Dates: October 21st to 29th, 2024 | Location: Barcelona | Universitat de Barcelona
We invite applications from graduate students, early-career researchers and non-academic researchers. 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 different levels of technical experience. To ensure working proficiency, participants with less experience with social science research or data science methods will be expected to complete additional readings and online learning modules in advance of 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 experience 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 take into account applicant career stage and previous educational opportunities.
Applicants must submit the following documents:
In order to be guaranteed full consideration, all application materials must be submitted by July 12th. All application materials must be submitted through the application form. Soon after the application deadline, we will notify applicants and ask participants to confirm their participation.
Inquiries can be sent to camilo.cristancho@ub.edu.
Yes, but not at the same time. For example, you can apply to SICSS-Bologna, 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.
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.
The Summer Institute is free of charge, and includes lunch. Accomodation and travel costs are not covered, but applicants can apply for a travel grant.
You can host a partner location of the Summer Institutes of Computational Social Science (SICSS) at your university, company, NGO, or government agency.