Place | Unicom building Room: 7.3280 Mary-Somerville-Straße 7 28359 Bremen |
Time | 2.15 pm - 3.45 pm |
Organisation | |
Partic. Organisation | SOCIUM Forschungszentrum Ungleichheit und Sozialpolitik, Universität Bremen; Sonderforschungsbereich 1342 "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik", Universität Bremen |
Lecture Series | Jour Fixe |
Semester | WiSe 2019/20 |
The study of causal mechanisms and processes is ubiqutious in the social sciences. But there is no agreement on how this can be achieved. In this talk, I will present recent advancements in process-tracing methods as one tool to study mechanisms, discussing its relative strengths and the tradeoffs involved with detailed tracing of mechanisms as they play out in real-world cases. The talk will conclude with a discussion of the developing standards for what determines the internal and external validity of mechanism-focused case studies.
