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Conferences & Courses

ISPS sponsors an annual summer course on Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Field Experiments, as well as occasional conferences.

ISPS Summer Program:

Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Field Experiments

Established in 2001, this is a three-day workshop co-sponsored by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), and offerred this year at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. This short course aims to accomplish the following: (1) explain why experiments are valuable tools for social science and program evaluation; (2) examine in-depth examples of how field experiments are designed, executed, and analyzed; and (3) explore and develop research ideas through discussion with peers and specialists.

Click here for more information on the 2011 program.

To register, and for more information about the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, click here.

Past conferences:

Society for Political Methodology Summer Conference

July 23-25, 2009 — Since 1984 the Society for Political Methodology has held an annual summer conference, generously supported by the host institution, and by the National Science Foundation. In 2009, ISPS hosted the 26th Annual Summer Conference of the Society for Political Methodology.

Experiments on Government and Politics (EGAP) Meeting

April 24-25, 2009 — EGAP is a research network for scholars and practitioners who are actively engaged in field experiments on the topics of governance, politics, and institutions, or who provide methodological expertise. Members of EGAP are accepted into the network by the steering committee. The group meets twice a year, at rotating meeting locations, and is funded by the Hewlett Foundation. The group’s inaugural meeting, April 24-25, 2009 was hosted by ISPS.

ISPS at 40 Celebration and Conference

November 14-15, 2008 — ISPS celebrated its 40th Anniversary by bringing together a distinguished group of scholars representing a diversity of disciplines to commemorate ISPS’ accomplishments and look toward the future. The theme of the conference was the use of rigorous scientific research methods, such as field experimentation, to study important social science and policy questions. The conference showcased unusually creative and important pieces of research conducted by ISPS-affiliated scholars in a variety of social science disciplines.