Curriculum Vitae
T h o m a s K o e n i g
Deapartment of Social Sciences Loughborough University Loughborough, LE11 3TU United Kingdom phone +44 1509 223730 mobile +44 779 2591127 fax +49 1212-511215688 [email protected] http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/mmethods/staff/thomas/index.html Academic Employmentsince 09/05 Research Associate
Department of Social Sciences
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Responsibilities: collaborative research on European media discourses; dissemination of project results via publications, conference presentation and website development; some postgraduate teaching
01/05-08/05 Lecturer
Department of Social Sciences
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Responsibilities: research on methodology in textual analyses; empirical research in citizenship studies; dissemination of research results via publications, conference presentation; website development of a methodology site; teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses 02/03-01/05 Research Associate
Department of Social Sciences
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Responsibilities: research on methodology in media research;
dissemination of project results via publications, conference presentation and website development; some teaching
10/99-01/03 Research Officer (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) Seminar für Politikwissenschaft
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
Responsibilities: teaching; research assistance; student advising; website development; network administration
01/99-08/99 Research Officer (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) Seminar für Politikwissenschaft
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
analysis via LISREL
07/97 Teaching Assistant
Essex Summer School University of Essex Colchester, Essex, U.K.
Responsibilities: student advising (latent class analysis) 01/97-05/97 Research Assistant
Department of Rural Sociology
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Responsibilities: data coding
01/95-06/95 04/93-06/93
Teaching Assistant Department of Sociology
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA Responsibilities: grading
10/91-03/92 Teaching Assistant (Tutor) Soziologisches Seminar
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany Responsibilities: small group supervision
Academic Training
5/00 Ph.D. in Social Sciences
Department of Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Thesis The New Age Movement:
Genesis of A High Volume, Low Impact Identity Doctoral Committee
Klaus Eder, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany (Supervisor) Ákos Rona-Tas, University of California at San Diego (Co-Supervisor) Mario Diani, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
Christian Joppke, European University Institute, Florence, Italy 09/95-5/00 Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, Italy 09/97-12/97 Research Student
Institut für Soziologie
Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany 01/97-06/97 Graduate Student
Department of Sociology
09/94-09/95 Graduate Student Department of Sociology
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA 11/94 M.A., Social Sciences (Diplom-Sozialwirt)
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany 09/92-09/93 Graduate Student
Department of Sociology
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA 04/89-10/94 Undergraduate Student (Social Sciences, Mathematics)
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany Fellowships/Grants
06/05 ESRC Small Research Grants (£44,989, co-applicant) 09/98-12/98 Thesis Completion Grant, European University Institute
09/97-08/98 European University Institute Dissertation Fellowship, European Union 09/97-12/97 Supplementary Stipend, Erasmus/Socrates Program
01/97-06/97 Tuition/Fees Waiver and Supplementary Stipend, University of Wisconsin
09/95-08/97 Dissertation Grant, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst 09/94-08/95 Tuition/Fees Waiver, University of California
09/92-08/93 Tuition/Fees Waiver, University of California Areas of Specialization
International Comparative Methodology Quantitative Methodology
Qualitative Methodology
Political Sociology (Social Movements / Collective Behavior, Citizenship, Nationalism) Media Sociology
Professional Memberships
International Sociological Association (RC-33) European Sociological Association
American Sociological Association Other Affiliations
2005- Resource Person for Methodology, Center for Advanced European Studies, University of Novi Sad, Serbia-Montenegro, http://www.caesar.ns.ac.yu/eng/
Publications
Articles
forthcoming. The Turkey Accession Debates: A European or a National Issue? Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 19 (with John Downey, Sabina Mihelj and Mine Gencel-Bek).
forthcoming. Methodological Affinities of CAQDAS: A Review of seven software packages. forum Qualitative Sozialforschung.
2006. Compounding Mixed-Method Problems in Frame Analysis through Comparative Research, Qualitative Research 6 (1): 61-76.
2006. Is there a European Public Sphere? The Berlusconi-Schulz Case, European Journal of Communication 21 (2): 165-187. (with John Downey).
2005. "Routinizing Frame Analysis", Proceedings of the ISA RC-33 Methodology Conference, Leverkusen: Leske & Budrich.
2004. The Wow Factor: Preconceptions and Expectations for Data Analysis Software in Qualitative Research. Social Science Computer Review 22 (2): 179-186. (with Katie MacMillan)
2004 CAQDAS in der Frame Analysis, in: Udo Kuckartz et al.. Qualitative Datenanalyse: computergestützt, Wiesbaden, Germany: VdS, pp. 89-96.
2004. A Mixed-Method-Approach to Frame Analysis, Digital Journal of Sociology (in Serbo-Croat).
2002. The Hegemony of Multiculturalism. Croatian Political Science Review 38 (5): 48-61.
Selected Conference Papers
2005. Detecting Frames across Languages and Nations. Some Issues in Mixed-Methods Research, 7th ESA Conference (Toruń, Poland, September 8-12, 2005).
2005. Keeping the Faith in the Name of Democracy: German Sonderweg or Continental Mainstream? 7th ESA Conference (Toruń, Poland, September 8-12, 2005),
http://gdwg.de/sociology/keep_the_faith.pdf.
2004 "Nationalization vs. Europeanization vs. Globalization of Issues that Should Belong to the European Public Sphere." ESA Media Sociology Meeting. (Thessaloniki, Greece
November 5-9, 2004).
2004. Anti-Semitism as Free Speech: A Case Study. IAMCR Biannual Meeting (Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 25-30,2004),
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/mmethods/research/case_studies/hohmann/koenig_frames_h ohmann_IAMCR_2004.pdf.
2004. "Reframing Frame Analysis," ASA Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA, August 14-17, 2004).
Proficiency in Statistical Methods
Regression Analysis (including logit models) extensive experience ANOVA and Factor Analysis some experience
Latent Class Analysis and Log-linear Models some experience (primarily LCA) Structural Equation Models extensive experience
Cluster Analyses some experience
Language Proficiencies
German: native speaker
English: excellent French: passive Italian: passive Software Skills
Qualitative Packages: MAXqda, Nvivo, QDA Miner, Qualrus, Atlas.ti, Kwalitan Statistical Packages: SPSS (general statistical software package)
LISREL, AMOS (structural equation modelling) lEM, LATENTGold (latent class analysis) Web: Advanced Knowledge of HTML and CSS Referees
Peter Golding Professor
Department of Social Sciences Loughborough University Loughborough, LE11 3TU Phone 01509 223390 Fax: 01509 223944 [email protected] http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/d epstaff/staff/golding.htm Ákos Rona-Tas Associate Professor Department of Sociology (0533) University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA, 92093-0533 USA Phone: +1 (858) 534-4699 Fax.: +1 (858) 534 4753 [email protected] http://weber.ucsd.edu/~aronatas/ Michael G. Billig Professor
Department of Social Sciences Loughborough University Loughborough, LE11 3TU Phone 01509 223367 Fax: 01509 223944 [email protected]