GESIS Spring Seminar – Cutting-Edge Methods
Spring Seminar 2025: Experimental Designs in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
📅 17 March to 04 April 2025
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- Course Program:
- Week 1: Field Experiments | Johanna Gereke & Nicole Schwitter | 17 - 21 March 2025.
- Week 2: Laboratory Experiments | Florian Heine | 24 - 28 March 2025.
- Week 3: Multifactorial Survey Experiments | Ulf Liebe & Jürgen Meyerhoff | 31 March - 04 April 2025.
Please note:
- There is no registration deadline, but places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
- There is a big trade fair ("IDS 2025") in Cologne during week 2 (25 - 29 March 2025). You must book your accommodation as soon as possible. Please also see our tips here.
The 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
- provide you with good networking opportunities, a supportive social environment, and (when it is taking place on-site again) an exciting time in Cologne
The 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.
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Should you be unsure which course is the right one for you, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Each course has specific prerequisites, which will be detailed on the course websites. In addition, all Spring Seminar participants are expected to:
- have a sound knowledge of quantitative research methods;
- have a good command of English.