Research Strategies in Policy Studies Summer School 2017

CfA Research Strategies in Policy Studies (ReSPoS) Summer School 2018 'Gauging Concepts' - Milan (ITALY), June 25 – 29.

I am happy to announce the opening of applications for the 2018 ReSPoS Summer School in Milan (Italy).

Programme:
» The process of conceptualisation in case-based research within policy studies
Rasmus Brun Pedersen, Aarhus University (DK)
» From concepts to property-sets for configurational analysis
Mario Quaranta, Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (IT)
» From words to numbers: text analysis and topic models in policy studies
Federica Genovese, University of Essex, Colchester (UK)
» The mainstream: econometrics to build synthetic indicators in policy studies
Daniele Checchi, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT)
» Wrap-up: Concepts and the challenges of MMR
Gary Goertz, University of Notre Dame (USA)

Applications
The deadline for application is May, 15. Applications are online only. Interested candidates may access the online form here: http://nasp.eu/respos-application-form

Fees and services
The School is free of charges. Participants only have to cover their travel and accomodation expenses.

Further info: http://www.nasp.eu/training/other-training-activities/spring-summer-schools/respos-summer-school-2018.html

For any request, please contact: [email protected]

Best regards,

Fedra Negri
Post-Doc Researcher at Università degli Studi di Milano (ITALY)

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