July 24 to August 4, 2023 | University of Munich
Applications for SICSS-Munich are open to graduate (Master) students, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty. There are no restrictions based on citizenship, country of study, or country of employment. About 25 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 an online boot camp.
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:
In order to be guaranteed full consideration, all application materials had to be submitted by March 3rd, 2023.Applications that are not complete by the deadline may not receive full consideration. We will notify applicants solely through e-mail by the end of March 2023, and will ask participants to confirm their participation very soon thereafter.
Update: Applications are no longer possible.
Yes, but not at the same time. For example, you can apply to SICSS-Munich, 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 application under review at two locations simultaneously.
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.
Absolutely. SICSS-Munich invites applications from social scientists (broadly conceived) who are still unfamiliar with Computational Social Science.
You can host a partner location of the Summer Institutes of Computational Social Science (SICSS) at your university, company, NGO, or government agency.