The GESIS Spring Seminar offers high quality training in state-of-the-art techniques in quantitative data analysis taught by leading experts in the field. The Spring Seminar covers a different topic each year, picking up on recent developments and innovations in social science research methodology.

The Spring Seminar will

• provide you with in-depth knowledge of state-of-the-art quantitative research methods in the social sciences,
• enable you to apply state-of-the-art quantitative analysis techniques to your own research projects,
• provide you with the opportunity to discuss your research with interested colleagues and leading experts.

The GESIS Spring Seminar is targeted at advanced graduate or PhD students, post-docs, junior and senior researchers who are interested in developing and improving their knowledge and skills in state-of-the-art techniques in quantitative data analysis. Lectures in each course are complemented by hands-on exercises giving participants the opportunity to apply these methods to data. All courses are held in English.

Program:

• Week 1: Agent-based Modelling in the Social Sciences
  • 07.03.2022 - 11.03.2022 - Prof. Dr. Andreas Flache, Carlos de Matos Fernandes, Tanzhe Tang
• Week 2: Policy Modelling
  • 14.03.2022 - 18.03.2022 - Prof. Dr. Petra Ahrweiler, Dr. Corinna Elsenbroich
• Week 3: Using Simulation Studies to Evaluate Statistical Methods
  • 21.03.2022 - 25.03.2022 - Dr. Tim Morris, Dr. Matteo Quartagno

The Spring Seminar 2022 will take place online via Zoom from 07 March to 25 March 2022.