Designing better survey questions that deliver the data that you need

Saturday, August 13, 2022, 10.00-12.00 (Romanian time, hybrid, English/Romanian – depending on the audience) The workshop is meant to help participants understand the attributes of a well-designed questionnaire, discuss considerations to be taken into account when designing questionnaires as a whole and individual questions, present a framework for questionnaire development...

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Digital Gardening with Obsidian

August 12, 2022, 10.00-13.00 (online, in English) Mastering the information flow for both personal and professional use in knowledge professions in the 21st century is becoming increasingly challenging. This practical workshop is aimed at supporting participants to kick-start their second brain using Obsidian and begin weaving a personal framework to...

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Introduction to Research Methods

August 9, 2022, 14.00-15.30 (Romanian time, hybrid, in English) In the course we will discuss the basic questions of social research: theory and practice in the research process, the objectives of the research process, the concept of causality. Thus, we will focus on two paradigms in social research – the...

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Introduction to Research Design in Social Sciences

August 8, 2022, 14.00-17.00 (Romanian time, hybrid, in English) The workshop “Introduction to Research Design in Social Sciences” offers a condensed exposure to research thinking and planning. The workshop will combine key theoretical insights with exercises that help one attain clarity in designing research processes. Furthermore the workshop will present...

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Social Network Analysis

Online (Zoom), August 11, 2021, 9.00 – 12.00 (Romanian time, in English) This course provides a hands-on overview of applied social network analysis techniques and their theoretical underpinnings in political and social sciences. By the end of it, you will be able to understand the opportunities and limitations of basic...

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Introduction to Research Methodology

Online, August 9, 2021, 17.00-20.00 (Romanian time, in English) The course presents a brief introduction to qualitative and quantitative research and is based on interactive approaches.  INSTRUCTOR Victor Cepoi, Ph.D. Departments/units: Summer School 2021; Educational Programs Department; Research Department, Policy and Outreach Department, Young Researchers Club, IC-GAP Regions: Romania Topics:...

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Doing multimodal ethnography in pandemic times. Drags in da’ house, a case study in collaborative research in Brazil

Online (Zoom), August 14, 2020, 18.00-20.00 (Romanian time, in English) The COVID-19 outbreak has forced us all to stay at home or to keep distance from one another, and it has impacted most of what we are used to call `reality.` For social scientists, this represents a huge challenge, as...

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Social Network Analysis

Online (Zoom), August 11, 2020, 9.00 – 12.30 (Romanian time, in English) This course provides a hands-on overview of applied social network analysis techniques and their theoretical underpinnings in political and social sciences. By the end of it, you will be able to understand the opportunities and limitations of basic...

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