be provided) and will, in consultation with the course coordinator, work towards a project report at the end of the course that they will present to the other students. Students will analyse their data in the open-source programme R and will be encouraged to write their final reports in it, too. The course will be a mixture of lectures on practical issues and a project based working sessions in exchange with the course coordinator and other students to make use of peer-to-peer learning. The lecture will be tailored to the needs and levels of the participating students.
In this course students are encouraged to run their own small-scale analysis project using R from beginning to end: choosing a topic and research question they find interesting, selecting and downloading the relevant data, using simple (presumably mostly) descriptive statistics such as means, and writing a report about their findings. They will be encouraged to use Quarto/ Rmarkdown, the integrated tool within R-Studio, to write their final reports and export them into PDF to automatically integrate updated findings. Also, students will be encouraged to upload and maintain their project on git. This course teaches practical skills and combines it with theoretical grounding in reproducible science. Hence it can be used as a good foundation for quantitative bachelor or master theses, and to learn skills that can be used also outside of academia.
Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading:
- Wickham, Hadley, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, and Garrett Grolemund. ‘Introduction’. In R for Data Science, 2nd Edition, Second edition. O’Reilley, https://r4ds.hadley.nz/intro.html.
- Munafò, Marcus R., Brian A. Nosek, Dorothy V. M. Bishop, et al. ‘A Manifesto for Reproducible Science’. Nature Human Behaviour 1, no. 1 (2017): 0021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-016-0021.
Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits:
Students can take the course for 3 CP or 6 CP. The final assessment will depend on the amount of CP students chose. Both assessments include the simple progress report every two weeks (just about one paragraph in an unstructured form, including reasons for no progress, which will always happen, is no problem and part of the process) and the final script of the project. Beyond that, the two different levels encompass the following two assessments:
3 CP: • Short presentation (10 minutes) • Short final research note with references (~5 pages, at least one high-quality graph) 6 CP: • Long presentation (20 minutes) • Long final research note with references (~10 pages, at least two high-quality graphs)
You can find course dates and further information in Stud.IP. | Heiner Salomon |
| 08-26-M12-1 | Introduction to the EU based on primary sources Institutionen und Politiken im Spiegel von Primärquellen Das Seminar führt in die Strukturen und Funktionen der EU ein. Es ist parallel zur Vorlesung 08-26-M4-1 „Einführung in das politische System der Europäischen Union” (…) Das Seminar führt in die Strukturen und Funktionen der EU ein. Es ist parallel zur Vorlesung 08-26-M4-1 „Einführung in das politische System der Europäischen Union” konzipiert. Während die Vorlesung einen generellen Überblick über EU-Institutionen und Politiken gibt, untersucht das Seminar diese Institutionen und Politiken anhand konkreter Beispiele. Während Sie in der Vorlesung vor allen Dingen zuhören und die Pflichtlektüre lesen müssen, werden Sie in dem Seminar selber aktiv, analysieren Texte im Unterricht, stellen Ihre Ergebnisse vor und diskutieren sie mit Ihren Kommilitonen. Natürlich kann das Seminar auch belegt werden, ohne die Vorlesung zu besuchen. Jede Sitzung gliedert sich in drei Teile. Zunächst wird ganz kurz das Thema der Sitzung vorgestellt, also die EU-Institution, um die es geht oder das Politikfeld, das analysiert werden soll. Dann werten Sie einzeln oder in Gruppenarbeit ein EU-Dokument im Hinblick auf eine bestimmte Fragestellung aus. Schließlich tragen Sie Ihre Ergebnisse vor, vergleichen sie mit den Ergebnissen von anderen, und erörtern mögliche politische oder gesellschaftliche Folgen.
Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading:
Peter Becker & Barbara Lippert (Hg.) 2020: Handbuch Europäische Union. Wiesbaden: Springer
Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits:
6 CP Anforderungen: Regelmäßige Teilnahme aktive Mitarbeit drei Hausarbeiten von jeweils 1000 Worten You can find course dates and further information in Stud.IP. | Philipp Genschel |
| 08-26-M11-2 | Drivers of International Relations (in English) Competition, Cooperation, Institutions, Race, Gender, Colonialism The class provides an introduction to core concepts of international relations theory. The focus is on what different theories consider to be the key drivers of (…) The class provides an introduction to core concepts of international relations theory. The focus is on what different theories consider to be the key drivers of international and transnational relations. global politics, focusing on key concepts and issues of theories of international relations: states, sovereignty, conflict, cooperation, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, delegation and (indirect) global governance. The course starts with a focus on classical, Western literatures but concludes with sessions on gender, race, colonialism and the end of the Western-dominated liberal international order. By the end of the course, students will be able to understand and apply the key concepts in their own research.
Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading:
any textbook on IR
Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits:
6 CP Requirements
Attendance: Students are expected to be present and prepared for every class session. Active participation during seminar discussions is essential. If unavoidable circumstances arise which prevent attendance or preparation, the instructor should be advised in advance by email.
Reseearch paper:Each student submits a brief paper at the end of the seminar. The paper should engage with one of the readings of this class, summarize the main argument and comment on it. Grading will consider the rigor of the analysis, and the quality of writing. The word limit is 3000 words everything included. Each student presents his or her paper idea in a short presentation during the final session. . You can find course dates and further information in Stud.IP. | Philipp Genschel |