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Hello/Bonjour,
Here below concise information on 3 methods training opportunities this
summer :
1/ 2nd ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana (Slovenia),
19 July/4 August
2/ Summer Meetings of the Political Methodology Section of APSA, Penn State
University (USA), 18-21 July
3/ 21eme Ecole d'été de Lille en Méthodes Quantitatives en Sciences
sociales, Lille (France), 5-12 juillet
NB : some deadlines in March/April 07
You are welcome to forward this information on your mailing lists etc.
Best regards/cordialement,
Prof. Benoit Rihoux
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1/ 2nd ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana (Slovenia),
19 July/4 August
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It is targeted at advanced students (Master, beginning Ph.D) and junior
researchers in political science and sociology, but students and
researchers from all social and behavioural sciences are most welcome.
The aim of the summer school is to provide methods training opportunities
in addition to MA and PhD curricula at European universities and to foster
debate, interaction, and mutual understanding between various
methodological perspectives at an early stage in academic careers. The
curriculum covers introductory and intermediate courses in both
quantitative and qualitative methods, also stemming from different
ontological and methodological perspectives, and also features some plenary
interactive events and debates, so as to increase alertness of young
researchers to other methodological perspectives and possibilities. Some
ECTS credits (3 or 5) can also be earned for the main, two-week courses.
The programme has been expanded to 4 intensive courses and 15 main,
two-week courses :
The 4 Intensive courses (three days: 19 July - 21 July 2007) are:
1. Inferential statistics
2. Basic concepts of mathematics
3. Introduction to SPSS
4. Introduction to R
The 15 Main courses (two weeks: 23 July - 4 August 2007) are:
5. Mathematical concepts and formal modelling
6. Generating ‘qualitative’ data: expert interviews and documentary sources
7. Comparative survey design
8. The statistical analysis of cross-national survey data
9. Multiple regression analysis
10. Political and policy ethnography
11. Quantitative narrative analysis
12. Comparative research design and configurational comparative methods
13. Network analysis
14. Qualitatively orientated textual analysis
15. Online research methods
16. Temporality and sequence analysis
17. Mixed methods design
18. Multilevel analysis
19. Methodologies of case studies
NB: useful practical informations :
- Full information (including detailed brochure in .pdf format) is
available on the official Summer school web pages :
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/summerschools/ljubljana/index.aspx (can
also to be reached through the ECPR main page :
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/ ).
- Registration to each course is accepted on "first come, first serve"
basis -- it is thus advised to register well in advance
- NEW : online registration form
- NEW : detailed course information posted on the web pages
- NB : deadline for application & payment to obtain the lowest fee : 1
April 2007
2/ Summer Meetings of the Political Methodology Section of APSA, Penn State
University (July 18-21)
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[information from Becky Morton, Program chair]
NB : deadline 15 March !
revised call for papers below for the Summer Meetings of the
Political Methodology Section of APSA. NSF funds will help provide
support for approximately 35 graduate students and will provide
resources for the attendance of women and minorities to the summer
methods meetings. To apply to attend
the meetings fill out the application form at the Society's webpage:
http://polmeth.wustl.edu/methods2007/register/
We encourage women and minorities to apply to attend the meetings. If
you also would like to be considered for the funding for attendance by
women and minorities, please state this in your application for
attendance and/or send a separate email to this effect to
[log in to unmask] Please note -- only those who apply for attendance via
the web page will be considered -- the email notification is simply so
that we can be sure and flag those applications eligible for the
funding for women and minorities.
There has been some confusion over how individuals who will be
starting as Assistant Professors in the fall should apply. Such
individuals, if they have funding from their new institutions to
attend the meetings, should apply as faculty and we encourage those
whose institutions are likely to be supportive to seek such funding.
But if such funding is not possible, they can apply as graduate
students.
Because of the need for this clarification and the recent availabilty
of new funds available to support women and minorities attendance at
the meetings the deadline for applications has been extended to
Thursdays, March 15th.
Below is the revised call for papers for the meetings. If you have
not applied to attend, please consider applying. If you have applied,
but know of a graduate student or a faculty colleague who would
benefit from the meeting -- especially woman or minority faculty
members who can benefit from the funding available -- please encourage
them to apply!
Becky Morton
Program Chair
2007 Summer Methods Meeting
Call for Papers:
The 24th Annual Summer Methodology Conference will be held July 18-21,
2007, on the campus of the Penn State University. These meetings are
sponsored by the Society for Political Methodology and the APSA
Political Methodology Organized Section. Further support comes from
the Penn State College of Liberal Arts, Department of Political
Science, and Quantitative Social Science Initiative as well as the
National Science Foundation.
