Methods Ticker

This is a list of external methods-related trainings and events that is regularly updated. If you are missing a specific entry, please let us know so we can include it. You can view our internal workshop program here.

Event dateRegistration deadlineTitleLocationFee
April 15- 17, 2026GESIS: Grundlagen und aktuelle Debatten der RegressionsanalyseOnline330-990€
April 16, 2026Data Train: An overview of programming languagesOnlineFree
April 16 – 24, 2026GESIS: Event History AnalysisOnline330-990€
April 16-24, 2026GESIS: Bayesian Modeling – From Foundations to Custom SolutionsOnline330-990€
April 21-22, 2026GESIS: Introduction to Geospatial Techniques for Social Scientists in RCologne220-660€
April 23, 2026Data Train: Digital ethics OnlineFree
April 30, 2026Data Train: Machine learning basicsHybridFree
May 6-7, 2026GESIS: Introduction to Conjoint Survey ExperimentsOnline220-660€
June 9-10, 2026GESIS: Advanced Geospatial Data Processing for Social ScientistsOnline220-660€
June 23-24, 2026Bitkom: KI-augmentierte DatenanalysenOnline1,100-1,300€
June 30-July 2, 2026GESIS: Geodata and Spatial Regression AnalysisMannheim330-990€
July 1-3, 2026VDI: Python für IngenieureOnline2,190€
July 22-23, 2026GESIS: Introduction to R for Data AnalysisCologne220-660€
July 22-23, 2026GESIS: Introduction to Stata for Data Management and AnalysisHybrid220-660€
July 22-24, 2026GESIS: Pretesting Survey QuestionsOnline220-660€
July 22-24, 2026GESIS: Collecting and Aggregating Evidence Across Multiple StudiesOnline330-990€
July 27-31, 2026GESIS: Factorial Survey DesignCologne550-1650€
July 27-31, 2026GESIS: Advanced Questionnaire DesignCologne 550-1650€
July 27-31, 2026GESIS: AI-Assisted Surveys – Using AI Tools at Each Step of the Survey Research ProcessHybrid550-1650€
July 28, 2026VDI: Der EU AI Act – Künstliche Intelligenz & Compliance in der Europäischen UnionOnline1,190€
Aug 3-7, 2026GESIS: Data Science Techniques for Survey ResearchersCologne550-1650€
Aug 3-7, 2026GESIS:  Latent Variable Modeling in Survey Research: Classical and New ApproachesCologne 550-1650€
Aug 3-7, 2026GESIS: Advanced Survey DesignCologne 550-1650€
Aug 10-14, 2026GESIS: Causal Inference Using Survey DataCologne 550-1650€
Aug 10-14, 2026GESIS: Applied Introduction to Bots in Web-based StudiesHybrid550-1650€
Aug 10-14, 2026GESIS: Sampling and Weighting in Survey StatisticsHybrid 550-1650€
Aug 12-14, 2026GESIS: Applied Causal Inference Using Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)Online220-660€
Sept 2 – 4, 2026GESIS: Qualitative NetzwerkforschungCologne 330-990€
Sept 21-22, 2026GESIS: Einführung in die Mehrebenen-StrukturgleichungsmodellierungOnline220-660€
Sept 28-30, 2026VDI: Python für IngenieureOnline2,190€
Oct 6-7, 2026GESIS: Propensity Score Matching – Computation and Balance Estimation for two and more groups in ROnline220-660€
Oct 7-9, 2026GESIS: Expert*inneninterviewsCologne 330-990€
Oct 21-29, 2026GESIS: Sequence Analysis in the Social SciencesOnline330-990€
Nov 18-20, 2026GESIS: Survey Data IntegrationOnline330-990€
Nov 19-27, 2026GESIS: Using Simulation Studies to Evaluate Statistical MethodsOnline220-660€
Dec 1, 2026VDI: Der EU AI Act – Künstliche Intelligenz & Compliance in der Europäischen UnionOnline1,190€
Dec 3-11, 2026GESIS: Introduction to Methods of Causal InferenceOnline330-990€