Academic Hive for African Scholars is pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2024 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science, Calabar (SICSS-Calabar) in Nigeria.
Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the Summer Institute aims to bring together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career faculty who are interested in computational social science and data science. Participants will have the opportunity to attend lectures, participate in group problem sets, and work on research projects. The Summer Institute will also feature talks from external speakers who conduct computational social science research in academia, industry, and government.
The SICSS-Calabar program will cover topics such as text as data, website scraping, digital field experiments, machine learning, and ethics. There will be ample opportunities for students to discuss ideas and research with the organizers, other participants, and visiting speakers.
Starting Date: September 23 to 28, 2024
Duration: 01 Week
Benefits
- Increased access to the field of computational social science
- In-demand data science and programming skills
- Get equipped both as a student and teacher with an open-source, modular curriculum for state-of-the-art training
- Participate in interdisciplinary research relevant to academia and industry
- Globally recognised certificate of participation…and more!
Eligibility
Applicants from all backgrounds and fields of study are welcome to apply to SICSS-Calabar, participation is restricted to:
- Postgraduate students (MSc, Ph.D.),
- Early-career University Faculty, and
- Industry Professionals with an interest in applying data science techniques to addressing pressing social problems. Applicants from groups currently under-represented in computational social science are especially welcome to apply.
Selection Criteria
Applicants for the SICSS-Calabar will be selected based on the following criteria:
- Research and teaching in the area of computational social science
- Contributions to public goods, such as creating open-source software, curating public datasets, and creating educational opportunities for others
- Likelihood to benefit from participation
- Likelihood to contribute to the educational experience of other participants
- Potential to spread computational social science to new intellectual communities and areas of research.
Application Process
All interested participants for the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS-Calabar) must submit the following documents:
- A Curriculum Vitae
- A brief statement about why they wish to attend SICSS-Calabar (Not more than 500 words),
- Share a writing sample (this could be any piece of writing they own. Published or unpublished)
- A supporting letter from a supervisor/head of department/line manager/mentor that can attest to the applicant’s competence/potential and availability.
To apply for Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS-Calabar), click here
Deadline: July 31, 2024.
For more information about the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS-Calabar), visit the official site.
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