Course full name
Theorizing in Social Science
Course ID number
2021-103R-TSS
The aim of the course is to teach students how to theorize in social science. Attention, thus, is focused not so much on social theories per se, but rather on theorizing as a practical skill, to be learned by discussing, first of all, the role played by theory in the making of social science. In this vein, the course illustrates how to build theories and theoretical concepts, the link between key concepts and empirical research, the application and development of concepts in the analysis of social phenomena, and the two-way interaction
between theory building and empirical research.