CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS 
 
Applications are invited for places on three summer schools to be run in
summer 2009, supported by the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
programme of the European Science Foundation. These summer schools are the
first in a series of twelve and will provide opportunities for junior
researchers to undertake high-level training in the latest developments in
quantitative methods. They will also enable researchers to interact and
share ideas and expertise based upon recent research.
The three summer schools in 2009 are as follows:

• Introduction to event history analysis with a special focus on
cross-national comparisons
18 – 26 August 2009, Paris, France

• Social Network Analysis using Pajek
29 June – 10 July, Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Projection methods for ethnicity and immigration status
2 – 9 July 2009, Leeds, UK

Applications to participate in these events are invited from well-qualified
junior scholars, who are researching quantitative methods or using
quantitative methods in research in the social sciences and who are seeking
to extend and broaden their skills.
Twenty-five junior scholars will be selected to participate in each Summer
School. Selection will be primarily on the basis of merit, subject to
consideration of balance with respect to country and discipline.
The accommodation and meal costs at the Summer schools will be covered, but
applicants need to pay for their own travel costs. Only in exceptional cases
of hardship, will contributions be made to travel costs. Successful
applicants will be expected to attend for the entire duration of the summer
school.

Eligibility: Applicants should be completing, or have recently completed,
doctoral work in a relevant field of study and should be from one of the
eighteen participating European countries listed on the web-site below.

Application Procedure: Applications should consist of a short CV together
with a covering letter of no more than 500 words in English. The letter
should include an explanation of how the applicant’s research plans relate
both to the QMSS 2 programme and, specifically, to any of the Summer
Schools. The applicant needs to select which summer school is their first
choice and whether they wish to be considered for 2nd or 3rd choice if first
choice is not available. A recommendation letter by a PhD supervisor or
other established scholar is also required.

Applications should be sent by e-mail by 31 January 2009 to the Programme
Coordinator, Ruth Durrell, Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey
Research, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, Humanities
Bridgeford Street, Manchester M13 9PL UK, e-mail
[log in to unmask] All applicants will be informed about the
outcome through e-mail by April 2009.

Further information about the programme is available via the ESF website 
http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=4858
or the QMSS 2 website
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/qmss/index.shtml