Summer Schools Around Europe
European Summer Schools & Short Courses in Political and Social Sciences 2007
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovenia
Spain
UK
AUSTRIA
International Summer Programme of the University of Vienna - European Studies
Date: 14 July - 11 August
Location: Strobl / St. Wolfgang
Target Groups: Students and university graduates. Applicants have to be aged over 18 and must have completed two years at college or university level in their countries of residence or have an educational background equivalent to one year at a European university before the start of the programme.
Objectives: The aim of the International Summer Programme is the conveyance of the idea of Europe . The programme is intended to offer an overview of the present development of Europe and the European Union. The courses deal with political, economic, legal, and cultural aspects of the multiple transformations the continent is currently undergoing.
The intercultural dimension, provided by the internationally diverse student body of up to 100 students from more than 30 different nationalities, creates the conditions most conducive to intercultural and social interaction. The International Summer Program takes place at our summer campus in Strobl where students are accommodated in single and double rooms.
Courses: The Sommerhochschule consists of two two - week sessions. Six courses with 30 contact hours each are offered during each session. European Political Systems; EU: Its Legal and Institutional Framework; Europe as Cultural Space; Science, Culture and Politics in Recent History; European Security after the Cold War; Monetary Policy Issues in Europe; Seminar Europäische Gegenwartsprobleme; Policy Making in the European Union; Turning Points in 20th Century Europe; European Legal Traditions; The Language of European Cinema; Protection of Human Rights.
Final examinations are given in all courses. Students who attend and successfully complete the required number of courses receive a transcript of the Sommerhochschule.
Deadline: Application deadline 30 April 2007.
Scholarships: A limited number of partial scholarships for the European Study section of the International Summer Programme are offered by various sponsors. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence and financial need. The deadline for scholarship applications is 28 February 2007.
Fees: €2,650 which includes registration, tuition and full board for the four week session, use of all sports and recreational facilities (including tennis and windsurfing lessons), and all planned excursions.
Contact: Innovationzentrum Universität Wien - Sommerhochschule, Ms Nina Gruber, University Campus, Alser Straße 4/Hof 1/Tür 1.16, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Telephone: +[43] 1 42 77 24 131
Fax: +[43] 1 42 77 92 41
Email:
Sommerhochschule@univie.ac.at
Web page:
http://www.univie.ac.at/sommerhochschule
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BELGIUM
European Criminal Area
Date: 2 - 13 July
Location: Brussels
Target Groups: Applicants must have some legal background: University degree in Law, Political Science or International Relations or have professional experience in the field.
Objectives: To provide an extensive legal understanding and knowledge of the European penal area (judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters). Located in Brussels , it provides the opportunity to live in a unique European environment hosting the European institutions and offering numerous possibilities of contacts with persons specialised in EU.
Courses: The training is to be divided into 6 thematic sessions (more than 50 hours of courses) covering the whole sector of Title VI of the EU Treaty.
- General introduction (general framework, historic evolution and Human rights)
- The Evolution from classical judicial cooperation to mutual recognition of judicial decisions in criminal matters
- A first implementation of the mutual recognition principle: the European Arrest Warrant
- Panorama of measures implementing the mutual recognition principle
- The conflicts of Jurisdiction and the ne bis in idem principle
- Mutual trust in the European Criminal Area
- The approximation of legislation in the field of substantive criminal law (definition of crime and sanctions)
- The approximation of legislation in the field of formal criminal law (procedures)
- Eurojust, Europol, the European Judicial Network, the liaison magistrates and the joint investigation teams
- Data protection and EU cooperation in criminal matters
- The police actors and the channels for the exchange of information
- The Legal Regime for the exchange of information between Law Enforcement agencies in the EU
- Sectorial approach: Terrorism, Organised crime, Financial Crime, Drugs
- Internal security within an enlarged Union
- The European Criminal area and the fight against serious violations of humanitarian law, including the co-operation with the ICC
- The external dimension of the European criminal area: EU/third countries - EU/international organisations
- Practical exercises
Deadline: Application deadline 15 June 2007
Languages: English and French (passive understanding)
Scholarships: Some reductions can be granted on the basis of special cases and situations
Fees: €500 (students) / €600 (NGO) / €750 (general)
Contact: Veronica Santamaria, 39, Av F. Roosevelt, 1050, Brussels , Belgium
Telephone: +[32] 2 650 66 64
Fax: +[32] 2 650 30 69
Email:
vesantam@ulb.ac.be
Webpage:
http://www.ulb.ac.be/iee/penal/summerschool
External Relations of the European Union
Jointly organised by Université Libre de Bruxelles and Michigan State University
Date: 2 - 27 July (Undergraduate)
2 - 13 July (Postgraduate)
Location: Brussels
Target Groups: Undergraduate/Postgraduate students, professionals.
Objectives: External Relations of the European Union Analysis by Region.
Deadline: Application deadline 15 May 2007.
Fees: €825 + €25 application fee
Contact: Anaïs Lempereur, International Summer School, ULB, (CP135), 50 av. Roosevelt , B-1050 Brussels , Belgium
Telephone: +[32] 2 650 4606
Fax: +[32] 2 650 4606
Email:
summereu@ulb.ac.be
Webpage:
http://www.ulb.ac.be/soco/summer
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CYPRUS
1st Cyprus Spring School on the European Union
Organised by the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union (SGEU)
Date: 15 - 22 April
Location: Nicosia
Target Groups: Doctoral students and exceptionally well-advanced Masters students who are already researching their dissertation topic.
Objectives: The longer term objective of this advanced research spring school is that it will be the first of a series to be organized on a yearly basis in order to promote high quality academic research on the EU. Its short term objectives are:
- to bring together academics and advanced doctoral students to work intensively on their respective research interests;
- to set up an informal network of experts and experts-to-be;
- to disseminate their findings through papers and publications, including via the website of the Research Center - Intercollege
- to produce a joint publication at the end of this spring school, with a selected number of contributions to be considered for publication in The Cyprus Review , the in-house journal, or in other learned journals. There will also be a translation of the book into Greek and Turkish, the two official languages of the Republic of Cyprus.
