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Explore Skill School

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Explore Skill School, the Social Sciences Method Center's exclusive workshop series, tailored for doctoral students and senior researchers at Lund University! In September and October, we offer eight exciting workshops that will enhance your skills and give you the chance to network with other method enthusiasts from across the university.

The initiative is aimed at academic staff from all faculties and is completely free for LU doctoral students. This year includes Coding for Dummies, and a workshop on using AI methods in qualitative analysis.

For more information and registration: Skill School 2025 

  • Free for all doctoral students at Lund University.
  • Free for employees of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
  • For others, contact us (see below) and we will provide information on fees for each individual workshop.

Coding for dummies 

Workshop leader: Nils Holmberg, Lund University, Department of Strategic Communication

Time: September 15–19 (week 38), 9:00–12:00

From data to Insight: Quantitative and Computational AI Methods

Instructor: Aleksandros Sopasakis, Lund University, Department of Mathematics

Date: 22 September (week 39), 10:00-12:00

Qualitative Analysis using AI

Workshop leader: Tullia Jack, Lund University, Department of Service Studies

Time: September 23–24 (week 39), 9:00–12:00

Qualitative Analysis and Coding using NVivo

Workshop leader: Benjamin Claréus, Kristianstad University 

Time: 29-30 September and 2, 6, 7 October (week 40–41), 13:00–16:00

Digital Ethnography 

Instructor: Kristin Anabel Eggeling, Copenhagen University, Department of Political Science

Dates: 6-7 October (week 41), 13:15-16:00

Intercultural Interviews 

Instructor: Priscyll Anctil Avoine, Swedish Defence University

Dates: 6-7 October (week 41), 9:15–12:00

 

Webscraping 

Instructor: Michael Bossetta, Lund University, Department of Communication

Dates: 8-9 October (week 41), 13:00-16:00

Introduction to R 

Instructor: Christopher Swader, Lund University, Department of Sociology

Dates: 13-17 October (week 42), 9:15–12:00

You will be notified as soon as possible if you get a place or if you are placed on the waiting list. Register here: REGISTRATION

Please note that registration is binding. If you are unable to attend, notify us no later than two weeks before the workshop begins. Otherwise, the department will be billed an administrative fee of 800 SEK.

More detailed information can be found here: Skill School 2025

If you have questions about the content of the workshops, contact Nils [dot] Gustafsson [at] iko [dot] lu [dot] se (Nils[dot]Gustafsson[at]iko[dot]lu[dot]se).  For practical questions, contact skillschool [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (skillschool[at]sam[dot]lu[dot]se)