Senior researchers in quantitative methods for the social sciences are sought to act as instructors in a new scientific programme of the European Science Foundation (ESF).
CALL FOR SENIOR SOCIAL SCIENCES METHODS INSTRUCTORS
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)
A European Science Foundation Scientific Programme (2003-2007)
A new ESF programme on Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences will take place over a four year period (2003-2007). Further information about the programme is available via the ESF website at http://www.esf.org/qmss
Integrated Workshops and Seminars:
A series of workshop/seminars will provide opportunities for junior researchers to undertake high-level training in the latest developments in quantitative methods and for junior and senior researchers to interact and share ideas and expertise based upon recent research.
The first three workshop/seminars will take place in summer 2004 on subjects which fall within the following three topic areas:
- Theory and Practice in the Analysis of Longitudinal Data;
- Theory and Practice in the Analysis of Cross-National Cross-Sectional Data;
- Measurement, Data Collection and Data Quality.
A further nine workshop/seminars are planned for 2005 and 2006 on subjects which fall within one of five topic areas, either the three above or one of the following:
- The Collection and Analysis of Network Data
- Design and Analysis of Intervention Studies
Nature of Workshops and Seminars:
Each workshop/seminar will consist of a one week workshop followed by a two day seminar, making nine days in total. The workshop will be led by two senior social science instructors and will focus on training. At the seminar, ten additional established researchers in the field will be invited to participate and present papers on their work. Thirty junior scholars will participate in the workshop and the seminar. They will already be well-qualified in quantitative research and will be seeking to extend and
broaden their skills. Most of them a
Senior Social Sciences Methods Instructors:
The two senior instructors will play a key role in each workshop/seminar and are expected to be of the highest international standing in their field. They will be responsible for running the one week workshop and will normally provide teaching in the mornings and organise exercises and computer-based work, usually based upon European datasets, for the afternoons. An assistant will provide support for the computer-based work. The instructors will also work with the Topic Team in the scientific planning of the
seminar, including the selection
Call for Expressions of Interest and Suggestions:
Senior instructors are now sought for workshop/seminars on subjects falling within any of the five topic areas above, but especially the three planned for 2004. The instructors should have an excellent record of research on the subject to be covered in the workshop/seminar, with relevant teaching experience and a broad international orientation. It is expected that instructors will normally be based in a European country but instructors from outside Europe are also eligible provided they use European datasets.
The programme now invites:
- senior researchers to express interest in being a senior instructor on a workshop/seminar within one of the topic areas above;
- suggestions for suitable senior instructors.
Expressions of interest and suggestions may refer to individuals or to pairs of senior researchers with the kind of complementary strengths mentioned above.
These expressions of interest and suggestions will be considered by the Topic Teams in their planning of the workshop/seminars. The selection of instructors will be made by the Topic Team and finalised by the programme?s Executive Committee. Selection will be based primarily on merit, but also on criteria such as coverage of social science disciplines and European datasets.
The workshop/seminars are planned for the summer periods of 2004, 2005 and 2006 in various locations within Europe. The availability of instructors will be considered in determining timing.
The instructors will receive an honorarium of ?3000 for the workshop/seminar, in addition to expenses for travel (within Europe) and subsistence. To support computer-based work on the workshop, the pair of instructors will also be able to nominate an assistant, who will receive an honorarium of ?1500 in addition to expenses. The instructors will only be responsible for scientific planning and delivery. They will work with and receive support from the Topic Team in the planning of the seminar. The Programme
Coordinator will take responsibilit
Expressions of interest should consist of a CV together with a covering letter of no more than 1000 words in English. The letter should include suggestions for what subject matter could be covered in a workshop/seminar within one of the broad topic areas above. The letter or CV should also include information about relevant research and teaching experience. Expressions of interest from pairs of senior researchers should also refer to any experience of joint research or teaching.
Suggestions for suitable senior instructors should include suggestions for the subject matter of a workshop/seminar as well as justification for the suggestion, such as examples of relevant presentations or research.
Expressions of interest or suggestions should be sent by e-mail by 1 December 2003 to the Programme Coordinator, Mrs. Julia D?Arrigo, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK, e-mail [log in to unmask] . She will forward this material to the relevant Topic Teams. The selection of the three pairs of instructors for the workshop/seminars in 2004 will be completed by the end of February 2004. A call for junior researchers to participate in
these workshop/seminars is expec
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Mrs. Julia D'Arrigo
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute
University of Southampton
Southampton SO17 1BJ,
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)23 8059 5946
Fax +44 (0)23 8059 3846
http://www.s3ri.soton.ac.uk/
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