Seminars: Integration, constitutionalization, Europeanization
Internal and external aspects of economics and financial issues (including the single currency)
Citizenship, democracy and the role of the sub-national regions
EU enlargement and European identity
Foreign, security and defence
Contact: Professor Andreas Theophanous and Dr Stelios Stavridis
Email:
theophanous.a@intercollege.ac.cy or
s.stavridis-alumni@lse.ac.uk
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CZECH REPUBLIC
Central Europe in the EU
Date: 31 March - 8 April
Location: Prague
Target Groups: Graduate or postgraduate students of European studies, political and social sciences.
Fees: €650 / $820
Contact: Tomas Nigrin, Rytirska 31, Praha 1, Czech Republic
Telephone: +[420] 221 610 211
Fax: +[420] 221 610 204
Email:
springschool@europeum.org
Webpage:
http://www.europeum.org/springschool
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DENMARK
Danish Political Science Research School
Target Groups: PhD students within political science, international relations and public administration.
Objectives: Offering courses with relevance for political science, international relations and public administration.
Courses: Offering many courses, e.g. Security Theory - Critical Innovations, Reflexive Methodology in Political Science.
Deadline: Deadline for applications vary. Please see the website for further information.
Scholarships: Open for all PhD students.
Fees: Varying fees. Please see the website for further information.
Contact: Flemming Bjerke
Telephone: +[45] 3532 3717
Email:
sek@polforsk.dk
Webpage:
http://polforsk.dk
North European Political Science Research Network
Target Groups: PhD students within political science, international relations and public administration.
Objectives: Nepos.net coordinates the offering of PhD courses by North European relations and public administration. Nepos.net distributes an electronic newsletter once or twice every month.
Deadline: Deadline for applications vary. Please see the website for further information.
Scholarships: Open for all PhD students.
Fees: Varying fees. Please see the website for further information.
Contact: Flemming Bjerke
Telephone: +[45] 3532 3717
Email:
sek@polforsk.dk
Webpage:
http://nepos.net
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FINLAND
Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights
Date: 13 - 24 August
Location: Turku / Åbo
Target Groups: Generally open to those with a law degree (or equivalent) and a good basic knowledge of human rights law.
Objectives: To provide an insight into, and analysis of, the system of international human rights protection in the light of contemporary problems and relevant case-law.
Fees: €1,300 including lodging, documentary material and two receptions. €1,000 for those not requiring lodging.
Contact: Ms Johanna Bondas, Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, FIN-20500 Turku / Åbo, Finland .
Telephone: +[358] 2 2154 713
Fax: +[358] 2 2154 699
Email:
johanna.bondas@abo.fi
Webpage:
http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr.courses.htm
Summer School on Analytical Politics and Public Choice
Sponsored by the ECPR Standing Group on Analytical Politics and Public Choice
Date: 19 - 28 September
Location: Turku
Target Groups: PhD students, Postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty who wish to receive advanced training in analytical politics and public choice and European applications to address their own questions of interest. No prior knowledge in choice-theoretic reasoning is required.
Objectives: To give an overview on analytical politics and public choice with European applications and to give participants a chance to present their work.
Courses: Lectures on various topics on analytical politics, public choice and their European applications, student presentations.
Deadline: Application deadline 15 June 2007.
Scholarships: Based on need and availability, scholarships may be made available.
Fees: €100 (accommodation and meals covered)
Contact: Mika Widgrén, Turku School of Economics, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, 20500 Turku, Finland
Telephone: +[358] 2 481 4337
Fax: +[358] 2 481 4302
Email:
mika.widgren@tse.fi
Webpage:
http://www.ecpr.leidenuniv.nl
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FRANCE
Europe's Internal Security
Date: 2 - 6 July
Location: Strasbourg
Target Groups: Candidates must be registered as PhD students and be working on EU internal security governance issues in the framework of Justice and Home Affairs.
Objectives: It is an interdisciplinary research week that is aimed at PhD students working on EU internal security governance issues in the framework of Justice and Home Affairs.
The main goal of this seminar is to establish a structure where exchanges among PhD students can take place on their scientific research and methodology.
Courses: For the PhD students that are selected it will allow them to present their work as well as giving them the opportunity to learn about what is being done by other students in other universities working on similar topics.
Deadline: 15 March 2007
Scholarships: The Commission funding allows the SECURINT project to cover the following costs:
- Accommodation costs for the seminar week. The team will take care of the bookings.
- Travel expenses will be covered to reach Strasbourg up to 250€ per participant (for exceptional circumstances, please contact us)
- Lunches for participants
Fees: none
Contact: Anya Dahmani, SECURINT Project, Marie Curie Chair of Excellence, 5, rue Schiller, 67000, Strasbourg
Telephone: +[33] (0) 3 88 21 10 57
Fax: +[33] (0) 3 88 21 10 09
Email:
Anya.Dahmani@urs.u-strasbg.fr
Webpage:
http://www-securint.u-strasbg.fr/
Lille Summer School
Date: 5 - 12 July
Location: Lille
Target Groups: Research fellows, established professors, postdoctoral fellows and advanced students.
Objectives: To develop knowledge on quantitative methodology through the study of various methods. Every lecture is delivered in French.
