Additional Training
University of Essex, United Kingdom
ECPR Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis & Collection. Two courses attended (August 2014):
“Mathematics for Social Scientists” (Edward Codling, 15 hours),
“Hierarchical Models” (Jeff Gill, 35 hours).
University of Bucharest, Romania
Summer School on “R”, funded by the European Science Foundation. Three courses attended (September 2010):
“Interactive use of the R environment and factor analysis” (Adrian Dusa, 16 hours);
“Control structures, graphics and cluster analysis” (Vladimir Batagelj, 17 hours); and
“Regression and Survival Analysis” (Melinda Mills, 7 hours).
University of Mannheim, Germany
The Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM-Europe) Summer Institute. Three courses attended (June-July 2009):
“Theoretical and Methodological Foundations” (Randall Calvert & Andrew Martin, 17 hours),
“Random Utility Models and Strategic Choice” (Mark Fey, 18 hours) and
“Operationalizing the Spatial Model” (Kevin Quinn, 24 hours).
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques. Two courses attended (August 2008):
“Introduction to R” (Andrej Blejec, 18 hours) and
“Multiple Regression Analysis” (Bernhard Kittel, 30 hours).
University of Essex, United Kingdom
ECPR Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis & Collection. Three courses attended (July 2007):
“Mathematics for Social Scientists” (Christopher Saker, 15 hours),
“Survey Research Methods” (Pamela Campanelli, 35 hours), and
“Statistical Terms and Concepts” (Pamela Campanelli, 7.5 hours).
Introductory Courses
Quantitative Text Analysis using R, taught by Michael Stoffel (University of Mannheim). Course held at the University of Bergen (18 hours, December 2013)
Time Series Analysis, taught by Chris Wlezien (Temple University). Course held at the EUI (10 hours, May 2010)
Introduction to Multilevel Models using Stata, taught by Kenneth Benoit (Trinity College, University of Dublin). Course held at the EUI (14 hours, June 2009)
Introduction to Agent-based Modeling using NetLogo, taught by Luis R. Izquierdo (University of Burgos). Course held at the EUI (6 hours, April 2009)
Introduction to Game Theory for Social Scientists, taught by Joël van der Weele (Goethe University, Frankfurt). Course held at the EUI (10 hours, April 2009)
Event history analysis using SPSS, taught by Ariana Need (University of Nijmegen) and Jaap Dronkers (EUI). Course held at the EUI (12 hours, June 2008)
Structural equation modelling using AMOS, taught by Max Bergman (University of Basel), Jaap Dronkers (EUI) and Alexander Trechsel (EUI). Course held at the EUI (12 hours, June 2007).
Interviewing and Text Analysis for Social Sciences, taught by Sophie Duchesne (CEVIPOF, CNRS). Course held at the University of Oxford (16 hours, February-March 2005).