Sound of Science: Writing in the Social Sciences

Workshop for students of social sciences with a focus on social theory and qualitative methods of empirical social research

Workshop by Marc Ortmann (Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Soziologie).

The social sciences in general and sociology in particular are language- and text-based sciences: they cannot express their results or, in the case of quantitative-statistical social research, can only express them to a limited extent through formalised abstract code and sign systems, as those are reserved for the natural sciences. Nevertheless, rules of linguistic form also prevail in sociology. However, these remain mostly implicit, and are rarely expressed.

In order to counter this circumstance and to provide students with assistance in writing scientific (qualification) papers, regardless of their progress in their studies, Marc Ortmann designed the Sound of Science workshop with his colleague Roman Thurn. He has already successfully held this workshop in the summer semester of 2021 with Roman Thurn at the Institute of Sociology at Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. The feedback from the students was so enthusiastic that he decided to present this concept at other universities as well.

The workshop takes place on two consecutive days. On the first day, we will discuss different aspects of writing in the social sciences. On the following day, we will discuss the previously presented aspects using concrete case studies. For this purpose, students are also welcome to send excerpts from their own term papers so that we can work out solutions for academic writing together in a way that is as appropriate as possible.

Workshop Days: Friday, April 14^th & Saturday, April 15^th (exact schedule/times tba)

Please check out the full programm through the link below.

For participation in these workshops, please send an email to j.buechele@unibas.ch.

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