Courses: In 2007 two French speaking seminars will be held:
1) Comparer les données d'enquêtes
2) Methodes de régression et methods explicatives
Director: Annie Laurent, CERAPS, Université de Lille 2, 1 place Déliot, 59024 Lille, France
Contact: Younès Haddadi, CERAPS, Université de Lille 2, 1 place Déliot, 59024 Lille, France
Telephone: +[33] 3 20 90 74 53
Fax: +[33] 3 20 90 74 00
Email:
ceraps@univ-lille2.fr
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GERMANY
3rd Summer School on Governance and Democracy in Central Eastern Europe
Organised by the ECPR Standing Group on Central and Eastern European Politics
Date: 11 - 25 August
Location: Lüneburg
Target Groups: 20-25 junior researchers (MPhil/PhD students) working on governance and democracy in Central Eastern Europe under comparative or national perspective.
Objectives: The main objectives include: to expose junior academics to a wider range of expertise on theoretical and methodological approaches than would normally be available at a single institution; to provide a forum for discussing research issues with specialized staff from Western and Central Eastern Europe; to help graduate researchers develop their dissertation projects/thesis; to stimulate closer academic co-operation between junior researchers in Political Science in Europe, the US and Canada; to disseminate best practice in research on governance and democracy.
Courses: The Summer School comprises an intensive programme of lectures, seminars and presentations of students' research projects. The teaching language will be English. There will be ten teaching days, each of which will be organised around a topical research question related to the overall theme of the Summer School. The overall number of class contact hours will be about 60. On request, 10 ECTS credits may be awarded. A detailed academic program is available on the Summer School homepage.
Deadline: Application deadline 31 May 2007 (notification of acceptance: 15 June 2007).
Scholarships: ECPR mobility fund (applications directly to the ECPR ); DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) travel fund (applications through the Summer School organisers).
Fees: The fee for the Summer School is €300 and covers: full tuition, accommodation in student residences; lunch vouchers for each working day in Lüneburg; access to library and computing facilities; guided city tour to Hamburg; travel to Berlin and hotel accommodation in Berlin (two days).
Contact: Professor Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Telephone: +[49] 4131 677 2486
Fax: +[49] 4131 677 2474
Email:
daadsummerschool@uni-lueneburg.de
Webpage:
http://www.uni-lueneburg.de/zdemo
36th Köln Spring School on Advanced Categorical Data Analysis (CDA)
Date: 6 February - March 16
Location: Köln
Target Groups: The Spring Seminar is a training course for social scientists interested in advanced techniques of data analysis and in the application of these techniques to data. Participants must have a sound basic knowledge of statistics as well as experience in the handling of PCs and of working with SPSS.
Objectives: The Spring Seminar comprises lectures, exercises and practical work using personal computers. While in the lectures the logic of models and the corresponding analysis strategies will be explained, during the exercises and in the practical work the participants are given the opportunity to apply these methods to data. As in the past Spring Seminars, the focus will be on teaching multivariate analysis techniques. In 2007 the general topic will be Advanced Categorical Data Analysis (CDA). In addition to the lectures, the participants will be provided with information about functions and servi ces of the Zentralarchiv which is the German data archive for survey data.
The seminar covers three modules of one week each, to some extent based upon one another. The courses can be booked either separately or as a block: Latent Class Analysis for Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data; Extending the Latent Class Model; Latent Class, Log-Linear and Logit Models; Causal Modelling with and without Latent Variables.
Fees: €50 per week.
€200 per week for participants from non-university institutions.
(Travel costs, accommodation and meals are not included.)
Contact: Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung, Universität zu Köln, Bachemer Str. 40, D- 50931 Köln, Germany
Telephone: +[49] 221 47694 46
Fax: +[49] 221 47694 904
Email:
spring-seminar@za.uni-koeln.de
Webpage:
http://www.gesis.org/Veranstaltungen/ZA/FS/index.htm
Hessen International Summer University (ISU)
Date: 23 June - 21 July
Location: Kassel
Target Groups: Students and postgraduates in all fields of study interested in one of the areas offered, as well as in the German language and culture.
Fees: €1,500 until 28 February, €1,900 from 1 March. This fee includes 2 seminars (20 hours each), language course (40 hours), one workshop (8 hours), excursions, a culture programme, and accommodation in a host family with 2 meals per day, free transportation within Kassel , health and liability insurance.
Contact: Britta Wbbeking, (ISU), University of Kassel , Munchebergstr. 7, 34109 Kassel , Germany
Telephone: +[49] 561 804 1869
Fax: +[49] 561 804 3815
Email:
isu@uni-kassel.de
Webpage:
http://www.uni-kassel.de/isu
Potsdam Summer Academy "Banking, Insurance and the Public Sector"
Date: 2 - 27 July
Location: Potsdam
Target Groups: The courses in economics, business administration and social policy are suitable for advanced graduate and post-graduate students of economics, business administration or related subjects.
Scholarship quantity: 15
Scholarship value: Tuition fees, accommodation, individual travel costs
Fees: €1,500
Contact: Professor Dr. Hans-Georg Petersen, PoSA Office, Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, Univesität Potsdam, August-Bebel-Strasse 89, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
Telephone: +[49] 331 977 3259
Fax: +[49] 331 977 3392
Email:
posainfo@rz.uni-potsdam.de
Webpage:
http://marx.wiso.uni-potsdam.de/posa/
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HUNGARY
Central European University (CEU) Summer University (SUN)
Date: 11 June - 27 July
Location: Budapest
Target Groups: Graduate students, junior or post-doctoral researchers, teachers and professionals.
Objectives: The program hosts high-level, research oriented, interdisciplinary and innovative academic courses as well as workshops on policy issues for professional development in the social sciences and the humanities. Course offerings cater for the various needs of academic and professional development across a wide spectrum of disciplines. These include anthropology, cognitive science, cultural studies, environmental sciences, history, legal studies, media studies, political science, public policy, romany studies, etc. The programme encourages topics in newly emerging fields and transdisciplinary approaches.
Fees: €250 per week for participants from developed countries. (Please note that tuition fees may vary with different courses. Check our website for details). Full or partial funding can be applied for by participants from developing countries, from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and Mongolia.
