Deadline:
As soon as possible
Program Starts: June 03, 2025
Program Ends: August 29, 2025
Location(s)
Austria Brazil Burkina Faso China Colombia France Germany Hong Kong Italy Kenya Netherlands Poland Singapore Sweden United Kingdom United States of America
Various locations
Overview
The purpose of the Summer Institutes is to bring together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and beginning faculty interested in computational social science. The Summer Institute is for both social scientists (broadly conceived) and data scientists (broadly conceived).
Details
The instructional program will involve lectures, group problem sets, and participant-led research projects. There will also be outside speakers who conduct computational social science research in a variety of settings, such as academia, industry, and government. Topics covered include text as data, website scraping, digital field experiments, machine learning, and ethics. There will be ample opportunities for students to discuss their ideas and research with the organizers, other participants, and visiting speakers. Because we are committed to open and reproducible research, all materials created by faculty and students for the Summer Institute will be released open source.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Participation is restricted to Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, and untenured faculty within 7 years of their Ph.D. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and fields of study, especially applicants from groups currently under-represented in computational social science. Twelve (12) participants will be invited and expected to fully attend and participate in the entire program.
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Program starts:
June 03, 2025
Program ends:
August 29, 2025
Program Starts: June 03, 2025
Program Ends: August 29, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
The Summer Institute in Computational Social Science is funded in part by grants from the Russell Sage Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Participants are expected to attend both weeks of the institute. Meals and refreshments will be provided free of cost for all participants at SICSS during the event. Accommodation for those participants from outside Duke will also be covered. Travel costs (up to a set cap) will be reimbursed for those from outside Duke.
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