About the ECPR Methods School

Our Methods School is a premier, year-round programme of training in research methodologies for social sciences and related fields. It offers expert-led introductory and advanced courses that deal with all stages of your project and cater to research at macro and micro levels.

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Our Methods School

An essential investment

Curated by dedicated Academic Convenors and taught by leading methodologists, our courses empower scholars at all career stages to conduct rigorous and reliable research.

Our accessible programme provides the latest insights and hands-on experience in emerging and widely adopted research methods across different paradigms and approaches. It covers quantitative, qualitative, creative, visual, mixed and multimodal tools, as well as positivist and interpretative perspectives.

Whether you're focused on research design, data collection, or data analysis, you can take our courses individually or combine them to create a personalised learning path.

A rewarding learning experience

From foundational to advanced courses bringing you to an expert level, our training helps sharpen your skills, grow your career, and produce high-quality, impactful scholarship.

Future-proof your research

Learn from the experts

Personalise your learning journey

What you'll get

Here's what you're guaranteed to find at our Methods School events:

Curated content

With access to pre-recorded lectures, annotated readings, exercises, and online social spaces, you'll have the flexibility and convenience to learn at your own pace.

Expert live teaching

Daily live teaching guarantees high-quality interaction with both your instructor and fellow participants, enriching your learning experience.

Handy extras

To maximise your learning experience, we've added useful features such as office hours and one-to-one consultations with your Instructor.

Seamless learning

With your very own digital environment, you'll have everything you need for a stress-free learning journey – at your fingertips.

Registration fees and offers

To get the discounted Member rate, verify that your institution is an ECPR Member here and make sure you have selected the correct institution in your My ECPR Profile.

ECPR Member

£492.50 per course

Non-Member

£985 per course

Your space is not secured until your registration is paid in full.

Loyalty discount

If you attended our Methods School in the last calendar year, you qualify for £45 off your course fee. For the discount to be applied automatically, register with the same email address used for the most recent Methods programme you attended.

Multi-buy discount

If you are registering for multiple courses on the training programme, you are eligible for a 5% discount on any additional course purchased.

Combining courses will entail a heavier workload. All courses will require extra work beyond the teaching hours. Before you book, please read the course outlines thoroughly and make sure you are confident you can manage the schedule.

Fully booked courses

If the course you would like to attend is fully booked, please get in touch with us to be added to a waitlist. We may repeat fully booked courses, subject to demand.

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)

We offer ECTS credits in partnership with KU Leuven. Where indicated, you can earn up to four credits per course, with one credit representing 25-30 hours of work.

Three credits

Instructors can award a maximum of three ECTS credits per course if the participant has:

completed all assignments issued during the course;
attended 100% of the live teaching sessions; and
engaged fully with the class activities.

Four credits

A maximum of four credits can be awarded if a participant has:

completed all assignments issued during the course;
attended 100% of the live teaching sessions;
engaged fully with the class activities; and
completed the additional post-course task earning a grade between A to D-.

Our ECTS accreditation partner

Ranked 45th worldwide in the 2024 TIMES Higher Education Ranking, the KU Leuven Faculty of Social Sciences excels in the fields of anthropology, communication sciences, political sciences and sociology.

The Faculty has a long-standing tradition in the research and teaching of research methodology. It co-organises the Quantitative Analysis and Social Data Science programme, a one-year programme aiming to improve the methodological knowledge of students who acquired a Master's degree in behavioural sciences. The Faculty is also the Belgian/Flemish partner and one of the founding members of the European Values Study and the European Social Survey.

The process of the ECTS accreditation is overseen by our partner organiser at KU Leuven, Bart Meuleman, who is Full Professor at the Centre for Sociological Research. Bart's research focuses on cultural and socio-economic conflict lines in increasingly diverse societies. His methodological research interests include comparative survey analysis, attitude measurement, structural equation modelling and multilevel models.

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