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ATTENTION: SICSS-Helsinki has been postponed due to COVID-19. New dates are currently unknown.

Eligibility

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Participation is restricted to Masters and Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, and non-permanent academic faculty. However, there are no restrictions based on citizenship, country of study, or country of employment. About twenty participants will be invited. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and fields of study, especially applicants from groups currently under-represented in computational social science We evaluate applicants along a number of dimensions: 1) research and teaching in the area of computational social science 2) contributions to public goods, such as creating open source software, curating public datasets, and creating educational opportunities for others 3) likelihood to benefit from participation 4) likelihood to contribute to the educational experience of other participants 5) potential to spread computational social science to new intellectual communities and areas of research. Further, when making our evaluations, attempt to account for an applicant’s career stage and previous educational opportunities.

How To Apply

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Applicants must submit the following documents: (i) a curriculum vitae, (ii) a statement (maximum three pages) describing both any current research and your interest in computational social science, (iii) one writing sample (no more than 35 pages) written in English or Finnish. Co-authored work is acceptable for the writing sample, but if you submit co-authored work, we recommend that you include a few sentences describing the contributions of each individual author. All applications must include an e-mail and an alternative means of contact (e.g., phone number).

Inquiries can be sent to grp-dcm-teaching@helsinki.fi.

Helsinki SICSS is postponed to a later time in response to COVID-19.