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So application times for these things are coming up soon as well. Is anyone applying? Got any fun pointers for new unknown summer schools/seminars that are useful within sociology? (yes I do understand that it might be an outsider-situation for many prior to starting grad school)

I'll post the classics (quant-heavy) just to get started;

Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences - http://www.berlinsummerschool.de/welcome-to-the-berlin-summer-school-in-social-sciences/

The Summer Institute in Survey Research Technique at Mich - http://si.isr.umich.edu/

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research - http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/sumprog/2013/application.html

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis - http://www.essex.ac.uk/summerschool/about/main.html

And then the new one;

GESIS summer school on Survey Methodology - http://www.gesis.org/veranstaltungen/gesis-summer-school/

I've gone to Essex and it was excellent!

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Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. It is organized by political scientists and mainly draws on them, but would be a good experience for someone doing comparative-historical work. Instructors include sociologists, such as Jim Mahoney. It is not easy to attend if your department is not a member of their consortium, but they do have a limited number of spots for applicants in unaffiliated institutions.

More info here:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/cqrm/The_Institute_for_Qualitative_and_Multi-Method_Research/

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I was really hoping that someone would know some summer schools in Asia/Canada/Latin America/Africa/Australia? (i.e. outside Europe/US :).  Googling these things gives me zero trustable info. 

I actually went to Peking University-University of Michigan Joint Institute, a summer program in Beijing.

I had courses in statistics for social research, which were simply great ( I think quantitative people have heard of Xie and Houser? They taught at this program). http://www.oir.pku.edu.cn/umich/english/teaching/teaching_program_2.html

Now they also seem to have summer program on Chinese studies and social theory: http://www.oir.pku.edu.cn/umich/english/teaching/teaching_program_1.html

Besides, the prices were very affordable when I attended three years ago.

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Besides, I was wondering if it still helps to go to these summer programs when there is a long PhD training ahead? Don't PhD courses cover these topics too?

And, anyone has advice/opinion to share about the cost-effectiveness of all these programs?

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Besides, I was wondering if it still helps to go to these summer programs when there is a long PhD training ahead? Don't PhD courses cover these topics too?

And, anyone has advice/opinion to share about the cost-effectiveness of all these programs?

 

My current program (terminal ma) really pushes it's students to attend the better ones as to network, develop their research and push their names. If you look at Essex/GESIS then they are given by some of the leading names in their fields (Jenkins when it comes to multilevel event). 

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My current program (terminal ma) really pushes it's students to attend the better ones as to network, develop their research and push their names. If you look at Essex/GESIS then they are given by some of the leading names in their fields (Jenkins when it comes to multilevel event). 

Thanks! It is helpful to know :-)

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Besides, I was wondering if it still helps to go to these summer programs when there is a long PhD training ahead? Don't PhD courses cover these topics too?

And, anyone has advice/opinion to share about the cost-effectiveness of all these programs?

At my school at least, it's relatively common to learn quantitative methodologies in short courses (usually from someone flown in specifically to teach that course) or at summer schools.  There are a couple of similar things for theory (though rarer), and of course foreign language (that's what I did).   These are often things you can't get in your university to the same degree.

 

Slightly different: ethnographers are generally encouraged to be out at their field site in the summers as soon as possible, as well,  and if you're historical and use an archive, you're definitely encouraged to do thatt over the summers.

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Thanks for the input. So being quantitative gets a PhD student to courses/workshops just as being qualitative to the field/archives?

Is there a field where there are real summer vacations? lol

At my school at least, it's relatively common to learn quantitative methodologies in short courses (usually from someone flown in specifically to teach that course) or at summer schools.  There are a couple of similar things for theory (though rarer), and of course foreign language (that's what I did).   These are often things you can't get in your university to the same degree.

 

Slightly different: ethnographers are generally encouraged to be out at their field site in the summers as soon as possible, as well,  and if you're historical and use an archive, you're definitely encouraged to do thatt over the summers.

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Thanks for the input. So being quantitative gets a PhD student to courses/workshops just as being qualitative to the field/archives?

Is there a field where there are real summer vacations? lol

I think once you get tenure you get summer vacations again!  Be happy everyone, that's only like a decade and a half away (best case scenario)!

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Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies

 

http://www.sv.uio.no/english/research/doctoral-degree/summer-school/

 

Also, Max Planck Research School in Demography (it's a winter, not a summer program, and requires strong quantitative skills, but posted here as there is no Demography sub-forum).

 

http://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/education_career/european_doctoral_school_of_demography_1913/default.htm

 

Also Migration Summer School at the EUI

 

http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/summer-school/

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Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies

 

http://www.sv.uio.no/english/research/doctoral-degree/summer-school/

 

Also, Max Planck Research School in Demography (it's a winter, not a summer program, and requires strong quantitative skills, but posted here as there is no Demography sub-forum).

 

http://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/education_career/european_doctoral_school_of_demography_1913/default.htm

 

Also Migration Summer School at the EUI

 

http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/summer-school/

 

the MPIDR is hard since it is only for European students, atleast for those who do not live here. But it is an extremely good place and you will be among the best of the best. Sure wish I could go.  Bio-demography! 

 

EUI is great as well - Summer in Florence and meeting the legendary H.P Blossfeld at EUI! Highly recommended here. 

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I did SROP through Ohio State last summer. It's a chance to network within the Big 10 schools - the Leadership Alliance program is also a good one though I wasn't able to participate. The UC's also have similar programs (Berkeley, UCLA, UCI). These are mainly targeted at current undergraduates interested in a PhD (in many fields, not just sociology). And most of them pay you ;) 

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^ Mainly grad. I'm sure there are one or two undergrads who get to go every year but the program costs are usually in the $2-3k range (depending on the course length, lodging costs, etc.) so it's expensive if you don't have travel funds like most grad students do.

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