SUMMER INSTITUTE IN COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCES (SICSS)
The Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) is pleased to announce the first Summer Institute in Computational Social Science to be held in Accra, Ghana (SICSS-Accra) at RIPS, University of Ghana from August 20 to September 02, 2023. SICSS-Accra will bring together postgraduate students, early-career academics, and researchers from all fields of study across Africa.
During the summer institute, participants will apply computational methods to digital and traditional data sources in researching the numerous challenges confronting Africa and to better measure the progress of African countries towards achieving the sustainable development goals. SICSS-Accra is planned to be an entry-level programme in computational social science. The Summer Institute will lay a solid foundation for computational social science through activities such as invited lectures, research happy hour, tutorials and participant-led group research projects. Applicants with less coding experience will be supported to learn R-programming before the institute.
Registration for the summer institute is free and interested applicants can apply via: https://sicss.io/2023/accra/apply until March 17, 2023. Thanks to our generous sponsor, accommodation and meals will be covered for accepted participants who will be selected through a competitive application process. There are limited scholarships to cover round-trip airfare for selected participants from other African countries.