Contact: Central European University, Summer University Office, Nador u. 9., H-1051 Budapest, Hungary
Telephone: +[36] 1 327 3811
Fax: +[36] 1 327 3124
Email:
summeru@ceu.hu
Webpage:
http://www.ceu.hu/sun/
Online applications:
https://online.ceu.hu/osun/
Summer School on the European Union
Date: 12 - 25 August
Location: Szeged
Objectives: The aim of the summer school is to give basic knowledge on the structure and functioning of the European Union. There are ten teaching days, each day focussing on one subject. Lectures are delivered by highly reputed professors of the University. The Summer School offers an extensive social, cultural and tuition package to students attending the full two-week Summer School. This includes: a certificate, accommodation in youth hostels (from the 12-25 August inclusive), one organised meal per day in a local Chinese restaurant, access to electronic teaching materials, access to sports classes and facilities, trip to Budapest, meetings with local business people, an extra schedule of social and cultural events, airport transfer.
Courses:
Week one
Brief history of the European economic and monetary integration
The European Union in the world economy
Trade and competition policy
The European social model
Public finances of the EU
Week two
Common Agricultural Policy
Cohesions policy
Environmental policy
Research and development
Overview on Hungary (transition from planned to market economy and EU membership)
Fees: The cost of the full two-week social program package is €1,200
Email:
summerschol@eco.u-szeged.hu
Webpage:
http://www.eco.u-szeged.hu/summerschool/index.html
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ITALY
16 th PhD Summer School in European Parties and Party Systems
Organised by the ECPR Standing Group on Political Parties
Date: 10 - 21 September
Location: European University Institute, Florence
Target Groups: Advanced students studying for research (MPhil/PhD) degrees with a special interest in comparative research in the areas of European politics, political parties and democratic performance. The maximum number of participants is likely to be 22 or 24.
Objectives: The Summer School will be taught by a team of leading European academics specialising in comparative research into European politics, political parties and party systems. It will comprise two weeks teaching, each containing five 3-hour and five 4-hour teaching sessions. The total 70 hours of class contact will be made up of roughly equal proportions of staff lectures, student presentations and seminar discussion. There will also be a session in which leading journal editors offer practical advice on getting published. The Summer School will be directed by Peter Mair (EUI & Leiden) and Hans Keman (Free University, Amsterdam ). Additional faculty will include Ingrid van Biezen, Donatella Della Porta, Kris Deschouwer, Richard S. Katz, Petr Kopecky, Richard Luther, Susan Scarrow, and Alan Ware.
Courses: The courses will be organised around the theme of Political Parties and Democracy.
Deadline: Application deadline 15 May 2007.
Scholarships: Some scholarship support may be available. Please check the website (under construction) for details.
Fees: Fees will probably be around €500 per student - please check the website (under construction) for details.
Contact: Alex Wilson, Summer School in Parties, European University Institute, Via dei Roccettini 9, I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy
Telephone: +[39] 055 4685210/217
Fax: +[39] 055 4685201
Email:
alex.wilson@eui.eu
Webpage:
http://www.eui.eu/SPS/Research/SummerSchoolPartySystemsSep07.html
EUROLOC Summer School on Local Government. Citizens' Involvement in Local Policy-Making
Organised by the ECPR Standing Group on Local Government Studies (LOGOPOL)
Date: 9 - 18 July
Location: Turin
Target Groups: Summer School participants should be graduate students who wish to receive advanced training in methodological aspects about peoples' participation in local policies or related fields. The group for which the summer school participation would probably be most beneficial are PhD students, but Masters students may also apply. Post-doctoral researchers are also invited to join if their current research work is in this field. There is no age limit. The Summer School is open to participants from EU or non EU countries. The key criterion for accepting applications is academic merit, i.e. the quality and thematic appropriateness of the paper to be presented by the participants.
Objectives: The aim of the Summer Programme is to expose junior academics to a wider range of expertise on theoretical and methodological approaches on participation and deliberation. The programme is intended to develop knowledge about deliberative experiments, participatory forums or arenas and related topics.
Courses: The Summer School will be taught by a team of academics specialising in deliberative democracy research, citizens' juries, and participatory budget. It will comprise an intensive programme of lectures, seminars and presentations of students' papers. The Summer School will be conducted in English. The overall number of participants will be about 30. A detailed academic programme is available on the Summer School homepage .
Deadline: Application deadline 2 May 2007.
Scholarships: Seven or ten Scholarships (€300) will be available. Scholarship will primarily be given to applicants from Central and Eastern Europe . If you are applying for a scholarship, please explain the reasons why you need financial help to attend the programme.
Fees: The fee for the Summer School is €300 and covers: full tuition, accommodation in university residence (single room with bathroom and kitchen); lunch and dinner vouchers for each working day in Turin; guided city tour in Turin ; travel to Riviera Ligure (one day).
Contact: Albert Chiari / Noemi Podestà, Dipartimento di Studi Politici, Via Giolitti 33, 10123 Torino , Italy
Telephone: +[39] 0116 704 101
Fax: +[39] 0116 704 102
Email:
summerschool.dsp@unito.it; alberto.chiari@unito.it; noemi.podesta@unito.it
Webpage:
http://www.dsp.unito.it/it/summer_school.asp
European Summer School in Policy Analysis (ESSPA)
Organised by the ECPR Standing Group on Theoretical Perspectives in Policy Analysis
Date: 16 - 27 July
Location: Bertinoro
Target Groups: PhD/postgraduate young scholars.
Objectives: ESSPA aims to teach PhD/postgraduate young scholars, working on policy analytic subjects, a wide range of theoretical approaches, methods of analysis, exemplars of problem formulation/analytic technique, develop dissertation projects, and stimulate closer academic co-operation between researchers in policy science.
General objectives: bring awareness of advanced policy theory and analytic methods, develop exemplars and formats for teaching contemporary policy analysis in political science and public administration curricula, disseminate best practices in policy analysis that combine theoretical insights, solid empirical work, and relevant, informed advice.
