Methodology Institute

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Welcome to the Methodology Institute (Mi) for postgraduate study in social research methods. The Mi has two key functions:

• To provide training for PhD and MSc students and LSE staff in the design of social research and in qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• To host degree programmes for MSc Social Research Methods and MPhil/PhD in Social Research Methods

Jobs in the Institute

Applications are invited for a new Readership in Research Methodology

Deadline of application 12 February 2010

For more information, see Reader in Research Methodology|

ESRC/PIC scholarship

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/PIC/scholarship.htm|

ESRC 1+3 quota studentships

We have three ESRC 1+3 |quota studentships to pursue our MSc and MPhil/PhD programmes in the 2010/2011 session. For further details please see here| or contact Dr Jonathan Jackson: j.p.jackson@lse.ac.uk|

News and Events

How Would a Robot Read a Novel? | LSE Literary Festival launch event
Date: Thursday 11 February 2010
Time: 7-8.30pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Buidling
Speakers: Dr Kavita Abraham, Dr Jon Adams, Dr Robert Hudson
Chair: Mark Lawson

Network Model-Assisted Prevalence Estimation from Respondent-Driven Sampling Data
Methodology Institute Seminar Series|
Date: Monday 15 February 2010
Time: 5-6.30pm
Venue: B813 Columbia House
Speaker: Dr Krista Gile Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Follow the Mi Seminar series on Twitter|.

MI456 Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis topic will be Event history Analysis| in the Lent Term 2010

Research Activities in the Mi

The Mi has a thriving research culture|. There are a number of major research projects located in the Institute:

• FP7: Scientific Indicators of Confidence in Justice (JUSTIS)
• FP7: Sensitive Technologies and European Public Ethics (STEPE)
• ESRC: Survey Resources Network
• Wellcome Trust: Voices on Identity, Childhood, Ethics and Stimulants