June 12 to June 24, 2022 | Imperial College London
Participation is restricted to early career academics (graduate students, post-docs, researchers, early faculty) who can attend the event in person during the scheduled times in London, UK. However, there are no restrictions based on citizenship, country of study, or country of employment. About 20 participants will be invited.
The Summer Institute aims to bring together computational social scientists across all levels of technical experience. Participants with less experience with social science research will be expected to complete additional readings in advance of the Institute, and participants with less experience coding will be expected to complete SICSS boot camp. Students doing this preparatory work will be supported by a teaching assistant who will hold online office hours during the two months before the Institute.
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, we attempt to account for an applicant’s career stage and previous educational opportunities.
Applicants must submit the following documents: An up-to-date CV. You may also upload an (optional) writing sample, such as a journal article, class paper, or statement of interest.
**In order to be guaranteed full consideration, all application materials must be submitted by March 25, 2022. All application materials must be submitted through https://forms.gle/MRyDf6RMk1wS8wpKA. Applications that are not complete by the deadline may not receive full consideration. We will notify applicants solely through e-mail by sicsslondon@gmail.com, and will ask participants to confirm their participation very soon thereafter.
Inquiries can be sent to sicsslondon@gmail.com.
Yes, but not at the same time. For example, you can apply to SICSS-London, and then if you are not accepted you can apply to one of the other locations if it has a later deadline. However, you cannot have an applications under review at two locations simultaneously. If you have any questions about this policy, or your potential fit, please reach out and contact us!
No. Every year we have more applicants than we can accept, and we would like everyone to have a chance to participate in SICSS once before we allow folks to participate twice.
You can host a partner location of the Summer Institutes of Computational Social Science (SICSS) at your university, company, NGO, or government agency.