Schedule - 2013

Classes and labs were held at  FFLCH (School of Philosophy, Letters and the Humanities) and at IRI (Institute of International Relations).  You can view a map here: http://g.co/maps/hau9h.  

The dates of the courses were the following:

Professor

Course

Date

 Prof. Derek Beach

Case study methodology – small-n research designs

January 28th - February 8th

Prof. Bruno Cautrès

Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Analysis

January 28th - February 8th

Prof. Dirk Berg-Schlosser

Comparative research designs and comparative methods

January 28th - February 8th

 Pror. Iñaki Sagarzazu

Quantitative Textual Analysis

January 28th - February 8th

Prof. Peter Rosendorff

Game Theory and Applications for Political Science

January 28th - February 8th

   Prof. Guy Whitten

Time Series Analysis and Pooled Time Series Analyses

January 28th - February 8th

 Prof. Simon Jackman

Voting in Legislatures: From Theory to Data Analysis

January 28th - February 8th

Prof. Lorena G. Barberia, Prof. Glauco Peres da Silva, Prof. Fernando Guarnieri

Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics

January 21th - January 24th

   Prof. Patrick Jackson

Knowing and the Known: Philosophical Foundations of the Social Sciences.

January 28th - February 1st

  Prof. Clifford Young

Techniques for analyzing public opinion for political and economic decision makers

February 4th - February 8th

 

The schedule of the entire Summer School was the following:

 

Monday, January 21, 2013

0900-1200           Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics

1200-1330           Lunch

1330-1800           Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

0900-1200           Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics

1200-1330           Lunch

1330-1800           Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

0900-1200           Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics

1200-1330           Lunch

1330-1800           Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics

 

Thursday, January 24, 2013

0900-1200           Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics

1200-1330           Lunch

1330-1800           Refresher Course in Mathematics and Statistics

 

Monday, January 28, 2013

0900‐1000          Opening Ceremony (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH)

1000‐1030          Visit to FFLCH classrooms and labs

1030‐1230          Class

1230‐1400          Lunch

1400‐1700          Class

1700‐1900          Welcome Cocktail (IRI)

 

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

0900‐1230          Class

1230‐1400          Lunch

1400‐1600          Class     

1600-1800          Late Afternoon Seminar “The Epistemological Foundations of the Social Sciences”, Open to the Public, (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH) (see program below)

 

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

0900‐1230          Class

1230‐1330          Lunch

1330-1430          Information Session “Graduate Studies Abroad” (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH) (see program below)

1430‐1800          Class

 

Thursday, January 31, 2013

0900‐1230          Class

1230‐1400          Lunch

1400‐1600          Class     

1600-1800          Late Afternoon Seminar “New Developments in Data Collection and Dissemination for Brazil”, Open to the Public, (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH) (see program below)

 

Friday, February 1st, 2013

0900‐1200          Class

1200‐1330          Lunch

1330-1430        Information Session “Publication Strategies” (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH) (see program below)

1430‐1800          Class

 

Saturday, February 2nd, 2013

1400-1800           CEPEUSP Sports Facility Open to Summer School Students

                               *Summer School Soccer Match *

 

Monday, February 4th, 2013

0900‐1200          Class

1200‐1330          Lunch

1330-1430         Information Session “Writing Effectively About Scientific Research” (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH) (see program below)

1430‐1800          Class

 

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

0900‐1230          Class

1230‐1400          Lunch

1400‐1600          Class     

1600-1800          Late Afternoon Seminar “The U.S. and French 2012 Elections”, Open to the Public, (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH) (see program below)

 

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

0900‐1200          Class

1230‐1330          Lunch

1330-1430         Information Session “Academic Careers in Political Science and International Relations in Brazil: Reflections on the Discipline” (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH) (see program below)

1430‐1800          Class

 

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

0900‐1230          Class

1230‐1400          Lunch

1400‐1600          Class     

1600-1800          Late Afternoon Seminar “The Fundamentals of Doing Political Science Research: Recent Books in Methods for Political Sciences”, Open to the Public, (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH) (see program below)

 

Friday, February 8th, 2013

0900‐1230           Class

1230‐1400          Lunch

1400-1530          Closing Ceremony (Room 14, Social Science Building, FFLCH)

 

Late Afternoon Lectures

All lectures took place in Room 14 of the Social Science Building of the Faculty of School of Philosophy, Letters and the Humanities (FFLCH) 

 

Session 1. The Epistemological Foundations of the Social Sciences

Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Chair: Lourdes Sola (University of São Paulo and IPSA Executive Committee)

Panelists:
Dirk Berg-Schlosser (Philipps University Marburg)
Patrick Thadeus Jackson (American University)
Derek Beach (University of Aarhus)

 

Session 2. New Developments in Data Collection and Dissemination for Brazil

Thursday, January 31, 2013
Chair:  Lorena Barberia (University of São Paulo)

Panelists:
George Avelino (Fundação Getulio Vargas)
Marta Arretche (University of São Paulo and CEM)
Eduardo Marques (University of São Paulo and CEM)

 

Session 3. The U.S. and French 2012 Elections

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Chair: Maria Herminia Tavares de Almeida (University of São Paulo)

Panelists:

Bruno Cautrès (Sciences Po)
Simon Jackman (Stanford University)
Cliff Young (IPSOS)

 

Session 4. The Fundamentals of Doing Political Science Research: Recent Books in Methods for Political Science

Thursday, February 7, 2013
Chair: Fernando Limongi (University of São Paulo)

Panelists:

Guy Whitten (Texas A&M University)
Dirk Berg-Schlosser (Philipps University Marburg)
Derek Beach (University of Aarhus)

 

 

Information Sessions

All information sessions took place from 1:30  to 2:30  p.m. in Room 14 of the Social Science Building of the Faculty of School of Philosophy, Letters and the Humanities (FFLCH)

 

Wednesday, January, 30, 2013

Session 1. Graduate Studies Abroad

Iñaki Sagarzazu (Nuffield College, University of Oxford)

 

Friday, February, 1, 2013

Session 2. Publication Strategies
Dirk Berg-Schlosser (Philipps University Marburg) and Bruno Cautrès (Sciences Po)

 

Monday, February, 4, 2013

Session 3. Writing Effectively about Scientific Research
Guy Whitten (Texas A&M University) and Peter Rosendorff (New York University)

 

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Session 4. Academic Careers in Political Science and International Relations in Brazil: Reflections on the Discipline,
Maria Herminia Tavares de Almeida (University of São Paulo) and Cícero Araújo (University of São Paulo)