Posted by Lokniti-CSDS’ 11th Summer Workshop on Quantitative Methods in Political Science (10th-22nd July 2017, Bengaluru): Deadline: 10th April 2017
Lokniti – Programme for Comparative Democracy, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, invites applications for the Summer Workshop on ‘Analyzing Quantitative Data on Indian Politics’ to be held in Bengaluru from 10th July 2017 to 22nd July 2017.
About the Workshop:
This is the 11th Summer School being organised by Lokniti-CSDS.
In this Summer School, there will be special emphasis on an understanding of quantitative data on Indian politics. We plan to bring together a group of political scientists with the aim of providing them with an opportunity to improve their skills in quantitative analysis.
The selected participants will be given a set of readings before they come to attend the workshop and will be expected to attend lectures and practical data analysis sessions.
Eligibility:
- Teachers of Political Science in colleges and universities who are working on empirical subjects and would benefit from further training.
- Research students of Political Science who are working on empirical themes for their M. Phil. or Ph. D. dissertations and can benefit from further training.
- Any other person (including those from outside Political Science and outside academia) who are interested in making sense of politics by analysing quantitative data.
Registration Procedure:
Please send your detailed CV with a statement of research interest (those already registered for M. Phil or PhD should clearly mention the topic of dissertation along with a brief summary of the objectives and methodologies used) in about 500 words.
Applicants should also go through the questionnaire used for the National Election Study 2014 (see here) and submit a 500 word Note on a research question that interests them based on this questionnaire.
Selection for the workshop will be made on the basis of these two write-ups submitted by candidates.
The last date for receiving the application is Monday, 10th April 2017.
Please send your applications by email to summerschool@csds.in or by snail mail to
Director, Lokniti, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies 29 Rajpur Road, Civil Lines, Delhi 110 054
Accomodation:
Participants need to bear their travel expenses from their place of residence to Bengaluru and back. The host institution will take care of the accommodation and food for all the participants for the entire duration of the workshop.
Links:
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