Expected outputs: contribute substantially to fill a gap in the teaching of public policy in Europe , bring together a faculty of policy instructors that covers a wide range of topics and approaches in policy research, provide students of public policy with a unique opportunity to experience a broad, in-depth exposure to policy research.
Courses: 1st week 16-20 July: Knowledge in the Policy Process: the changing face of policy analysis
Professor Frank Fischer (Rutgers University and University of Kassel), Professor Wayne Parsons (Queen Mary, University of London) and Professor Deborah Stone (Dartmouth College)
2nd week 23-27 July: The Implementation Game
Professor Benny Hjern (Jönköping International Business School - Sweden) will take two lectures titled: "Implementation: Multi-Organizational Policy Analysis" and "Helping Small Firms Grow: An Implementation Approach". Another lecture will take place in the second week of ESSPA, details will be available on the ESSPA website.
Deadline: Application deadline 1 April 2007.
Scholarships: Scholarships will be available. Assignment criteria and amount of the contribution will be available in the near future.
Fees: €1,400 (inclusive of participation to the program, full board and lodging)
Contact: Dr Massimo Vetrò
Telephone: +[39] 0543 374847
Fax: +[39] 0543 374850
Email:
esspa@poloforli.unibo.it
Webpage:
http://www.esspa.org/
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NETHERLANDS, THE
POLNET: VII th Summer School on the Analysis of Political and Managerial Networks
Date: 17 - 22 June
Location: Tilburg
Target Groups: Intended for MA and PhD students as well as researchers interested in theoretically driven empirical research on networks in the social sciences.
Objectives: The aim of the Summer School is to introduce scholars to the analysis of networks who are conducting or planning to conduct quantitative studies of networks in the fields of policy, management and organisational science. By using a concrete data set of relationships among a set of actors, the Summer School will introduce UCINET and visone as methodological tools for analysing relational data.
Application deadline: 31 March 2007 .
Scholarships: A limited amount of scholarships are available for participants from Eastern Europe .
Fees: €350 participation fee (including reading material, excluding room and board).
Contact: Dr Jörg Raab
Telephone: +[31] 13 466 3651
Fax: +[31] 13 466 3002
Email:
j.raab@uvt.nl
Webpage:
http://www.polnet-school.info
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NORWAY
Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies
Date: 23 July - 3 August
Location: Oslo
Target Groups: The main target group is doctoral students with an interest in comparative social science. In addition, researchers, research scholars and MA students aiming at an advanced level are welcome to apply. The priority regarding admission will always be on those doctoral students attached to organized research training at a university, and who is willing to write an essay in order to obtain ECTS credits.
Scholarships: A few scholarships are available for Nordic PhD students and for PhD students from the Baltic states and Northwest Russia (mainly St. Petersburg ).
Fees: NOK 3,500
Contact: Senior Executive Officer, Tron Harald Torneby, Oslo Summer School, Faculty of Social Sciences, P.O. Box 1084 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway
Telephone: +[47] 22 85 44 49
Fax: +[47] 22 85 48 25
Email:
t.h.torneby@sv.uio.no
Web page:
http://www.sv.uio.no/oss/index.html
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POLAND
Processes of Europeanisation
Date: 7 - 21 July
Location: Krakow
Target Groups: The Summer School is open to postgraduate research students, especially PhD students, and taught postgraduate students who are planning to embark upon a research degree next year. The fees for the Summer School will be waived for students from Central and Eastern Europe but these students will have to find their own sources of funding for accommodation. The Summer School aims to attract up to 20 students from UK universities and up to 10 students from Poland and other post-socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union ( e.g. Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan).
Objectives: The summer school programme, which will be prepared by the Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES), UK, will incorporate a comparative, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach in addressing theoretical and methodological aspects of the research process in relation to the theme of Processes of Europeanisation. Note: The Summer School will NOT provide language training.
Courses: The Krakow Summer School will consist of seminars/workshops which will aim to bring together students with similar research interests but whose research is conducted across a range of geographical locations and from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. Cultural activities and visits from guest speakers have been built into the Summer School programme. The following sub-themes will be incorporated into the programme: Historical Analyses; Economic Transformation; Sociology of Central and Eastern Europe; Democratisation and Civil Society; The International Relations of Central and Eastern Europe; History of Memory and Identity; The role of the Media in Democratic Transformation; and Using literature to analyse Central and East European societies.Cultural activities and visits from guest speakers have been built into the Summer School programme. The emphasis is firmly upon developing the research skills of postgraduate students and providing these students with both an academic and social environment in which to exchange discuss their own research and use of research methodologies. These students will also have the opportunity to acquire other key transferable skills as the second week of the Summer School will be mainly devoted to individual student research projects closely supervised by an academic member of staff. The last day of the Summer School will be given over to the oral presentation of student projects which will be evaluated by academic staff and students will be presented with a special certificate upon completion of the Summer School.
Application deadline: 30 March 2007
Fees: 20 funded places are available for CRCEES postgraduate research student (i.e. students from the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Nottingham, Paisley, Strathclyde and St. Andrews). Tuition fees have been waived for students studying at universities in the post-socialist region but they will have to seek funding for accommodation/travel. Other non-CRCEES students will have to pay a fee of 400 to cover the costs of the following: 1) 2 weeks' accommodation (bed and breakfast) in Hotel im. St. Pigonia on ulica Garbarska from 7 -21 July; 2) cost of tuition; 3) invitations to the official opening dinner and closing ceremony; 4) excursions to Auschwitz, Salt Mines and Polish Mountains.
Quantity of Scholarships: 20 funded places are available for CRCEES postgraduate research student (i.e. students from the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Nottingham, Paisley, Strathclyde and St. Andrews). Tuition fees have been waived for students studying at universities in the post-socialist region but they will have to seek funding for accommodation/travel.
