The Workshop in Comparative Methods took place at the Oxford Institute of Social Policy on 12-14 January 2012; it provided an overview of and introduction into various comparative methods. The workshop presentations were based on the research project 'Integrating macro and micro perspectives in cross-national comparison: Dynamic policy structures and individual outcomes', which is funded as one of the four projects within the ESRC Methods for Comparative Cross-National Research Initiative.

Latest episodes of the podcast Comparative Methods Workshop

• Welcome to the ESRC/OISP Workshop in Comparative Methods
• Introduction to Comparative Analysis (part 1)
• Introduction to Comparative Analysis (part 2)
• Ideal Types and Welfare Regimes: An Application
• Challenges and Limits of Macro-Quantitative Analysis
• An Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling in Comparative Social Analysis
• Merging Macro and Micro Data?
• Conclusion