Didattica 2023 24 Curriculum 3 - Sociology & applied social research

Coordinatrice: A.Viteritti

Di seguito le informazioni sui corsi e il calendario di questo curriculum



Corsi del II term (febbraio 2024 - giugno 2024)

Course Schedule Room
4. Introduction to advanced public policy analysis and evaluation February 7 -15 B8, via Salaria
5. Space, Cultures and Politics in  contemporary society February 26 - March 28 B8, via Salaria
6. Qualitative research methods March 11-26 B8, via Salaria
7. Social research and methods March 1 - April 5 B8, via Salaria
8. Sustainability: approaches and research in social and economic sciences  March 14 - May 14  Room 34, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche
9. Empowering Change:Exploring engagement in Social Sciences June 26 - July 3 B8, via Salaria
10. Academic writing May 9 - 21 B8, via Salaria
11. Social network analysis June 13- 19 room 301- 3° floor Edificio CU002 ex Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche
                                                                       

Introduction to advanced public policy analysis and evaluation
DATE Room/Time Instructors
February, 7 B8, via Salaria/ 12.00 - 01.00 pm Ernesto d'Albergo
Giulio Moini
Edoardo Esposto

Introduction and method
February, 8 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 05.00 pm Ernesto d'Albergo

Policy cicle
February, 14 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 05.00 pm Edoardo Esposto

Policy evaluation and expert knowledge
February, 15 B8, via Salaria/02.00 - 05.00 pm Giulio Moini

Interpretive approaches to the study of policy making


Space, Cultures and Politics in  contemporary society 
DATE Room/Time Instructors
February, 26 B8, via Salaria/ 03.00 - 05.00 pm Rossana Galdini

Urban regeneration Processes. The social reinvention of public spaces
February, 29 B8, via Salaria/ 04.00 - 06.00 pm Alessia Melcangi

Geography is about power”: geographical space and the geopolitica approach (lesson 1)
March, 1 B8, via Salaria/ 04.00 - 06.00 pm Alessia Melcangi

Geography is about power”: geographical space and the geopolitica approach (lesson 2)
March, 11 B8, via Salaria/03.00 - 05.00 pm Letteria Grazia Fassari with and Gioia Pompili
 
Problematizing Quality of Public Space in a sociological perspective  (1)
March, 12 B8, via Salaria/ 03.00 - 05.00 pm Letteria Grazia Fassari with and Paolo Do
 
Problematizing Quality of Public Space in a sociological perspective (2)
March, 21 B8, via Salaria/ 03.00 - 05.00 pm Fabio Corbisiero (Urban Sociology - University of Naples Federico II)
 
Tracing the role of universities in urban regeneration: Innovation and development in the city of Naples.
March, 27 B8, via Salaria/ 04.00 - 06.00 pm Alessandra Broccolni 
 
Anthropology and Intangible cultural heritage. Local  worlds, civil society,  international policies.
March, 28 B8, via Salaria/ 04.00 - 06.00 pm Alessandra Broccolni with. Maria Cristina Pantellaro
 
Street art: urban policies and rhetoric of public space
 

 Qualitative research methods
DATE Room/Time Instructors
March, 11 B8, via Salaria/ 05.30 - 07.30 pm Silvia Cataldi

Qualitative Research: Specificities and Practices
March, 13 B8, via Salaria/ 03.00 - 05.00 pm Vincenza Pellegrino e
Jacopo Anderlini (University of Parma)

Temporalities and spatialities of multi-sited ethnography 
March, 20 B8, via Salaria/03.00 - 05.00 pm Monica Massari (Università Milano Statale)

Biographical methods
March, 26 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm Raffaella Frascarelli (Nomas Foundation)
March, 26 B8, via Salaria/04.00 - 06.00 pm Raffaella Frascarelli (Nomas Foundation)

Analysis of visual documents for social research 

 
Social research and methods 
DATE Room/Time Instructors
March, 1 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm Orazio Giancola

Data collection and analysis tools in the social sciences: an overview
March, 8 B8, via Salaria/ 04.00 - 06.00 pm Orazio Giancola

