The African Doctoral Academy of Stellenbosch University in partnership with the International Political Science Association (IPSA)

Summer School in Research Methods: 17-28 January 2011

The first Summer School in Research Methods of the African Doctoral Academy of Stellenbosch University will offer courses of the highest international standard covering such topics as * Comparative research design and configurational comparative methods (Dirk Berg-Schlosser – Philipps University Marburg) * Multiple regression analysis (Bernhard Kittel – Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg) * Mixed-methods design (Max Bergman – University of Basel) * Basic course on quantitative data analysis using SPSS (Nelius Boshoff – Stellenbosch University) # Introduction to research designs in the social sciences (Johann Mouton – Stellenbosch University) # Comparative survey design (Bruno Cautres – CEVIPOF, Paris) # Causal Analysis in Social Research: Cross-case and case study approaches (John Gerring – Boston University) ‡ Impact evaluation design (Johann Louw – University of Cape Town) ‡ Qualitative data analysis with Atlas/ti (Brigitte Smit – University of Johannesburg) ‡ Epistemological paradigms in the social sciences (Johann Mouton – Stellenbosch University)

* These courses run for the full two weeks (17 – 28 January) # These courses are offered during the first week (17 – 21 January) ‡ These courses are offered during the second week (24 – 28 January)

For detailed course descriptions, fees and registration forms see www.sun.ac.za/ada . The deadline for registration is 31 October 2010 . A small number of scholarships are available to South African and African doctoral candidates . For queries, contact the Summer School administrator, Fran Ritchie , at [email protected] .