RC21

Second RC21-IJURR-FURS
‘Comparative Urban Studies’ School

Amsterdam School for Social Science Research
University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
1-12 July 2011

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Programme

Date	Morning (9 am – 1 pm)	Early afternoon (2 pm – 4 pm)	Late afternoon (4 pm – 6 pm)
Friday 1 July	Arrival		Welcome Yuri Kazepov & Jeremy Seekings Introduction to the Summer School Opening lecture Jan Willem Duyvendak (UvA) Changing Amsterdam (provisional) Room: C3.17 Welcome reception Room: to be allocated
Saturday 2 July	Session 1: The Challenge of Comparison in Urban Studies John Mollenkopf The Challenge of Comparison in Urban Studies Ewald Engelen Urban Boosterism, International Financial Centers and the Crisis Or, how to recognize Bullshit when you see it Room: C1.17	Study time	Student presentations Room: to be allocated
Sunday 3 July	Amsterdam tour
Monday 4 July	Session 2: Quantitative methodologies at a glance Jeroen van der Waal Using multi-level modelling in comparative urban studies Clara Mulder Event history analysis Room: C1.17	Study time	Student presentations Room: BG5 2.13
Tuesday 5 July	Session 3: Ethnography of the urban: getting into the city Philip Kasinitz Migration, Diversity and Qualitative Research James Holston Urban Citizenship and Right to the City Room: C1.17	Anouk de Koning Doing ethnographic work in Amsterdam	Panel discussion on Amsterdam Room: Bushuis VOC
Wednesday 6 July	Session 4: Challenging comparisons from the global south Isa Baud Challenging comparisons from the global south: mapping inequalities, citizenship and e-governance Jenny Robinson Challenging Comparisons from the Global South Room: C1.17	Study time	Student presentations Room: BG5 2.13
Thursday 7 July	Session 5: Combining theory and methods Mike Savage Using mixed methods in urban research Talja Blokland Asking questions, doing theory, mixing methods Room: C1.17	RC21 conference: opening plenary (link will follow)	Conference reception
Friday 8 July	RC21 conference (link will follow)	RC21 conference (link will follow)	RC21 conference(link will follow)
Saturday 9 July	RC21 conference (link will follow)	RC21 Excursion	RC21 Excursion
Sunday 10 July	Session 6: Combining theory and methods (continued) Abdulmalik Simone The inventiveness of methods in comparative urban studies Patrick Le Galès Urban governance: What is governed? Room: School for International Training Herengracht 513 (@ Vijzelstraat) 1017 BV Amsterdam, Netherlands	Study time	Student presentations
Monday 11 July	Session 7: publishing and fund-raising Jeremy Seekings Publishing articles: premises, opportunities and the peer review process in international scientific journals in urban studies. Yuri Kazepov How to prepare a sound research proposal for comparative research and get funded: challenges and opportunities on a global scale Room: A2.01		Closing event/dinner
Tuesday 12 July	Departure