Questioning, phrasing, scaling: tools for data collection
March, 15 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo

Synthesis of indicators and variables: the complex indices
March, 22 B8, via Salaria/02.00 - 04.00 pm Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo

Variables synthesis techniques and case aggregation
April, 5 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm Rita Fornari (Istat)

Data analysis by categorical variables
April, 5 B8, via Salaria/ 04.00 - 06.00 pm Orazio Giancola

Testing of research methodologies on PhD students' projects
 

Sustainability:aprroches and research in Social and Economic Sciences

DATE		 Room/Time Instructors
March, 14  Room B8, Sociology Faculty, via Salaria 113./
03:00 -  05:00 pm		 Pellizzoni

Inaugural Lesson
April, 4 Room 34, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche /
04.00  -  06.00 pm		 Montalbano
April, 5 Room 34, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche /
10.00  -  12.00 am		 Marini
April, 9 Room 24, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche /
10.00  -  12.00 am		 D'Ecclesia
April, 16 Room 24, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche /
10.00  -  12.00 am		 Esposto
April, 23 Room 34, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche /
09.00  -  11.00 am		 Valente
May, 3 Room 34, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche /
10.00  -  12.00 am		 Siragusa
May, 7 Room 34, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche /
03.00  -  05.00 pm		 Cerqueti
May, 9 Room 34, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche /
10.00  -  12.00 am		 Potì
May, 14 Room 34, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche /
03.00  -  05.00 pm		 Peschi



Academic Writing
May, 9 Room B8, Sociology Faculty, via Salaria 113/ 

02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Esposto

Researching and writing literature reviews for scientific products. Resouces, guidelines and styles.
May, 21 Room B8, Sociology Faculty, via Salaria 113/ 

02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Salmieri

How to structure and elaborate sociological research papers.Ky strarting points.


Social Network Analysis
June, 13 room 301 - 3° floor Edificio CU002 ex Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche/
11.00 am - 01.00 pm
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Cinelli, Iovanella

Introduction to Network Science. Introduction to Complexity, complex systems and complex networks. Data Science and their applications. Fundamental concepts in Social Networks. Using R for Data Science.
June, 14 room 301 - 3° floor Edificio CU002 ex Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche/ 
11.00 am - 01.00 pm
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Cinelli, Iovanella

Basics of Graph Theory. Fundamental network measures and degree distribution. Paths and notable structures. Graphs in R and the igraph library. Plotting graphs and skewed distributions using R and the tidyverse/ggplot2 libraries.
June, 17 01 - 3° floor Edificio CU002 ex Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche/ 
11.00 am - 01.00 pm
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Cinelli, Iovanella

Correlations: degree correlation, homophily, assortativity and disassortativity. Community detection in networks. Opinion Dynamics and Information Spreading on networks. Applications to social networks.
June, 18 room 301 - 3° floor Edificio CU002 ex Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche/ 
11.00 am - 01.00 pm
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Cinelli, Iovanella

Network Models. Random graphs: Watts-Strogatz model, Barabási-Albert model, Configuration Model and rewiring techniques. Statistical validation of network measures with real-world examples.
June, 19 room 301 - 3° floor Edificio CU002 ex Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche/ 
11.00 am - 01.00 pm
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Cinelli, Iovanella

Social Media Data. How to download and exploit data from social media platforms and other databases for research purposes. Studying polarisation, segregation and echo chambers.


Empowering Change:Exploring Public Engagement in Social Sceinces
June, 26 Room B8, Sociology Faculty, via Salaria 113/
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Manuela Perrotta (Queen Mary University, London)

Introduction to Public Engagement
June, 27 Room B8, Sociology Faculty, via Salaria 113/
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Manuela Perrotta (Queen Mary University, London)

Stakeholder Analysis and Mapping
June, 28 Room B8, Sociology Faculty, via Salaria 113/
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Manuela Perrotta (Queen Mary University, London)

Examples of Engagement Programs
July, 3 Room B8, Sociology Faculty, via Salaria 113/
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm		 Manuela Perrotta (Queen Mary University, London)

