SICSS-FGV/ECMI Brazil

July 3 to July 14, 2023 | Fundação Getulio Vargas

Schedule & Materials

All times are in Brazilian (Brasilia - Federal District) Time. - We intend to run our partner edition mostly in Portuguese.
Monday July 3, 2023 - Introduction and Ethics

  • Zoom link

  • 10:00 - 11:00 Introduction and logistics

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Small group discussions Lesson plan

  • 12:00 - 12:30 Break

  • 12:30 - 1:30 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:30 - 1:45 Introduction to the group exercise Lesson Instructions

  • 1:45 - 3:45 Small group discussion of the cases

  • 3:45 - 4:45 Workshop: Introduction to writing queries, Dalby Hubert (FGV ECMI-DAPP)

  • 4:45 - 5:00 End of the Day + Daily Survey

Tuesday July 4, 2023 - Collecting Digital Trace Data

  • Zoom link

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and introduction to group exercise

  • 10:15 - 11:30 Designing a Research Question (Small Groups) Lesson Instructions

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Phase 1: Discussing the Research Questions and Data (Everybody)

  • 12:00 - 12:30 Break

  • 12:30 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 2:30 Phase 2: Discussing Strengths & Benefits plus Hybrid Designs with Digital Trace Data (Small Groups)

  • 2:30 - 3:30 Discussing Strengths & Benefits plus Hybrid Designs

  • 3:30 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics

  • 3:45 - 4:00 Break

  • 4:00 - 5:00 GUEST-SPEAKER: Leonardo Nascimento

Wednesday July 5, 2023 - Automated Text Analysis

  • Zoom link

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and introduction to group exercise

  • 10:15 - 11:30 Workshop: Modern NLP Techniques, Lucas Roberto (FGV DAPP)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 3:00 Text Analysis Group Exercise (Small Group) Lesson Instructions

  • 3:30 - 4:00 Debrief and logistics

  • 4:00 - 5:00 GUEST-SPEAKER: Guilhermer Felitti

Thursday July 6, 2023 - Surveys in the Digital Age

  • Zoom link

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Introduction to the group exercise Lesson Instructions

  • 10:15 - 11:15 Tutorial on Facebook Ads

  • 11:15 - 12:30 Group Exercise with Facebook Ads

  • 12:30 - 1:30 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:30 - 1:45 Break

  • 1:45 - 3:00 Afternoon group exercise

  • 3:00 - 3:15 Break

  • 3:15 - 3:30 Whole group debrief about group exercise

  • 3:30 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics

Friday July 7, 2023 - Research Speed Dating

  • Zoom link

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Research Speed Dating Logistics Slides for Instructors

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Research Speed Dating Maximally Similar Groups

  • 12:00 - 12:15 Break

  • 12:15 - 1:30 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:30 - 1:45 Break

  • 1:45 - 2:00 Instructions

  • 1:45 - 3:15 Research Speed Dating Maximally Dissimilar Groups

  • 3:15 - 3:45 Group Debrief (join research teams)

Saturday July 8, 2023 - Day off
Sunday July 9, 2023 - Day off
Monday July 10, 2023 - Work on Group Projects

  • Zoom link

  • All-day: group projects

Tuesday July 11, 2023 - Work on Group Projects + Guest-Speaker

  • Zoom link

  • 14:00 - 16:00 group projects

  • 16:00 - 17:00: GUEST-SPEAKER: Tai Nalon

Wednesday July 12, 2023 - Work on group projects (optional)

  • Zoom link

  • All-day: group projects

Thursday July 13, 2023 - Work on group projects + Final Presentation

  • Zoom link

  • 10:00 - 12:00: Office Hours

  • 14:00 - 4:00: Present group projects

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