Last year Linköping University’s Institute for Analytical Sociology together with a consortium of partner centres and departments — including DIGSUM — secured funding for an interdisciplinary graduate school in computational social science. The Swedish Interdisciplinary Research School in Computational Social Science is now open and accepting applications for the first cohort of students. The research school provides courses, seminars, and networking opportunities for doctoral students interested in the emerging field of computational social science. Read more about the research school and apply [here]
As an inaugural event for the Research School, the IAS is running a Norrköping branch of the Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (SICSS), a worldwide initiative to provide free training to the next generation of researchers at the intersection of social science and data science.
Participants at each institute will hear lectures, participate in group training exercises, and launch interdisciplinary research projects. The Summer Institute will be held on an intensive, two-week basis from June 12 to 22, 2023, and will be worth 3 ECTS credits for students, pending approval. The Summer Institute will also be open to a limited number of researchers who are not part of the Research School, and therefore doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and untenured faculty within 7 years of their PhD are all welcome to apply by April 3, 2023, via the SICSS webpage. (Doctoral students applying to the Research School do not need to submit a separate application for the Summer Institute.)