International Conference on Social Science Methodology: A Special Reference to Social Movements

Policy Discourse on Contemporary Issues on Social Exclusion and Social Inclusion "PODCISESI", a collaborative programme of CNAS/TU and SIRF/ SNV Nepal, is organizing an International Conference on Social Science Research Methodology from November 15 to November 17, 2011 in Kathmandu. Various international and national academicians and scholars will be contributing their papers in the three days conference. Click here to see the brochure of conference.

Objectives of the Conference

The overall objectives of this International Conference will be to discuss on the social movements methodology in general and share intercontinental social movement methodological traditions. The specific objectives of the seminar are:

Expected Outcomes

In addition to an academic discourse, the organizers will publish special issues of contributions to Nepalese studies, a leading academic journal of Nepal, or a book (edited) on social methodology based on the these papers. CNAS Social Inclusion Resource Centre will lead the discourses on these methodological experiences through SIRF regional Social Sciences Resource Centres to enhance the social exclusion and inclusion studies in Nepal.

Paper Contributors

S.No.
Name
 Affiliated University / Institution
Abstract
1
 Professor Emeritus T.K Oommen Jawaharlal Nehru University,India Methods and Methodological Issues in the Analysis of Social Movements: An Overview
2
 Professor Bert Klandermans VU Amsterdam University, The Netherlands
3
 Professor Mario Diani ICREA Research Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
4
 Professor Kathleen M. Blee Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, USA
5
 Professor Hyuk-Rae Kim Korean Studies at the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University in Korea
6
 Professor Kiyoshi Abe Toronto University, Canada
7
 Professor Nakano Yasuto Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Sociology, Japan
8
 Associate Prof. Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong
9
 Associate Prof. NAWA Katsuo Tokyo University, Japan
10
 Dr. Hsiu-Hsin Lin Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
11
 Associate Professor Jens Seeberg Aarhus University, Department of Culture and Society, Section for Anthropology and Ethnography,Denmark
12
 Dr. Marit Haug Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Norway
13
 Dr. Stefanie Strulik University of Zurich, Zurich
14
 Dr. Bina Pradhan Sustainable Energy Nepal (SEN), Nepal
15
 Dr. Sambriddhi Kharel University of Pittsburgh, USA
16
 Dr. Mrigendra Bahadur Karki CNAS, Tribhuvan University, Nepal