sow943 - Society and Organisations

Portfolio: 
Oral presentation + chairing a session (Seminar 1) and short written exercises (Seminar 2) during the lecture period, as well as written assignment at the end of the semester (Seminar 2; up to 15 pages / 3500 to 5000 words in total;).

Upon completing this module, students will have a thorough understanding of the central concepts and theories related to labour market and social inequality research. More specifically, the students will be able

• to distinguish different dimensions and determinants of labour market and social inequalities and to explain and evaluate the respective links and mechanisms in between;
• to formulate research questions and derive theory-based hypotheses to examine these questions;
• to understand the data and methods used for the empirical analysis in labour market and inequality research;
• to understand, compare and evaluate the empirical results from scientific publications and to apply these methods and analyse data themselves;
• to develop their own research question and answer it through the application of theoretical concepts and data analysis in a written seminar paper.

Overall, this module aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the field of labour market and social inequality research, as well as the skills to apply this knowledge in own research endeavours.