SUMMER SCHOOL: Grounded Theory and Qualitatitve Methods
VII Edition
25 – 28 May 2027 – University of Pisa, Italy
Applications are now open!
This short (four-day) but intensive Summer School will continue the long-standing tradition of the Center for Advanced Studies in Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory of the Department of Political Science (University of Pisa), in offering opportunities for knowledge and in-depth study for all those who are engaged in empirical qualitative research activities (but not only), particularly for PhD students and young researchers.
Following the success of previous editions (2016, 2017, 2019, 2024, 2026), which saw the participation of more than two hundred students from all around the world, the Department of Political Science of the University of Pisa is now organizing the new International Summer School on Grounded Theory and Qualitative Methods.
The Course hosts the best of internationally renowned scholars in the Grounded Theory – Qualitative Research and Symbolic Interactionism perspective: Kathy Charmaz and David Altheide opened the first edition of the school with their lectures. In subsequent editions, keynote lectures have been delivered by – among others – Joseph Kotarba, Jacqueline Low, Lisa-Jo van den Scott, and other prominent national and international scholars whose contribution is particularly relevant in the study of qualitative methods.
This edition of the Summer School, as always with the contribution of EUSSSI (European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction), will also include lectures by well-known scholars in the field of Grounded Theory and qualitative methods, to give advice, suggestions, and practical directions in the use of Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS). Particularly, the afternoon sessions will be dedicated to an open dialogue between participants, speakers, and other scholars, in which participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss their own research projects, focusing mainly on the methodological aspects, to receive tailored feedback from the faculty, as well as questions and comments from fellow participants.
The Summer School is part of the University of Pisa’s international educational program.
Application deadline: 25 April 2027
