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Veranstaltungen von Dr. Kseniya Kizilova

Lehrveranstaltungen

Introduction to Political Sociology and Political Culture - A (Seminar)

Termin:
wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 13.10.2025 - 30.01.2026 | C 40.255 Seminarraum

Inhalt: This course focuses on citizens' role in the democratic process, how this role has changed over time, and how these changes are altering the nature of democracy. The quality of democracy is primarily measured by the active participation of all citizens in political processes, the responsiveness of rulers to popular demands, and the protection of individuals' rights and freedoms across all social groups. For voters to make meaningful decisions and influence government actions, they must know something about the issues, understand the available options, and need sufficient knowledge of how the political system works. Against this backdrop, this course addresses some of the major controversies in political sociology and political behavior research. The first part of the course illustrates the continuing debate about the political abilities of average citizens and the extent to which public opinion surveys allow researchers to study individuals' motivations and expectations to better understand and predict human behavior. The second part of the course focuses on political participation. Based on international public opinion data, we will explore patterns of citizen participation and examine the causes and consequences of citizen involvement in institutionalized and non-institutionalized forms of political participation across different countries. The third part of the course focuses on political culture research and its contribution to better understanding the social roots of democracy and how these roots are transforming through modernization. We will pay particular attention to the role of civic engagement, social capital, value orientations, and political support in a comparative perspective. Against this backdrop, the fourth part of the course introduces students to the study of electoral behavior contrasting the main approaches to explaining participation and voting choice. The course also addresses various aspects of representation in liberal democracies.

Introduction to Political Sociology and Political Culture - B (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Kseniya Kizilova

Inhalt: his course focuses on citizens' role in the democratic process, how this role has changed over time, and how these changes are altering the nature of democracy. The quality of democracy is primarily measured by the active participation of all citizens in political processes, the responsiveness of rulers to popular demands, and the protection of individuals' rights and freedoms across all social groups. For voters to make meaningful decisions and influence government actions, they must know something about the issues, understand the available options, and need sufficient knowledge of how the political system works. Against this backdrop, this course addresses some of the major controversies in political sociology and political behavior research. The first part of the course illustrates the continuing debate about the political abilities of average citizens and the extent to which public opinion surveys allow researchers to study individuals' motivations and expectations to better understand and predict human behavior. The second part of the course focuses on political participation. Based on international public opinion data, we will explore patterns of citizen participation and examine the causes and consequences of citizen involvement in institutionalized and non-institutionalized forms of political participation across different countries. The third part of the course focuses on political culture research and its contribution to better understanding the social roots of democracy and how these roots are transforming through modernization. We will pay particular attention to the role of civic engagement, social capital, value orientations, and political support in a comparative perspective. Against this backdrop, the fourth part of the course introduces students to the study of electoral behavior contrasting the main approaches to explaining participation and voting choice. The course also addresses various aspects of representation in liberal democracies.

Introduction: Methods and Techniques of Political Science (Vorlesung)

Dozent/in: Kseniya Kizilova

Inhalt: The lecture provides an overview of the epistemological and methodological basis of empirical social research, with applications mostly taken from political science. An emphasis is placed on the logic of social inquiry, research design, and recurrent methodological issues, such as causality. These topics are addressed in ways that apply to both qualitative and quantitative research. The course Methods and Techniques of Political Science provides students with an introduction to key methodological principles, concepts in empirical research, research design in political and social science, descriptive statistics and causal inference as well as concreat examples of applied studies. The main purpose of the course is to teach how to frame research and use different scientific methods in political inquiry. Practical guidance for anyone interested in empirical political studies enables students to approach their own research agenda. Namely, students will learn how to describe political phenomena, identify research questions in the field, suggest research design, select evidences for hypothesis testing, perform data analysis and present the main findings and answers to the initial questions. The course of lectures discusses both the purpose of research in political science and the entire circle of this research. There are four main streams in the course. The first four lectures introduce methodological principles of scientific research, the key concepts, basic principles and main theoretical approaches to empirical research. Subsequent five lectures deal with research designs and data collection. This stream describes how to identify proper research design for certain types of research questions and how to collect data. Third stream focuses on empirical data analysis: one lecture discusses qualitative and two quantitative data analysis. The concluding session sums up the main points of the course, presents a short overview of what was discussed and suggests proposals for academic writing and research.

Leuphana Bachelor - Leuphana Semester - Methoden in der Politikwissenschaft