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	Register for the 29th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods in Lugano!


Monday 03.02	Embark on a journey of methodological mastery at the 29th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods in Lugano, Switzerland! Our new programme is now online, and registration is officially open. The Summer School, managed by Università della Svizzera Italiana with the support of the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS), offers 4 different preliminary workshops and 23 one-week intensive, immersive courses on qualitative, quantitative and hybrid methods in social sciences, as well as three cross-methods courses. Visit our website today to explore the full program and secure your spot in this transformative learning experience. Google Calendar - Outlook Calendar - ICS

	Workshops in 2025

7-9 August 2025 (dates vary)

Preliminary Workshops

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1) Introduction to Stata (online) 7-8 August 2) Introduction to R and Rstudio (online) 7-8 August 3) Visual Thinking for PhD Researchers (on campus) 8-9 August 4) Statistics with SPSS for Social Scientists (online) 7-9 August

11 - 15 August 2025

Week 1: Qualitative Methods

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1) Conducting a Grounded Theory Study 2) Ethnographic Methods 3) Mastering Case-Study Research Designs: Before, During and After Qualitative Data Collection NEW THIS YEAR! 4) Discourse Theory and Analysis

11 - 15 August 2025

Week 1: Quantitative Methods

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1) Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) 2) Causal Analysis with Observational Data 3) Using Social Network Analysis to Understand Data 4) Multivariate Methods for Social Researchers 5) Introduction to Machine Learning 6) Web Scraping and Data Mining in R

11 - 15 August 2025

Week 1: Mixed & Hybrid Methods & Cross-Method Workshops

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1) Mixed Methods 2) Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) 3) Design Thinking for Research

18 -22 August 2025

Week 2: Qualitative Methods

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1) Integrating AI in the Qualitative Research Workflow NEW THIS YEAR! 2) Qualitative Analysis of Interview Data

18 - 22 August 2025

Week 2: Quantitative Methods

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1) Large Language Models for Social Science Research 2) Content Analysis and Natural Language Processing 3) Longitudinal Analysis with Panel Data 4) An Introduction to Bayesian Methods for the Social Sciences

5) Survey Design and Implementation 6) Creating Groups from Data. Cluster Analysis and Latent Class Analysis 7) Designing Experiments in the Social Sciences

18 - 22 August 2025

Week 2: Mixed & Hybrid Methods & Cross-Method Workshops

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1) Using methods to improve your theoretical arguments – bridging theory and methods with case studies and comparative research to develop more interesting theories NEW THIS YEAR! 2) How to Forge Arguments in Writing (Social Sciences) Scientific Paper