10th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology

10th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 - Tue, 31 Aug 2021

Online

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Organized by: GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

Every August since 2012, the Summer School in Survey Methodology usually takes place at GESIS in Cologne, Germany. Lecturers and participants from all over the world and from many different fields come to Cologne to take part in Europe's leading summer school on survey methodology, research design, and data collection – recommended by the European Survey Research Association (ESRA). Due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, the GESIS Summer School 2021 is held virtually. After 2020 it is the 2nd Virtual GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology.

Why attend the Summer School in Survey Methodology?

At the Summer School in Survey Methodology you will

  • receive high quality training in state-of-the-art techniques and methods of survey research;
  • find courses that equip you with essential skills in how to design, plan, conduct, and document all kinds of surveys;
  • find courses that teach you how to analyze survey data;
  • find both courses that give a broad overview of survey methods and courses that intensively discuss special interest topics in survey research;
  • meet new people from different fields and from all over the world to network and discuss your research with.

Prerequisites
Each course has specific prerequisites, which will be detailed on the course websites. In addition, all participants are expected to:

  • have basic knowledge of empirical research methods;
  • have a good command of English.