🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨

7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).

Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
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Secure your space now Critical Discourse Analysis, 16-20 February 2026, Online

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Learn to apply Critical Discourse Analysis & the Discourse-Historical Approach to contemporary political research

📆 16–20 Feb, Online
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Last spaces remaining! Survey Design Course, 12–14 November 2025, Online

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📆 12–14 Nov
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Black, Red, and white cover of Comprehensive Deterrence Theory

Presents a new theory of deterrence, highlights critical gaps in knowledge about punishment's effects, and shows how to improve policy.

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📣 Opportunities for early career scholars

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📆 22–26 Sep, University of Duisburg-Essen
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Priority Booking: ECPR Methods School at the General Conference 2025 Enjoy first pick of courses and a £70 discount if you're an ECPR Member

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ECPR Funding opportunities Explore event attendance grants for scholars from ECPR Member and Non-Member institutions

💰 Funding is OPEN for our summer methods courses in Greece!
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ECPR Course: Comparative Historical Analysis, Online, 16 – 20 June 2025 Limited spaces!

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✅ Learn to design a solid comparative historical study
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📆 16–20 Jun 💻 Online
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ECPR Methods School at the General Conference 2025: Priority Booking Enjoy first pick of courses and a £70 discount if you're an ECPR Member

🌱 Grow your methods skills and your network in one great experience

🔓 Get FREE entry to our flagship General Conference as part of your course
📆 26–29 Aug 📍 Thessaloniki

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Doing Fieldwork in Challenging Environments, Online, 12–16 May 2025 Learn to plan, prepare, and conduct field research in conflict, post-war, and closed political settings.

📍 Are you preparing for #fieldwork in a conflict, post-war, or closed political setting?
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💻 12–16 May 👩‍💻 Vera Axyonova
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Getting Started with Spatial Analysis using R, Online, 26–30 May 2025 Get a solid foundation for analysing spatial data with R, and learn perform spatial analysis on your own research.

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📆 26–30 May
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Making Sense of Political Narratives, Harbour House, Colchester, 9 - 11 June 2025 Limited spaces available!

🧭 Trying to make sense of political narratives? 🎟️ Book an exclusive, small-group course at ECPR HQ in Colchester ⤵️

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📅 9–11 Jun | 👩‍🏫 Molly Andrews @ucl-ias.bsky.social
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ECPR Methods School at the General Conference 2025: Priority Booking Enjoy first pick of courses and a £70 discount if you're an ECPR Member

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Machine Learning Methods for Political Science, Online, 19–23 May 2025 Learn the fundamentals of machine learning methods including regularisation, cross-validation, as well as major model forms, as they apply to our scientific study of political systems.

✅ Develop convincing research designs with advanced computational methods
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📆 19–23 May 💻 Online

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Course list now live: ECPR Methods School at the General Conference 26 – 29 August 2025, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Making Sense of Political Narratives, Harbour House, Colchester, 9 - 11 June 2025 Limited spaces available!

🧭 Trying to make sense of political narratives? 🎟️ Book an exclusive, small-group course at ECPR HQ in Colchester ⤵️

✨ You'll gain:
✅ Theoretical insights
✅ Practical tools
✅ Narrative analysis skills

📅 9–11 Jun | 👩‍🏫 Molly Andrews @ucl-ias.bsky.social
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Doing Fieldwork in Challenging Environments, Online, 12–16 May 2025 Learn to plan, prepare, and conduct field research in conflict, post-war, and closed political settings.

📍 Are you preparing for #fieldwork in a conflict, post-war, or closed political setting?

⬇️ Get hands-on training on ethical & practical aspects, covering:
⚠️ Risk assessment & mitigation
🔎 Common #ResearchMethods
📈 Managing your #data

💻 12–16 May 👩‍💻 Vera Axyonova
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Machine Learning Methods for Political Science, Online, 19–23 May 2025 Learn the fundamentals of machine learning methods including regularisation, cross-validation, as well as major model forms, as they apply to our scientific study of political systems.

✅ Develop convincing research designs with advanced computational methods
🛒 Book our #MachineLearning course, which covers:
🤖 Concepts
🤖 Model types
🤖 Real-world datasets
🤖 Applications in #polsci

👩‍🏫 Thomas Robinson @lsemethodology.bsky.social
📆 19–23 May 💻 Online

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ECPR Methods School – Courses Last spaces remaining on our March programme

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🔶 Application of Focus Groups
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🔶 Comparing Countries with Multivariate Statistical Techniques
🔶 Intro to QCA
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Uncovering Meanings in Survey Data Using Correlational Class Analysis, Monday 17 March, Online ECPR Early Careers Lounge: Opportunities and Challenges of Social Science Research

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❇️ Launching Mon 17 Mar, 13:00–14:00 GMT
🔎 Uncovering meanings in #SurveyData using correlational class analysis
🗣️ @thijslin.bsky.social & @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social

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Uncovering Meanings in Survey Data Using Correlational Class Analysis, Monday 17 March, Online ECPR Early Careers Lounge: Opportunities and Challenges of Social Science Research

👩‍💻 Introducing NEW #EarlyCareersLounge on Research Methodology
❇️ Opening session Mon 17 Mar, 13:00–14:00 GMT
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ECPR Methods School – Courses Last spaces remaining on our March programme

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✔️Application of #FocusGroups
✔️Applied Regression Analysis
✔️Comparing Countries with Multivariate Statistical Techniques
✔️Intro to QCA
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🐦 Enjoy an Early Bird discount when booking any of our May courses before ⏰ Fri 28 Feb

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Online Course: Doing Fieldwork in Challenging Environments, 12–16 May 2025 Benefit from Early Bird savings until 28 February

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🐦 Early Bird until 28 Feb
💻 12–16 May, Online
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Has anyone ever fit a difference-in-differences on a latent variable? I.e. pre/post changes in a latent variable across groups? Is that a thing?

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Happy to share a recent publication on Bluesky to kick off my presence here: “Fitting z-curves to estimate the size of the UESD file drawer and the replicability of published findings” came out (open access) in Research & Politics this September #methodsky.
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