Attendance at the Summer meeting is by invitation. To apply to attend
the meetings fill out the application form at the Society's webpage:
http://polmeth.wustl.edu/methods2007/register/
Applicants stipulate their willingness to give a paper, act as
discussant, present a poster (all graduate students), or simply
attend. Individuals who will be starting as Assistant Professors in
the fall, if they have funding from their new institutions to attend
the meetings, should apply as faculty. We encourage those individuals
who will be starting as Assistant Professors in the fall whose
institutions are likely to be supportive to seek such funding. But if
such funding is not possible, these individuals can apply as graduate
students. As is the case with all graduate sudents, they are required
to submit a poster application. Again, note that the deadline for
applications has been extended to March 16th (two weeks later than
last year). However, we anticipate no problem with sending out formal
invitations by April 1.
Please also note: Each coauthor of a paper or poster must apply
separately to attend. Coauthors who do not apply before the March 16th
application deadline will not be considered for attendance. This is
necessary so that the organizers have an accurate count of the number
of participants at the meeting and can allocate resources efficiently.
As many of you are aware the Society voted at the last Business
Meeting at APSA to work toward increasing the size of the summer
meeting as suggested in the report presented by the Long Range
Planning Committee. Of course the expansion has costs; all
participants will stay in hotels and eventually no meals will be
provided. This summer will be a "transition" meeting, with some
aspects of the new and old.
Specifically, more faculty and graduate students will be invited to
the conference than in past years, although participation is still
limited by space constraints. While more graduate students will be
invited to the conference, the number who will be able to present
posters is constrained by space and time, so not all graduate students
invited to attend will be invited to present posters. Graduate
students whose posters are accepted for the conference will have their
expenses (airfare, hotel, and conference registration) paid by a grant
from the National Science Foundation. Graduate students who are
invited but are not poster presenters will be expected to be funded by
their home institutions. It is extremely helpful to the Society if
faculty who have resources can fund poster presenters as well.
To expand the presentation opportunities for faculty, the program
committee is considering having some faculty present in shorter time
slots and to present posters. Submissions of papers that are
coauthored with graduate students or junior colleagues are also
especially encouraged. When paper proposals are submitted, authors
will have an opportunity to express preferences over the different
presentation formats. However, these preferences cannot be
guaranteed.
Penn State has negotiated reduced hotel rates with two hotels which
are within walking distance of the conference location on campus. All
attendees will stay in hotels (including funded graduate students who
will share rooms). Faculty will be responsible for making and paying
for their own hotel reservations at the reduced rate. Lunches will be
provided on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There will be a
conference dinner on Friday night and a conference reception on
Saturday. Penn State will provide information on restaurant offerings
in the area for the other times.
The registration is $200 for each faculty member and $50 for each
graduate student, which must be paid in advance of the conference to
Jonathan Katz, Treasurer. Faculty are expected to obtain support from
their home institutions to cover their conference expenses.
Penn State University is located in State College, PA. The University
abuts the downtown, offering an array of restaurants and entertainment
very near the conference and hotels. Summer weather is generally mild
and attendees interested in mountain biking or hiking should consider
an extra day's visit.
We thank our hosts Suzie De Boef and Burt Monroe, and sponsors at Penn
State University and the National Science Foundation. Additional
information can be found at the conference website, which will be
continually updated between now and the conference,
http://polmeth.psu.edu. Questions should be directed to Suzanna De
Boef at [log in to unmask]
We look forward to seeing you in Happy Valley this summer!
Becky Morton
Program Chair
2007 Summer Methods Meeting
3/ 21ème Ecole d'été de Lille en Méthodes Quantitatives en Sciences
sociales, Lille (France), 5-12 juillet
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[en français/in French]
Responsable scientifique : Annie Laurent (CNRS-CERAPS)
L’école d’été de Lille est ouverte à toute personne durablement inscrite
dans un processus de recherche : chercheurs et ingénieurs de recherche,
enseignants-chercheurs, assistants de recherche, post-doctorants,
doctorants français et étrangers…
En 2007, l'école d'été qui se déroulera dans les locaux de l’Institut
d’Etudes politiques de Lille propose deux formations qui se tiendront en
parallèle:
1. Comparer les données d’enquêtes
2. Méthodes de régression et Méthodes explicatives
Tous les cours sont donnés en français
Les personnes appartenant au CNRS et à une institution membre de l’ ECPR
sont prioritaires
L’école est soutenue par le CNRS, l' ECPR, la FNSP, l' AFSP et l’Institut
d’études politiques de Lille
Pour obtenir le programme, les conditions matérielles et financières ainsi
que le dossier d'inscription, vous pouvez envoyer un message à Monsieur
Younès Haddadi:
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Benoit RIHOUX
Professeur - Professor
Centre de Politique Comparee (CPC) /
Unite de Science Politique et de Relations Internationales (SPRI)
Universite catholique de Louvain - UCL
1/7 Place Montesquieu
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2nd ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques,
Ljubljana, 19 July - 4 August 2007 :
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/summerschools/ljubljana/index.htm
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