Organized by the University of Konstanz in collaboration with MethodsNET, the Methods Excellence Network.

The KOMEX workshops offer cutting-edge, inclusive, and affordable methodological training in both qualitative and quantitative research design and techniques for PhD students and postdocs. Courses take place from March 10-11 (online preparatory course) and March 14-18, 2022 (in-person and on-line main courses at 4 ECTS) at the University of Konstanz, Germany—beautifully situated at Lake Konstanz, close to the Alps, near the borders to Switzerland and Austria:

• A basic introduction to R for beginners (10.-11.3.2022; online, live; only for attendants of one of the main courses) taught by Eva Thomann;
• Comparative Case Study Design (14.-18.3.2022; in-person) taught by Eva Thomann;
• Causal inference and observational research – designing robust counterfactuals (14.-18.3.2022; in-person) taught by Christina Zuber;
• Crowd-sourced Text Analysis (14.-18.3.2022; in-person) taught by Alexander Horn and Martin Haselmayer;
• Virtual course: Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis using R (online; partly asynchronous, partly live) taught by Eva Thomann.

All courses are taught in English. The maximum number of participants per course is 20, first come, first serve. You can register by selecting a specific course via this link. See also fees and deadlines (early bird up till 14.2.2022).

These Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops are designed to be placed in a sequence with a very broad array of courses that will be offered at the first MethodsNET Summer School. This major event will be held from 20 June to 1 July 2022, in an excellent European location. You want to be informed as soon as the information is online? Just sign up to receive our MethodsNET news updates.