PAIR Methods Summer School 2025
PAIR Methods Summer School 2025 Declining democratic health: Methods for diagnosis, treatment and recovery June 23 and 24, Boldrewood Campus, University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载
The department of Politics and International Relations at the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 is proud to launch our first Methods Summer School. In recent times, the department has heavily invested in faculty with cutting-edge skills in quantitative and qualitative methods. We are hoping to attract the best and brightest PhD researchers and ECRs working in Politics and IR with whom we can share and grow that expertise.
The event will be pitched at intermediate-to-advanced level, with a mix of instructor-led ‘masterclasses’ and more collaborative sessions aimed at helping participants think through dilemmas, questions and problems in their current projects. Training will centre 4 elements that speak to key areas of methodological strength in PAIR. All centre around the core theme of better understanding and addressing decline the health of contemporary political institutions. They include:
- The cutting-edge design of surveys, trust measures, and longitudinal studies in diagnosing the symptoms of democratic decline in advanced liberal democracies, and within regional and global institutions (ie public opinion, trust, legitimacy, representation, disengagement)
- Ethnographic approaches to probe deeper into the underlying causes of these forms of decline, especially in relation to understudied inequalities and challenges (especially in the Global South)
- Experimental approaches, spanning field, lab and survey experiments that can administer and assess the efficacy of ‘treatments’ for democratic ill-health in diverse settings
- The theory and practice of participatory governance models (eg citizens assemblies, participatory budgeting) to plot the course for democratic recovery
The two-day course is free to attend (including refreshments and lunch for all participants). There are also a limited number of bursaries available to support travel and 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 for those who cannot access adequate funding at their home institutions.
The event will include two full days on June 23 and 24. We want to ensure a high value experience so space at the event is limited. Please register on or before Monday June 2 to be considered. Register on MS Forms here . If you have any questions, please contact John Boswell (j.c.boswell@soton.ac.uk).