Value of Scholarships: 1,000 each
Contact: Dr Clare McManus-Czubinska, c/o Department of Central and East European StudiesUniversity of Glasgow, 8 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ Scotland, UK
Telephone: +[44] 141 330 8539
Fax: +[44] 141 330 5594
Email:
c.mcmanus@lbss.gla.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/crcees/
School of Polish Language and Culture
Date: Various courses running from 9 July to 31 August
Location: Lublin
Target Groups: The courses are intended for students at all levels of language proficiency. The fee and the credits vary with the duration and the degree of intensity of the course.
Fees: Varying fee structures depending on the duration and the degree of intensity of the course(s) undertaken.
Contact: The Catholic University of Lublin , School of Polish Language and Culture, Al. Raclawickie 14; 20-950 Lublin, Poland
Telephone: +[48 81] 445 41 11
Fax: +[48 81] 445 41 13
Email:
polski@kul.lublin.pl
Web page:
http://www.kul.lublin.pl/school/uk/programs.html
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Summer School of Serbian Language and Culture
Date: 14 July - 3 August and 4 - 24 August
Location: Valjevo , Serbia
Target Groups: We invite everybody who wants to learn Serbian or improve their language skills; learn more about Serbian culture and tradition; find out about life in Serbia today.
Objectives: The Summer School consists of a language course (working in small groups), a cultural seminar (class work and field work), evening meetings and lots of excursions. Our main aim is to teach you some Serbian and make Serbia and Serbian people more close to you.
Scholarships: Twenty 50% scholarships are available for the participation in the Summer School to non-Serbian students of Serbian language and literature. Students may study in any university in the world. Further details are available on the website.
Fees: €470 plus €50 registration fee. The fees cover the Serbian language course (60 classes), cultural seminar (60 classes), evening meetings, course materials, homestay, three meals a day and a minimum of three excursions.
Contact: Radionica za srpski jezik i kulturu, NOV 31/7, 14000 Valjevo , Serbia and Montenegro
Telephone: +[381] 64 22 88 983
Fax: +[381] 11 21 82 502
Email:
skola@srpskijezik.edu.yu
Web page:
http://www.srpskijezik.edu.yu
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SLOVENIA
ECPR Intensive Short Courses in Methods and Techniques
Date: 19 - 21 July
Location: Ljubljana
Target Groups: All applicants welcome.
Objectives: The main objectives are to provide an introduction and/or refresher in quantitative methodological techniques.
Courses: These courses offer an intensive introduction/refresher to inferential statistics, basic concepts of mathematics, SPSS and R (six hours a day: instruction and lab sessions/exercises). They are taught by experienced instructors from the University of Ljubljana . The language of instruction is English. They are particularly recommended for participants who have little formal training and wish to take one of the courses offered by the regular ECPR Summer School, but they may also be attended on a stand-alone basis.
Deadline: There is no deadline for applications, although participants are encouraged to apply early as course places are limited.
Fees: The tuition fee for the Summer School is €200 for ECPR members, €250 for non- ECPR members and €300 for non academics.
Contact: Emer Padden, ECPR Central Services, University of Essex , Wivenhoe Park , Colchester , Essex , CO4 3SQ , UK
Telephone: +[44] 1206 874115
Fax: +[44] 1206 872500
Email:
ecpr@essex.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.ecprnet.org
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
Date: 23 July - 4 August
Location: Ljubljana
Target Groups: Post graduate students, teachers and researchers in political science and related disciplines.
Objectives: Following the success of the first summer school in 2006, the ECPR Summer School will provide high quality up to date training in a broader range of specially selected methods across the whole spectrum of approaches employed within the social sciences. It will emphasise those methods which are particularly salient for research questions in political science and neighbouring disciplines, as well as dealing with all stages of a project and catering to the needs of research set at the macro and at the micro level, covering both 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' designs.
Courses: The ECPR Summer School comprises an intensive programme of seminars and lab (or fieldwork) sessions, which requires strong commitment from participants. The teaching language will be English. Participants must therefore be fluent in spoken English. The main two week courses will consist of ten teaching days, each of which is scheduled to last three hours (ninety minutes on day one). The overall number of class contact hours will thus be about thirty. In addition, participants will be given three to four hours' additional work (reading and supplementary practical work) each day. Those participants who successfully complete their chosen course will be awarded either three or five ECTS credits from the University of Ljubljana depending on whether an exam is taken.
Deadline: There is no deadline for applications, although participants are encouraged to apply early as course places are limited.
Scholarships: Participants may apply to the ECPR Mobility Fund to help cover travel and accommodation costs.
Fees: There is no deadline for applications, although participants are encouraged to apply early as course places are limited.
Contact: Emer Padden, ECPR Central Services, University of Essex , Wivenhoe Park , Colchester , Essex , CO4 3SQ , UK
Telephone: +[44] 1206 874115
Fax: +[44] 1206 872500
Email:
ecpr@essex.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.ecprnet.org
The European Union Enlargement in South-Eastern Europe : Security and Political-Economic Dimensions
Organised by the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations
Date: 2 - 14 July
Location: Ljubljana
Target Groups: PhD students in advanced stages of their PhD project, dealing with the security and/or political-economic dimensions of the European Union enlargement in South-Eastern Europe.
Objectives: The possibilities, hopes and realities of the processes of European Union's (EU) Enlargement in South-eastern Europe pose many complex security and political-economic questions. One of the biggest is the starting point we take for the exploration: either from EU and its member-states in South Eastern Europe , but also from those states that will remain out of the EU as well as from the broader regional and global perspectives. In any case international, national and human security and political-economic (both in comprehensive understandings) concerns seem to be as important as they were at the beginning of the EU project despite changed in the historical context. We propose to explore those themes methodologically, theoretically and empirically at the macro, middle and micro level of research with interested advanced PhD students. We are interested in the contribution of advanced PhD students to the following issues:
Studying Security and Political Economy in EU Enlargements: Incorporating the Understandings of the Balkans
EU Enlargement in the Balkans within International Security and Political Economy: Conflict-management, Peace- or Market-making?
