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).