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Social Sciences: Interdisciplinary Topics

In this course, students are introduced to Social Sciences, their methods and some of their applications in the fields of population movement and migration; labor and working conditions; and culture and cultural heritage.

Students that complete the course should be able to:

• Understand the history and different theoretical approaches to social sciences,
• Be able to discuss different methods in social science research and different paradigms of social sciences,
• Understand different disciplines within social sciences,
• Work with literature and present an assignment

Evaluation

Presentation and essay

Students should present orally and submit an essay that can provide up to 5/10 points of the overall evaluation. Essays will be presented on the 13^th lecture. The deadline for the delivery of the paper is the 15th of June.

These essays can be either empirical or literature reviews and will be based on at least 2 peer reviewed papers that students should read and critically discuss. The selection of these papers will be done after consulting with the course instructors. The essay will be 1,500 to 2,500 words long; the presentation will last 10 minutes. Only the essay will be submitted (not the presentation files). All essays and presentations will be offered in English.

Syllabus

The course is organized into 12 lectures:

1

Economy, Society and Sustainability: Α Multidisciplinary Approach

Maria Eleni Syrmali

Wed 18/02 12:00-14:00

2.

Methods of Social Science 01: Quantitative analysis

Dimitris Kavroudakis

Wed 25/02 12:00-14:00

3.

Methods of Social Science 02: Qualitative analysis

Manos Savvakis

Wed 4/03 10:00-12:00

4.

Methods of Social Science 03: Ethnography in Late Industrialism

Nikolaos Olma

Wed 11/03 12:00-14:00

5.

Social Informatics: Introduction & Current Trends

Angeliki Kitsiou

Wed 18/03 12:00-14:00

6.

Migration and Population Movements  

Pinelopi Topali

Wed 02/04 12:00-14:00

7.

Organizing Social Solidarity: The Pro-Refugee Movement in Lesvos, Chios, and Samos (2015–2020)

Michalis Poulimas

Wed 22/04 12:00-14:00

8.

Contemporary Social and Cultural History at the Crossroads of the Social Sciences

Giannis Smarnakis

Wed 29/04 11:00-13:00

9.

Cultural Informatics

Evangelia (Vagelio) Kavakli

Wed 06/05 12:00-14:00

10.

Social science and Culture 

George Tsekouras

Wed 13/05 12:00-14:00

11.

Participatory research and planning: not in my back yard, or please in my back yard?

Thanasis Kizos

Wed 20/05 12:00-14:00

12.

Presentations

ALL

Wed 27/05 12:00-14:00