EU Enlargement and the Political-Economic Security in the Balkans
EU Enlargement and the Human Security and Development in the Balkans
Courses:
Meta-theoretical Assumptions in Studying Security and Political Economy of EU Enlargements
Theorizing the Security and Political Economy of EU Enlargements: Incorporating the Understandings of the Balkans
Deadline: Application deadline 15 March 2007 .
Contact: Summer School Administrator, Ana Bojinovic, Junior Researcher, Center for International Relations, University of Ljubljana , Faculty of Social Sciences, Kardeljeva pl. 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Telephone: +[386] 1 5805 224
Fax: +[386] 1 5805 109
Email:
ana.bojinovic@fdv.uni-lj.si
Web page:
http://www.ir2007.org/
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SPAIN
Vth Escuela de Métodes de Análisis Sociopolíticos (EMAS)
Date: 18 June - 13 July
Location: Salamanca
Target Groups: Graduate (or last year) students in Social Scien ces .
Objectives: Training for research in social scien ces ; knowledge and use of Data Analysis Techniques; use of statistical packages (SPSS, NUDIST, HLM, Answer tree); building of a network of professionals interested in qualitative and quantitative techniques for research in social scien ces .
Courses: One week courses in computerised laboratories. Sessions in Spanish. Courses include:
Methods for research in social scien ces ; Introduction to SPSS; Qualitative Analysis; Regressions Analysis; Factor Analysis; Multilevel Analysis; Time Series; Game Theory.
Deadline: Application deadline 1 June 2007 .
Scholarships: 8 scholarships funded by the Fundación Carolina are available (see
http://www.fundacioncarolina.es ).
Fees: €120 per course
Contact: Prof. Leticia M. Ruiz Rodriguez
Telephone: +[34] 923 294400
Email:
politica@usal.es
Web page:
http://www3.usal.es/~dpublico/areacp/index.htm
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UK
2nd ESPAnet Summer School in Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe
Organised jointly with RECWOWE (Network of Excellence)
Date: 20 - 30 June
Location: Edinburgh
Contact: Jochen Clasen
Web page:
http://www.policy-evaluation.org/recwowe/ and
http://www.espanet.org/ (further information will be available in the near future)
40th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis & Collection
Date: 7 July - 17 August
Location: Colchester
Target Groups: Post-graduate students, professional researchers and academics in the social sciences.
Objectives: To provide social scientists with training in social science methodology, from 'beginners' to advanced level. Some 60 one or two-week courses are offered annually.
Scholarships: ECPR members may apply for a reduced fee of £450 per two week session (instead of the full academic rate of £680). In addition, ECPR members may apply for a grant from the new Scholarship Fund. The grants are intended to cover the cost of fees, up to a fixed amount.
Fees: £1,020 non-academics; £680 academic discount per 35 hour course.
Contact: Janet Brightmore, Essex Summer School, University of Essex , Wivenhoe Park , Colchester , CO4 3SQ , UK
Telephone: +[44] 1206 87 2502
Fax: +[44] 1206 87 3598
Email:
sumsch@essex.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/methods
Cambridge University - International Summer School Term I
Date: 9 July - 3 August
Location: Cambridge
Target Groups: Open to everyone over the age of 18, fluent in English and willing to learn. The interdisciplinary nature of the course allows students to tailor-make the programme according to their own interests and needs.
Fees: Approximately £1,185 tuition fees. For accommodation fees please see the website.
Contact: International Programmes, University of Cambridge , Greenwich House, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road, Cambridge , CB3 0TX , UK
Email:
intenq@cont-ed.cam.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk/intsummer
Cambridge University - International Summer School Term II
Date: 5 - 18 August
Location: Cambridge
Target Groups: Open to everyone over the age of 18, fluent in English and willing to learn. The interdisciplinary nature of the course allows students to tailor-make the programme according to their own interests and needs.
Fees: Approximately £840 tuition fees. For accommodation fees please see the website.
Contact: International Programmes, University of Cambridge , Greenwich House, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road, Cambridge , CB3 0TX , UK
Email:
intenq@cont-ed.cam.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk/intsummer
Environmental Politics and Policy
Organised by the ECPR Standing Group on Green Politics
Date: 9 - 20 July
Location: Keele
Target Groups: Summer School participants should be graduate students who are currently engaged in research on any aspect of environmental politics or the international relations of the environment or related fields. The group for which the summer school participation would probably be most beneficial are PhD students who are at least one year into their projects, but MRes students and novice PhD students may also apply. Post-doctoral researchers are also invited to join if their current research is in this field. There is no age limit. The Summer School is open to participants from all ECPR member institutions. Applications from colleagues working in non- ECPR member institutions will be considered if places are available. The key criterion for accepting applications is academic merit, i.e. the quality and thematic appropriateness of the paper to be presented by the participants.
Objectives: To develop links between established and young environmental political scientists and theorists working in European universities and research institutes; To stimulate closer academic cooperation between research students working on environmental issues; To contribute to the intellectual and career development of new and young researchers; To provide new and young researchers with a forum to discuss their research with other researchers from a range of ECPR universities and research institutes; To create a network of researchers concerned with issues of environmental politics and policy.
Courses: The Summer School will be organised around an intensive two-week programme of seminars and presentations of student projects. The teaching language will be English. There will be 10 teaching days, each divided into morning and afternoon sessions. Each session will be run by a designated lecturer, who will deliver a morning teaching workshop before going on to supervise the delivery of student presentations and ensuing discussion. Topics covered in 2007 will include green political theory, political sociology of the environment, international relations, and public policy. See the school website for details of teaching staff.
