IV Edition of the Summer School on “Innovation in social research strategies”
organized in partnership with the Methodological Section of the Italian Sociological Association, to be held on June 3rd- 4th, as a combined event of the Annual Meeting of the (EU) SSSI.
This short but intense Summer School continues the commitment of the Italian Association of Sociology – Methodology Section, in offering opportunities for knowledge and in-depth study for all those who are engaged in empirical research activities, in particular for PhD students and young researchers.
In 2024, the Summer School will be held within the framework of the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism (SSSI).
The Summer School will be an opportunity to deepen the understanding of the Grounded Theory’s contribution to the development of qualitative methods, and its coherence with the theoretical and methodological heritage of Symbolic Interactionism will be highlighted.
The Summer School will include lectures by well-known scholars in the field of Grounded Theory and qualitative methods. Particularly, the afternoon sessions on Friday 4th, will be dedicated to an open dialogue between the participants and the speakers (and other scholars), in which it will be possible to deal with specific issues related to the research project developed by the participants themselves.
Therefore, those who will participate are invited to prepare questions to be asked to the speakers, so that there can be concrete effects on their research projects.
Program
| June, 3rd | June, 4th |
|---|---|
| 9:00 Welcome | |
| 9:15 Introduction to the Summer School Andrea Salvini and Irene Psaroudakis (University of Pisa) | |
| 9:30 Tracing the Development of Grounded Theory: From Glaser and Strauss to Charmaz and Clarke Jacqueline Low (University of New Brunswick ) | 9:30 The voyage from interpretive data to theory: Illustrations from music and health Joe Kotarba (Texas State University) |
| 10:45 Q&A | 10:45 Q&A |
| 11:15 Coffee Break | 11:15 Coffee Break |
| 11:45 Making sense of your ‘data’: Conceptual Emergence while doing Grounded Theory Method Thaddeus Müller (University of Lancaster) | 11:45 The role of the observer in the context of qualitative research Charlie Barnao (University of Catanzaro)
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| 13:00 Q&A | |
| 13:30 Buffet | 13:30 Buffet |
| 14:30 Connections between Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory Lisa-Jo van den Scott (Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador) | 14:30 Questions & Answers Session 1 |
| 15:45 Q&A | |
| 16:15 Coffee Break | 16:15 Coffee Break |
| 16:45 Techniques of Data Analysis in Grounded Theory Andrea Salvini and Irene Psaroudakis (University of Pisa) | 16:45 Questions & Answers Session 2 |
| 17:30 Q&A |
Participation Requirements
1) For participants from Italian universities
Details
participation in the Summer School will be free, but the subscription to Italian Association of Sociology, and also to its Methodology Section as Aggregate Members – type B will be mandatory.
The total cost of the two combined subscriptions is 55€.
As an additional benefit, it will be possible to participate in the following days of the Conference (June 5th – 7th) without paying any additional registration – the option to subscribe to the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction will be optional but welcome
2) For participants from not Italian universities
Details
participation in the Summer School will be free, but will require registration with the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
If, for any personal reasons, you do not wish to enroll in the SSSI, participation in the Summer School will be possible by registering for the Conference as specified on the dedicated web page.
Enrolled students will be able to freely attend the Conference (June, 5th-7th)
Registration request deadline: may 19th, 2024
The registration request must be sent by sending an e-mail to Andrea Salvini (andrea.salvini@unipi.it) & Irene Psaroudakis (irene.psaroudakis@unipi.it).
Applications must include:
- Name
- Surname
- University of affiliation, or Job title/position
- Contact information (e-mail address and mobile number).
In addition, the e-mail must include the receipts of the registrations as specified above.
Travel and accommodation costs will be at the participants’ expenses.
For any further questions please write to: grounded-theory@sp.unipi.it
Previous Summer Schools in Pisa
- Grounded Theory and Qualitative Methods International Summer School University of Pisa (Italy), 6-10 June 2016 [booklet]
- II International Summer School on Grounded Theory and Qualitative Methods University of Pisa (Italy), 5-9 June 2017 [booklet]
- IV International Summer School on Grounded Theory and Qualitative Methods University of Pisa (Italy), 3-7 June 2019 [website]