Student Presentations




THE TIMETABLE FOR THE OTHER COURSES WILL BE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE


 
Corsi del I term (novembre 2023 - gennaio 2024)
 
 
Course starting date Room
1. Theories and issues in contemporary sociology 24/11/2023 - 01/02/2024 B8, via Salaria
2. Education & knowledge practices in contemporary society 04/12/2023 - 08/03/2024 B8, via Salaria
3. Work and socio-economic processes in contemporary society 05/12/2023 - 05/02/2024 B8, via Salaria
 

Theories and issues in contemporary sociology 
DATE Room/Time Instructors
November, 24 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 06.00 pm Piero Dominici (Università di Perugia)
Anna Maria Paola Tori (Sapienza, DiSSE)
Managing Complexity? A contradiction in terms
November, 28 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 05.00 pm Francesco Antonelli (Università Roma 3)
Technocratic politics and social theory
November, 30 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 05.00 pm Maria Grazia Galantino (Sapienza, DiSSE)
Rethinking modernity in the age of uncertainty
January, 17 B8, via Salaria/11.00 am-01.00 pm Emanuele Toscano
(Università Marconi) 
Studying the Far-Right. Methodological inquiries in the study of distateful social movements
January, 17 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm  Francesca Farruggia
Public opinion and use of force.The case of the war in Ukraine.
January, 29 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 05.00 pm Francesco Clementi (Sapienza, DiSSE)
Massimo Cerulo (Università Federico II Napoli)
Luca Corchia (Università Chieti e Pescara)
Giuseppe Ricotta  (Sapienza, DiSSE)
Tra emozioni e ragioni. A partire dal libro Nuovo mutamento della sfera pubblica e politica deliberativa di Jürgen Habermas
(seminario aperto anche agli altri anni)
February, 1 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 05.00 pm Giuseppe Ricotta (Sapienza, DiSSE)
Postcolonial critique and the epistemologies of the South. Decolonising social sciences
 

Education & knowledge practices in contemporary society 
DATE Room/Time Instructors
December, 4 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm

Maria Cristina Sciannamblo (Sapienza, Coris)
Science Technology and Society: An Initial Theoretical Framework
December, 18 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 05.00 pm Orazio Giancola (Sapienza, DiSSE)
Education and Society: a field of study between theories, comparative methods and data 
January, 18 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 05.00 pm Luca Salmieri (DiSSE)
Education as a key-variable in social research: taking stock of educational degree and competence in explaining data
January, 24 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm

Assunta Viteritti (DiSSE)
Educ​ation and the materiality TS perspective
January, 30 On line/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm

Michela Cozza​ (Mälardalen University​) 
The body at times of digitalization
January, 31 B8, via Salaria/ 04.00 - 06.00 pm

Federico Neresini
“Refused Knowledge”
(seminar open to doctoral students from other years)
March, 8 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm Paola Rebughini (Università di Milano)Post-humanist approach in sociology
(seminar open to doctoral students from other years)
 
Work and socio-economic processes in contemporary society 
DATE Room/Time Instructors
December, 5 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm Domenico Carrieri (Sapienza DiSSE)
Fragile capitalisms Work and insecurity in a polarized society
(seminar open to doctoral students from other years)
December, 12 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 06.00 pm Andrea Bellini e Silvia Lucciarini  (Sapienza, DiSSE)
Professions reimagined: evolving concepts, interpretive models, and analytical approaches – How professionals use discursive resources and public narratives to define their professional identity and translate strategies into action
January, 15  B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm Fabrizio Pirro (Sapienza, DiSSE)
New technologies and work: conditions and cultures
January, 22 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm  Luisa De Vita (Sapienza, DiSSE)
Work in the digital era:barriers and benefits for equality, diversity and inclusion
January, 23 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 06.00 pm Andrea Bellini e Silvia Lucciarini
All professionals, now? Processes of differentiation within, between, and beyond professions – A focus on “boundary work” as a source of inequalities among professional workers
February, 5 B8, via Salaria/ 02.00 - 04.00 pm Andrea Ciarini (Sapienza, DiSSE)
Sustainability, welfare, and digitalization
 
 

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