Overview

The National University of Singapore's Department of Political Science is proud to announce the 13^th Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods, July 1-12, 2024. The Methods School is organized in cooperation with the International Political Science Association. IPSA's mission is to promote empirical research in political science and related disciplines around the world, and the IPSA-NUS Methods School forms the Asian-Pacific hub in a global network of methods programs, with other summer schools hosted at Flacso México, the University of São Paulo, the Antalya Bilim University, and the National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg.

The IPSA-NUS Methods School offers rigorous training with outstanding and highly experienced, award-winning international faculty in a wide range of social science research methods. Students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty, civil servants, professionals, and everyone with an interest in research methods can choose from a wide variety of quantitative, qualitative, and formal methods courses and benefit from intensive, hands-on coursework over a two-week period.

Course fees have been priced accordingly and represent excellent value when compared to similar events in the U.S. and Europe (compare!) while offering the same quality of instruction.

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History

10th IPSA-NUS Methods School (2021)

The 10^th anniversary edition of the IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods took place in July 2021 (pictures). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to allow international participants to attend, it was held online for the second year in a row. Having successfully adjusted to the 'new' online environment, the Methods School was able to offer 18 basic to advanced, quantitative and qualitative research methods courses, including a brand new course on Computational Models of Social Behavior. The courses were attended by more than 160 participants from Singapore and all around the globe -- from as close as Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam to as far as Australia, Canada, China, Iraq, Korea, Norway, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and many other countries.

Poster from the eighth Methods School in 2021:

9th IPSA-NUS Methods School (2020)

The 9^th Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods in July 2020 (pictures) was held online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In spite of this drastic change and the challenges of accommodating participants and instructors from a wide variety of countries and time zones, the Methods School was able to go ahead with 17 courses, which were attended by participants from all over the Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Poster from the eighth Methods School in 2020:

8th IPSA-NUS Methods School (2019)

Having established itself as a permanent, first-tier fixture on the international methods training calendar in previous years, the 8^th Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods in July 2019 (pictures) further grew the Methods School's international alumni network to now over 1,000 scholars and professionals. Bringing together participants from all over the Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, the Methods School continued to provide excellent opportunities for social and intellectual exchange that go well beyond two weeks of intensive methods training.

Poster from the eighth Methods School in 2019:

7th IPSA-NUS Methods School (2018)

The 7^th Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods took place in June and July 2018 (pictures). In addition to offering the traditional morning courses, the Methods School also introduced a number of new afternoon courses that made it possible for participants to take up to four courses over a two-week period.

Poster from the seventh Methods School in 2018:

6th IPSA-NUS Methods School (2017)

The 6^th Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods in June 2017 (pictures) was the largest Methods School to date. More than 200 participants from all corners of the globe traveled to Singapore to attend one or more of 19 quantitative, qualitative, mixed, and formal methods courses. This record attendance further strengthened the Methods School's extensive international alumni network, and it laid the foundation for its continuing successful in the following years.

Poster from the sixth Methods School in 2017:

5th IPSA-NUS Methods School (2016)

The 5^th Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods took place in July 2016 (pictures). In its fifth year, the Methods School further grew in terms of number of participants, courses, and instructors as 200 graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and faculty members from all of the social sciences and several adjacent disciplines as well as civil servants, and professionals from NGOs and such industries as consulting, education, health care, and transportation attended 14 one- and two week courses.

Poster from the fifth Methods School in 2016:

4th IPSA-NUS Methods School (2015)

3rd IPSA-NUS Methods School (2014)

The 3^rd Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods was held in June and July 2014 (pictures). Its nine courses in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods attracted more than 100 participants from over 30 different countries. The Methods School took a decisive step towards establishing itself as the leading training program for social science research methods in the Asia-Pacific.

Poster from the third Methods School in 2014:

2nd IPSA-NUS Methods School (2013)

The success of the first Methods School laid the foundation for the 2^nd Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods in July and August 2013 (pictures). With nine courses and 100 participants from all continents, the second Methods School more than doubled the number of courses and participants from the previous year.

Poster from the second Methods School in 2013:

1st IPSA-NUS Methods School (2012)

The 1^st Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods took place in Singapore in June and July 2012 (pictures). The first program of its kind in Asia, the IPSA-NUS Methods School offered participants with a wide variety of backgrounds and from all over the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the U.S., and the Middle East the choice between four courses: Case Study Analysis, Experimental Methods, Mixed Methods, and Regression Analysis.

Poster from the first Methods School in 2012:

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