2024 Summer Methods School
The 11th edition of the RECSM Summer Methods School in 2024
On-site & Online
The Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM) announces the 11th edition of the RECSM Summer Methods School (June 25 to July 12, 2024)
The RECSM Summer Methods School is a three-week intensive program covering diverse topics on survey methodology and advanced statistical analysis of survey data. Participants choose from 14 courses covering different topics to create their own program. All courses are taught by leading experts around the world. During the first week, we will offer introductory courses, including courses on software programming in R and STATA, while the second and third week focuses on more advanced learning.
Target group: Professionals, Researchers and Students who wish to develop high-quality surveys and employ up-to-date statistical methods for survey and quantitative data analyses. Potential attendees include survey practitioners, marketing professionals, social science students, and researchers.
Objective: To provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed to design surveys, implement statistical analyses and carry out quantitative research.
Format: Online & On-site
Registration deadline: 14th of June
Week 1 - Introductory courses
June 25 to June 28
Format: online & on-site
Week 2 - Regular courses
July 1 to July 5
Format: online & on-site
- Causal inference (12-hour course, 3 days) - Bruno Arpino
- The ABCs of Regression Discontinuity Designs and Instrumental Variables (12-hour course, 3 days) - Mar C. Espadafor
- Multilevel 1: Understanding the foundations of multilevel models (12-hour course, 3 days) - Carla Rampichini & Leonardo Grilli
- Advances in comparative survey research and survey data harmonization (12-hour course, 3 days) - Marta Kołczyńska
- Survey experiments (12-hour course, 3 days) - Jordi Muñoz
Week 3 - Regular courses
July 8 to July 12
Format: online & on-site
- Understanding and modeling voting behavior (8-hour course, 2 days) - Marco Steenbergen
- Computational analysis of social media (12-hour course, 3 days) - Carlos Arcila
- Machine learning for social sciences (12-hour course, 3 days) - Christoph Kern
- Questionnaire design (12-hour course, 3 days) - Diana Zavala-Rojas
- Multilevel 2 (12-hour course, 3 days) - Alexander Schmidt-Catran
You can sign up now! You must first register and then enrol.
UPF students or individuals who have taken a course at UPF before can skip to enrolment.
Please refer to the registration and enrolment guide for instructions. If you have any queries, please contact [email protected].
Registration deadline: 14th of June
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Course costs
Introductory 8-hour course:
- Students: 200€
- Researchers: 300€
- Professionals: 400€
Introductory 12-hour course:
- Students: 250€
- Researchers: 350€
- Professionals: 450€
Regular 8-hour course:
- Students: 250€
- Researchers: 400€
- Professionals: 500€
Regular 12-hour course:
- Students: 300€
- Researchers: 500€
- Professionals: 600€
Discounts
- 5% early bird discount for registering before April 15th, 2024
- 10% when registering for at least 3 regular courses
- 20% when registering for at least 5 regular courses
- 25% for UPF and USAL students (this discount cannot be combined with any other discount)
- 30% for members of WAPOR LATAM (this discount cannot be combined with any other discount)
If you are not already a member of WAPOR LATAM and would like to be, click below to see how you can sign up at a discounted rate at the same time as registering for the Summer School.
How to pay
Payment details
Once you have registered and enrolled in your courses, you will be able to pay through the enrolment platform. Please refer to the registration and enrolment guide for instructions
You can pay via credit/debit card or with a bank transfer.
Registration deadline: 14th of June
Cancellation policy: All refund/cancellation requests must be provided via email to [email protected] and received prior to May 24th, 2023. From May 25th cancellation will not be refunded.
Invoices are sent upon demand.
How to get to the Summer School
The RECSM Summer Methods School will take at the Ciutadella Campus of Universitat Pompeu Fabra. As shown in the below map, the Ciutadella Campus is next to the Ciutadella Park in central Barcelona. More information about the exact rooms and local hotels will be provided closer to the time.
Where to stay
RECSM has partnered with RESA University Residences to offer all Summer School participants with a 20% discount on booking accommodation at their student residences throughout the month of July.
Simply use the following code when booking: RECSM23
This discount is available at the following residences:
- Campus del Mar
- La Ciutadella
- La Salle
- Barcelona Diagonal
- Lesseps
- Torre Girona
- Pere Felip Monlau
- Investigadors
We are grateful to our sponsors, Netquest, whose support is integral to making the RECSM Methods School happen.
Since 2001, Netquest has provided genuine and insightful data to market researchers. Netquest's data collection capabilities and its consumer panels in over 20 countries make them a trusted partner that helps organizations and businesses analyze the market, gain valuable insights, and truly understand consumers