Deadline: Application deadline 30 April 2007 .
Scholarships: Applications through the ECPR mobility fund and ECPR scholarship fund are encouraged for eligible applicants.
Fees: Applicants from ECPR member institutions: £400
Applicants from Non- ECPR member institutions: £475
This covers all tuition, 12 nights self-catering accommodation and £30 contribution to the cost of extra-curricular events.
Contact: Dr Sherilyn MacGregor, School of Politics , International Relations and Philosophy, Keele University , ST5 5BG , UK
Telephone: +[44] 1782 583352
Fax: +[44] 1782 582592
Email:
s.macgregor@pol.keele.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/lpj/
ESRC Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social Research
Date: 26 - 30 March
Location: Oxford
Target Groups: Political and Social Science researchers who have some statistics training in and experience of quantitative research, and are seeking to extend and broaden their skills.
Objectives: The Spring School comprises three types of training event: replication workshops; quick guides to advanced statistical methods; and introductions to statistical software packages. These events will allow empirical researchers to keep up with best research practice and to overcome the start costs of learning new statistical packages. A series of intensive full and half-day courses are offered which can be taken on a pick-and-mix basis, but they are combined into a week with an overall theme for convenience. This format is designed to appeal to those who have little time and can learn relatively quickly. The courses are ideal for those who need a push-start on a course of self-study or want an introduction to a topic before committing to a longer course. The theme of the 2007 Spring School is Multilevel Modelling.
Courses: Monday: A Quick Guide to Mathematics for Social Scientists (Ryan Bakker) and Crash Course in R
(David Firth & Heather Turner)
Tuesday: Overview of Statistical Models and Statistical Thinking (David Firth)
Wednesday and Thursday: Introduction to Multilevel Modelling (Tom Snijders)
Friday: Replication workshop on multilevel modelling 1 : "Context and the Economic Vote: A Multi-level Analysis" (Ray Duch)
Replication workshop on multilevel modelling 2 : "Destination-Language Proficiency in Cross-National Perspective" (Frank van Tubergen)
Deadline: Registration will close on Monday 12 February 2007 .
Scholarships: Participants from ECPR member institutions are eligible to apply for travel and accommodation costs through the mobility fund, and for fees through its scholarship fund. Details on the ECPR mobility fund can be found at:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/funding/mobilityfund/index.aspx .
Teaching staff at UK universities can apply for an ESRC Training Bursary to cover the cost of attending the Spring School . For information on how to apply for bursaries, please see their website at:
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/methods/bursaries
Fees: ECPR member institutions: £75 per day
Non- ECPR UK academic institutions: £85 per day
Non- ECPR non-UK academic institutions: £100 per day
Non-academic institutions: £150 per day
Contact: Esther Byrom, Spring School Administrator
Telephone: +[44] 1865 278708
Fax: +[44] 1865 278725
Email:
springschool@politics.ox.ac.uk
Web page:
http://springschool.politics.ox.ac.uk
Summer Programme in History, Politics and Society
Date: 1 - 21 July
Location: Oxford
Target Groups: Graduate students; teachers in high schools and colleges; other professionals; senior undergraduates majoring in relevant subjects.
Objectives: The programme offers a range of courses which provide analysis and insight into issues and events that have shaped the modern world.
The programme comprises two main elements: concentrated study in two small seminar groups with specialist tutors; and a more general daily lecture programme given by leading scholars from the University of Oxford and other universities, and similarly distinguished speakers.
Courses: Seminar topics comprise: Empire in the Twentieth Century; Europe During the Cold War; Modern Irish History; Contemporary Middle East; The European Union; British Politics 1900-1945; Modern British Politics, 1945-Present; and Contemporary British Society.
Deadline: Please check the website for full details.
Fees: Resident - £2,120 / Non-resident - £950
Contact: Programme Administrator
Telephone: +[44] 1865 270 428
Fax: +[44] 1865 270 429
Email:
iphist@conted.ox.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/international
University of Middlesex Summer School: International Political Theory (POI 3150)
Date: 3 July - 3 August
Location: Middlesex
Target Groups: A general interest in Political Science (Middlesex students require POI1500). Coursework (50%), examination (50%)
Objectives: To introduce students to the main theories and concepts of international politics and to achieve a thorough understanding of the rival theoretical approaches to studying international politics. The ability to conceptualise the significance of different 'actors' in international politics; states, inter-governmental organisations and non-governmental organisations. The ability to analyse the ways in which actors interact in international politics through foreign policy, diplomacy and war. The confidence to engage in intelligent debates and develop coherent arguments on international political issues of the day.
Fees: UK/EU - £260 if application is received before 22 May, £290 after 22 May
International - £1,100 if application is received on or before 22 May, £1,130 after 22 May
Contact: Summer School Office, Middlesex University , Trent Park Campus, Bramley Road, London , N14 4YZ , UK
Telephone: +[44] 208 411 5782
Fax: +[44] 208 411 2297
Email:
sschool@mdx.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/summer/apply/index.htm
University of Sussex International Summer School
Date: 25 June - 17 August
Location: Brighton
Target Groups: Current undergraduate students; mature students; highly qualified high school/college students. We encourage applicants from all over the world.
Objectives: The University of Sussex International Summer School offers more than 65 courses in the summer in a wide range of subjects. For more information please visit our website at
www.sussex.ac.uk/iss
Scholarship value: £520 and 2 excursion vouchers
Scholarship quantity: 5
Fees: £1,975 for 8 weeks or £1,040 for 4 weeks
Contact: Elizabeth Gibb, Chichester Building , University of Sussex , Falmer, Brighton , BN1 9QJ , UK
Telephone: +[44] 1273 872 717
Fax: +[44] 1273 677 196
Email:
e.gibb@sussex.ac.uk
Web page:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/iss/1-2-25.html or
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/iss/
