Oxford/Sciences Po Joint Doctoral Seminar
Each year, the Department of Politics and International Relations - joined this year by the Department of Sociology – at Oxford University, the Centre for European Studies and the doctoral school at Sciences-Po run a joint doctoral seminar, sponsored by OXPO, to enable their respective doctoral and post-doctoral students to exchange ideas and discuss their research with their peers and senior academic colleagues.
Joint Doctoral Seminar 2009-10, 'The Dynamics of Politics and Inequalities', 9-10 December 2009
An Oxford/Sciences-Po Joint Doctoral Seminar in sociology and political sociology
Call for Abstracts (submission deadline 15 October)
This year, OXPO has decided to sponsor the event with the collaboration of a new research network at Sciences Po called “The Politics of Inequalities” (POLINE Network) which gathers more than thirty researchers from over six departments at Sciences Po on topics related to inequalities.
The Joint Doctoral Seminar will give the opportunity to candidates
to attend other separate academic events (see
the complete schedule here 
pdf) during
these days at Sciences Po; most notably
- (1) the launching of the 1st POLINE Network International Meeting with its partners from Oxford, Harvard, and Princeton, and
- (2) the holding of the ECSR Conference.
Convenors
The convenors of this year’s Joint Doctoral Seminar are Louis Chauvel, Nonna Mayer, and Marie Duru-Bellat from Sciences Po; and Tak Wing Chan and Nancy Bermeo from Oxford.
Topic
The theme of this year's seminar will be “The dynamics of politics and inequalities”. It is open to candidates in sociology and political sociology. The workshop is intended to be inclusive and welcomes papers that address the topic from various angles related to the study of the impact of inequalities on political behavior and on public policies, comparative models of stratification, etc.
The presentations might also reflect the central topics and ongoing projects related to inequalities being undertaken by Oxford research centres such as OCSID (Oxford Centre for the Study of Inequality and Democracy), ONSIR (Oxford Network for Social Inequality Research), but also at Nuffield College, and more generally other relevant teams in the Department of Sociology and/or the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. In parallel, there are junior and senior specialists of similar themes at Sciences Po, in OSC (Observatoire Sociologique du Changement) and CEE (Centre d’Etudes Européennes), notably around the new POLINE Research Project.
How to apply
Please send proposals to Esther Byrom (with a copy to Adrien Degeorges, research assistant for the POLINE project at Sciences Po) by October 28th, 2009.
- Candidates should send an abstract of 500 words describing their research questions, data, methods, and expected findings. The propositions must fit with criteria such as excellence and proximity with the theme of the seminar.
- Oxford and Sciences Po will each select 4 candidates: two in sociology and two in political science.
Seminar format
The format is as follows: pre-circulated papers, 20-25 minute presentations, followed by a senior discussant and a 20 minute open discussion. English and French are allowed but presentations should be in English (students are encouraged to present a paper in English to maximise feedback from other non-French speaking students).
Seminar programme
The programme will be available nearer the time.
Expenses
Presenters’ travel and accommodation expenses will be met by OXPO, and POLINE.
Just attending the seminar?
If you are interested in attending the workshop without presenting a paper, please contact the convenors.
Timeline
Submission of abstracts: October 28th, 2009
Decision about papers: October 30th, 2009
Publication of timetable: November 15th, 2009
Joint Doctoral Seminar 2008-09, April 2009
The theme of 2008-09 seminar was The EU’s role in the world: Norm-diffusion and Norm reception.
Joint Doctoral Seminar 2007-08, April-May 2008
Joint Doctoral Seminar 2006-07, May 2007
Joint Doctoral Seminar 2005-06, May 2006
- Programme for the 2006
Joint Doctoral Seminar.
The programme also contains links to the students' papers. - To see a picture of the participants in the 2006 Joint Doctoral Seminar, please click here.