Dear Colleagues - There is a call for sessions at the upcoming International Conference on Social Science Methodology (see below). I am thinking of organising a session on the application of social simulation to policy. Would anybody be interested in taking part? To have any chance of acceptance, a session must
have speakers from at least two different countries. Please get in touch. Cheers and best, peter davis

Peter Davis, PhD
Professor, Sociology
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Director, COMPASS
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FIRST CALL FOR SESSION CONVENORS

The 8th International Conference on Social Science Methodology (RC33)

Venue: The University of Sydney, Sydney Australia Conference dates: Monday
July 9 - Friday July 13, 2012 Submission of proposals for sessions: May 17 -
July 29, 2011

The Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research, Inc. (ACSPRI)
will host the ISA RC33 (Research Committee on Logic and Methodology)
International Conference on Social Science Methodology in July 2012, in
Sydney, Australia.

The focus of the conference is on innovations and current best practice in
all aspects of social science research methodology. It provides an
opportunity to reflect on contemporary methods, as applied in a range of
settings and disciplinary contexts, to hear about emerging methods, tools,
techniques and methodologies, and to discover what resources are available
to social science researchers and users of research.

This is a preliminary call for session convenors -- proposals can be
submitted from May 17 2011. We welcome proposals to convene session on all
aspects of social science methodology.

To propose a session:

1. You will first need to register as a user by following the links on the
conference website home page here:  http://rc33conference2012.acspri.org.au
You can register as a user now.
2. Describe the proposed session by via an on-line form at this link from
May 17 to July 29, 2011:
https://surveys.acspri.org.au/callforsessionconvenors

Key dates:
SESSION proposals opens: May 17, 2011
SESSION proposals closes: July 29, 2011
SESSIONS confirmed: 12 August, 2011
Call for PAPERS announced: August 12, 2011 PAPER submissions opens:
September 2, 2011 PAPER submissions closes: December 1, 2011 Registration
opens: 19 December, 2011

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website: http://rc33conference2012.acspri.org.au