Paul Felix Lazarsfeld His Methodological Inspirations and Networking Activities in the Field of Social Research, Prague, 25 - 27 September 2011

Abstract

This short text informs about the international conference dedicated to the life and work of Paul F. Lazarsfeld which was held in Prague, September 2011. It organizes the conference presentations into three blocks: 1) Critical analyses of social research methods that Lazarsfeld propagated; 2) Commemorations of his personality and intellectual style; 3) Studies of Lazarsfeld’s posterity and of his presence in current social research.

Paul Felix Lazarsfeld’s Impact on Sociological Methodology

“…The conference had the three foci of the social science research methods influenced by Lazarsfeld, his personality and intellectual style, and his impact on current social science research. For more details about the conference, see Balazova and Marsalek (2012). Furthermore, the paper concentrates on Lazarsfeld's institutional and intellectual impact in the English-speaking world.…”