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
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 10-14, 2026Instats: Applied Research Methods for Social ScientistsOnline78-307€
Aug 11, 2026June 30, 2026DeZIM: Introduction to Questionnaire and Item DesignBerlinFree
Aug 12, 2026June 30, 2026DeZIM: Introduction to Statistics with RBerlinFree
Aug 12-14, 2026GESIS: Applied Causal Inference Using Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)Online220-660€
Aug 13, 2026June 30, 2026DeZIM: Multivariate Analysis Methods with RBerlin Free
Aug 18, 2026Instats: R Package DevelopmentOnlineFree
Aug 24-27, 2026GESIS: Introduction to ROnline330-990€
Aug 24-28, 2026Instats: Key Design Concepts in Surveys and Comparative StudiesOnline168-485€
Aug 25-26, 2026Instats: Advanced R for Spatial Analysis 2.0Online89-253$
Aug 25-27, 2026GESIS: Introduction to PythonOnline330-990€
Aug 31- Sept 4, 2026GESIS: Introduction to Computational Social Science with ROnline550-1650€
Aug 31-Sept 4, 2026GESIS: Introduction to Computational Social Science with PythonOnline 550-1650€
Sept 2 – 4, 2026GESIS: Qualitative NetzwerkforschungCologne 330-990€
Sept 7-11, 2026GESIS: Web Data Collection with ROnline370-1100€
Sept 7-11, 2026GESIS: Web Data Collection with PythonOnline370-1100€
Sept 14-18, 2026GESIS: Introduction to Machine Learning for Text Analysis with PythonMannheim550-1650€
Sept 14-18, 2026GESIS: Computer Vision for Image and Video Data Analysis with PythonOnline550-1650€
Sept 14-18, 2026GESIS: Agent-Based Modeling & SimulationMannheim550-1650€
Sept 17-18, 2026VDI: Künstliche Intelligenz in der Testdatenanalyse mit PythonOnline1890€
Sept 18, 2026Bitkom: Crashkurz Prompting mit Microsoft Copilot Online 350-400€
Sept 21-22, 2026GESIS: Einführung in die Mehrebenen-StrukturgleichungsmodellierungOnline220-660€
Sept 21-22, 2026Instats: Tidy Data, Visualisation, and AIOnline39-128$
Sept 21-25, 2026GESIS: From Embeddings to LLMs – Advanced Text Analysis with PythonMannheim550-1650€
Sept 21-25, 2026GESIS: Mobile Data Collection and Analysis – Intensive Longitudinal MethodsMannheim 550-1650€
Sept 21-29, 2026GESIS: Causal Machine LearningOnline550-1650€
Sept 22-23, 2026Bitkom: Advanced GenAIOnline1,100-1,300€
Sept 25, 2026Bitkom: Crashkurz Deep Learning für EinsteigerOnline550-650€
Oct 2-3, 2026Instats: Structural Equation Modeling Using SEMwiseOnline59-189$
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 17, 2026Bitkom: CrashKurz AI Toolbox Online350-400€
Nov 18-20, 2026GESIS: Survey Data IntegrationOnline330-990€
Nov 19-27, 2026GESIS: Using Simulation Studies to Evaluate Statistical MethodsOnline220-660€
Nov 26, 2026Instats: Networks in Social ScienceOnline89-289$
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€
Feb 16-17, 2027GESIS: Foundations and Advances in Difference-in-DifferencesOnline220-660€
March 17-19, 2027GESIS: Latent Class Analysis – Modeling with MixturesOnline330-990€
April 21-23, 2027GESIS: Factorial Survey ExperimentsOnline330-990€