SSMART 2011
Social Science Methods, Analysis and Research Training
Cutting edge research in the social sciences increasingly requires sophisticated use of diverse methods, ranging from game theory and statistical analysis to fieldwork (both experimental and case-based) and archival and textual analysis. The best research now tends to be multi-method, and increasingly major international journals demand that scholars combine all the methods appropriate to their problem.
The US Studies Centre has asked some of the leading scholars in American political science, sociology, and cultural studies to share their expertise with interested Australian research students.
The Social Science Methods, Analysis and Research Training (SSMART) workshops will expose Australian research students and early career researchers to methodological and analytical innovations that are shaping the major journals and research programs.
The SSMART program will assist Australian researchers in becoming more competitive internationally, for post-doctoral fellowship applications, for book contracts, and for journal article submissions. The research training seminars will provide an opportunity for those who seek it to build their skill sets and help them figure out what else they may need to learn to be more successful in the international scholarly community.
- Download application form (with details of workshop costings)
For further information please contact Craig Purcell on craig.purcell@sydney.edu.au.
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Michael Hiscox, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Jens Hainmueller, Assistant Professor of Political Science, MIT |
26, 27, 28, 30 & 31 May 2011 |
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Faye Ginsburg, David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology; Director of Graduate Program in Culture and Media, NYU Toby Miller, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside |
20-24 June 2011 |
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Simon Jackman, Professor of Political Science, Stanford Bruce Western, Professor of Sociology, Harvard |
18-22 July 2011 |
VIDEOS & INTERVIEWS
Geoffrey Garrett says that Mitt Romney's greatest weakness is that many Americans see him as representing Wall Street: a place loathed even more at the moment than Capitol Hill.
Brendon O'Connor comments on the results of the South Carolina primary and looks ahead to Florida.
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