ECPR Methods School

Gain advanced understanding and applied skills in conducting qualitative content analysis, thematic analysis, cross-case analysis and grounded theory using NVivo.

Enhance your focus group research by achieving an appropriate group composition and gaining a clear understanding of how to use focus groups as a qualitative method.

Learn to apply regression analysis in R for effective use in policy analysis and other fields with diverse data and models.

Learn fundamental concepts and techniques of qualitative case studies and process tracing, and gain the skills to implement a robust case study.

Learn key aspects of Comparative Historical Analysis, including process tracing, path dependency, case selection, periodisation, and project design.

Learn key statistical techniques for cross-national data analysis, including 'country effect' in multivariate methods, comparing regression estimates, and exploring factorial analysis (PCA) with a focus on political science methodology intricacies.

Acquire the skills to apply the Critical Discourse Analysis/Discourse-Historical Approach to analyse contemporary political discourse in your research.

Learn to master interviewing as a data collection method, honing skills in designing protocols, conducting interviews, managing interactions, and enhancing reflexivity.

Learn the basics of qualitative comparative analysis and how to apply it in your research project.

Learn how to approach the most common analysis tasks in R with confidence, from exporting your results from R to writing an academic paper or report using Rmarkdown.

Learn social network analysis for political research, mastering key concepts, methods, and practical applications using R.

Learn about what constitutes 'Machine Learning', the varying model types and how to construct and run different methods using social scientific data-sets.

Learn the fundamentals of political ethnography, exploring methods, writing, research design, quality, and ethics, while gaining practical experience studying politics and power in diverse social and political contexts.

Learn to conduct data collection and complex data analysis with Python programming through hands-on exercises and practical tips and apply it to your Social Science research.

Learn foundational qualitative data analysis skills, covering research design alignment, method selection, coding techniques, data transformation, presentation strategies, and basic introduction to the NVivo software.

Learn to understand political science literatures using common quantitative text analysis approaches and how to interpret the results with the most common methods used by social scientists.

Learn to independently plan, design, and conduct surveys, gaining essential knowledge and skills in research design, sampling, measurement techniques, questionnaire design, survey experiments, and data quality assessment.

Learn to adeptly apply narrative, visual, and creative participatory research methods in your research, addressing ethical challenges and acquiring the tools for effective design and implementation.

Learn to use 'formation' and 'elucidation' as ways to think about and work with concepts in your research in social science enterprise.