Social Research Methods and Techniques

Summary: En este curso se busca tener una visión contemporánea de los debates metodológicos en las ciencias sociales y profundizar en los métodos y técnicas más utilizadas en este campo científico. Para esto se ha convocado a un conjunto de especialistas  que nos aportarán sus conocimientos, reflexiones y experiencias en cada uno de estos temas que luego serán  retomados de forma sistemática en los Seminarios de la Especialización.

Clases y profesores:

1. Fundamentos epistemológicos de la investigación social contemporánea – Sara Victoria Alvarado (Colombia)
2. Los debates metodológicos contemporáneos – Irene Vasilachis (Argentina)
3. La triangulación metodológica – Juan Piovani (Argentina)
4. Cómo hacer observables conceptos de las ciencias sociales - Fernando Cortés Alberto (México)
5. Las encuestas sociales y sus usos – Rosa María Rubalcava (México)
6. Los estudios de caso y la comparación – Alberto Riella (Uruguay)
7. Etnografía y reflexividad: el investigador como herramienta de conocimiento – Rosana Guber (Argentina)
8. La entrevista y sus posibilidades – Joan Miquel Verd (España)
9. Los grupos de discusión – Manuel Canales (Chile)
10. La investigación biográfica – Ernesto Meccia (Argentina)
11. Big data e investigación social – Paolo Parra Saiani (Italia)
12. Ética e investigación social – Marcos Supervielle (Uruguay)

Summary: Construcción y análisis de información  cualitativa aplicado a la investigación social: las técnicas etnográficas, análisis de discurso, grupos de discusión, las formas de observación participante.

Coordination: Juan Piovani, Leticia Muñiz Terra, Eugenia Rausky (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)

Summary: Análisis estadístico aplicado a la investigación social. Base de datos,  descriptiva, vi variada y asociación Las variables de control, análisis de regresión, componentes principales y factorial.

Coordination  Rodrigo Asún (Universidad de Chile), Pablo Dalle, Jesica Plá (Universidad de Buenos Aires / CONICET, Argentina) y Fernando Tavares (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brasil)

Summary: Estudios de caso como estrategia de investigación empírica. Principales perspectivas de estudios de caso. Los estudios de casos únicos y múltiples. Por qué comprar, cómo comparar y qué comparar.

Coordination: Gabriela Rubilar (Universidad de Chile), German Quaranta (Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Laborales, Argentina) y Joan Miquel Verd (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, España)

Summary: La objetivación y medición de los conceptos. De los conceptos a los indicadores. Observación e instrumentos. Los problemas de confiabilidad y validez. Técnicas de recolección de primaria y base de datos, las fuentes  de información.

Coordination: Mauricio Tubio, Pablo Hein y Juan Romero (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

To participate, you need to register through the website.

Registration will be open between December 12 and April 5.

Upon completion of the registration process, you will receive a confirmation email. On the first day of the course, you will receive your login credentials for the online platform.

If any of the mandatory training sessions are owed, in all cases, an additional amount must be paid in order to retake said credit.

If the student decides not to enroll in the Specialization or International Course before its formal start date, they may request a refund of their tuition fees. CLACSO will retain the equivalent of 10% for administrative costs.

Exceptional criteria: In exceptional cases, and within the first two months of the specialization, students may request to withdraw from the cohort and rejoin the following year. In all cases, the reasons for the request must be submitted in writing. No requests will be accepted after two months from the start of the course.

If the student decides not to enroll in the Specialization or International Course before its formal start date, they may request a refund of their tuition fees. CLACSO will retain the equivalent of 10% for administrative costs.

The classes will take place from April 2022 to March 2023.

All students will receive the necessary instructions to access classes, bibliography and discussion forums through the CLACSO Virtual Training Space.

Accessing and navigating the Virtual Learning Environment is very simple and user-friendly. In any case, a technical and academic support team will always be available to you.

You must pass the International Course, two (2) elective Virtual Seminars, the methodological workshop and complete the final integrative work.

To obtain the Specialization degree, you must complete a final monograph. The methodological workshop is mandatory and aims to support you in completing this final project.

You must participate in the classes and activities proposed by the teachers and complete the final monograph.

Yes, the Specialization and the International Course are certified by FLACSO Brazil and CLACSO. The specialization has a total workload of 360 hours, and the international course 90 hours. The certificate of completion will be sent digitally and is completely free of charge. The International Specialist diploma is issued by the General Secretariat of FLACSO, located in Costa Rica. The fees and procedures for issuing and sending the international diploma can be found on the FLACSO Brazil website: https://flacso.org.br/?page_id=24376

The Specialization and the International Course are accredited by FLACSO Brazil and CLACSO. The International Specialist diploma is issued by the FLACSO General Secretariat, located in Costa Rica. Fees and procedures for issuing and shipping the international diploma can be found on the FLACSO Brazil website: https://flacso.org.br/?page_id=24376.

See the table of prices and options above.

If you wish to obtain certification from FLACSO, you will need to pay an additional fee.*

* The issuance of the printed diploma, along with the academic transcript, costs USD 200,00 (two hundred dollars). This fee includes shipping the printed and signed documents to the student's address. The procedures for issuing and shipping the international diploma can be found on the Flacso Brazil website: https://flacso.org.br/?page_id=24376.