SSMART

Social Science Methods, Analysis and Research Training

Cutting edge research in the social sciences increasingly depends on sophisticated use of diverse methods, ranging from game theory and statistical analysis to field work (both experimental and case-based) and archival digging. The best research now tends to be multi-method, and increasingly major international journals demand that scholars combine all the methods appropriate to their problem.

The US Studies Centre has asked some of the leading scholars in American political science and sociology to share their expertise with interested Australian research students.

The Social Science Methods, Analysis and Research Training (SSMART) workshops will expose Australian research students and early career researchers to methodological innovations that are shaping the major journals and research programs.

The purpose of this program is to provide Australian researchers with access to training that is de rigueur at not only the best American universities, but increasingly the best British, Canadian and some European universities.

The SSMART program will assist Australian researchers in becoming more competitive internationally, for post-doctoral fellowship applications, for book contract, and for journal article submissions. The research training seminars will provide an opportunity for those who seek it to build their skill sets and help them figure out what else they may need to learn to be more successful in the international scholarly community.

For further information please contact Jimmy Yee, Academic Support Officer: jimmy.yee@usyd.edu.au.

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