Curriculum Vitae
Thomas Koenig
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 Employment
since 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
Research Officer (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
Seminar für Politikwissenschaft
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
Responsibilities: questionnaire development, data collection, data
01/99-08/99
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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
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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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/
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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 SerboCroat).
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).
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Proficiency in Statistical Methods
Regression Analysis (including logit models)
ANOVA and Factor Analysis
Latent Class Analysis and Log-linear Models
Structural Equation Models
Cluster Analyses
extensive experience
some experience
some experience (primarily LCA)
extensive experience
some experience
Language Proficiencies
German:
English:
French:
Italian:
native speaker
excellent
passive
passive
Software Skills
Qualitative Packages:
Statistical Packages:
Web:
MAXqda, Nvivo, QDA Miner, Qualrus, Atlas.ti, Kwalitan
SPSS (general statistical software package)
LISREL, AMOS (structural equation modelling)
lEM, LATENTGold (latent class analysis)
Advanced Knowledge of HTML and CSS
Referees
Peter Golding
Ákos Rona-Tas
Professor
Associate Professor
Department of Social Sciences
Department of Sociology (0533)
Loughborough University
University of California at San Diego
Loughborough, LE11 3TU
La Jolla, CA, 92093-0533
Phone 01509 223390
USA
Fax: 01509 223944
Phone: +1 (858) 534-4699
[email protected]
Fax.: +1 (858) 534 4753
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/d [email protected]
epstaff/staff/golding.htm
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]
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/depstaff/staff/billig.html