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Short Research Training Courses
Doctoral and masters students from different disciplines are encouraged to meet, to take the opportunity of short research training courses to learn from each other and to broaden their field of research. Inter-semester courses and seminars are offered outside the periods during which compulsory courses generally take place.
Registration for the summer 2024 inter-semester courses is now open. You can consult the summer 2024 programme in the syllabus in the inter-semester courses section.
Please be advised that the inter semester courses are not graded.
Ideas box
Setting up of an ideas box in collaboration with elected PhD students, to allow doctoral students to express themselves on inter semester courses.
We are looking forward to hearing your ideas, please fill out and submit the form below.
For any questions or concerns please send us a message to: Julijana.lecherf@sciencespo.fr
Course offering
The inter-semester courses can be :
- Methodological courses intro, intermediate or advanced level (such as courses in econometrics, archival research, in the legal field sequence analysis, legal hermeneutics, analytical methods for lawyer,
- Disciplinary and/or Specialization courses at either intro or very advanced level (electoral sociology, in the legal field, animal law, critical analysis of law, law and economics, mediation..) These courses expand on, without repeating, courses offered in the College. They serve also as a tool of interdisciplinary dialogue: a student who specializes in one discipline is able to pursue training in another one
- Professionalization course: the professional integration of PhD students is one of the priorities of the School of Research. Every year, the Sciences Po Research School organizes professionalization seminars as part of the inter-semester courses. PhD students are supported in the implementation of their first teaching in collaboration with the Institute of Skills and Innovation of Sciences Po, each doctoral student also receives training in research ethics and scientific integrity in the different fields, management of data ethics online, ethics and sensitive research fields abroad etc, in collaboration with the Media Center of the School of Journalism of Sciences po PhD students are trained to understand the functioning of the media and the codes of journalists, to learn fact checking techniques, to train to be interviewed, and manage stress during a live.
Period of teaching
3 sessions of intensive courses are offered:
- Autumn (October and November), Professionalization courses for Phd students
- Winter (December and January);
- Spring/Summer (from mid-May to mid-July);
Instructors
The inter-semester courses are taught by members of Sciences Po’s academic community and might also involve guest professors.
Syllabus
Registration process
Please note that the registration for inter-semestral courses will be done by google form one month before each course.
Inter-semester Autumn/Winter 2023-2024
- Getting prepared for teaching for the first time, ahead of 23/24 spring semester by Véronique DUBOIS-BOUCHET
- Éthique et intégrité de la recherche, by Alain CHENU, Nicolas SAUGER and Marie SCOT [CIVICA]
- Atelier : Techniques d'interview by the Sciences Po School of Journalism Media Center with Antoine GENTON
- Accessing and using data for social scientists using R (PDF, 90 Ko) by Achim Edelmann
Inter-semester Summer 2024
Genre et recherche
The Genre et recherche seminar, directed by Réjane Sénac, CNRS research director at the CEVIPOF-Sciences Po, is part of Sciences Po's gender studies programme. Its aim is to create a think-tank and research group around the work of doctoral students, as well as Master 1 and 2 students, who are explicitly involved in so-called gender studies or for whom the issue of equality policies is illuminating. The aim is for different disciplines to engage in dialogue around common themes or questions (methodological issues, identity and equality politics, the fight against discrimination, intersectionality, sexuality, politicisation, mobilisation, etc.).
Throughout the year, doctoral students are offered online courses on the France Université Numérique platform.
Discover the range of online courses.
To access the courses, you must first create an account on the platform using the registration form.
CIVICA is the European University of Social Sciences. It is one of the pilot European Universities selected by the European Commission in June 2019 under the Erasmus+ Programme.
The ten CIVICA partners are Bocconi, CEU, EUI, Hertie School, IE, LSE, Sciences Po, SGH, SNSPA, SSE.
CIVICA aims to prepare the next generation of global Europeans towards understanding and contributing to an increasingly complex world. Its main goal is to generate awareness and to share beneficial knowledge with academics, policy makers, and practitioners in order to provide constructive solutions to the transnational challenges faced by citizens worldwide.
CIVICA focuses on four domains of research and cooperation: challenges to democracy in the 21st Century; societies in transition and crises of earth; Europe revisited; and data driven technologies for the social sciences.
Through various existing and upcoming joint initiatives and opportunities, CIVICA enables doctoral fellows and researchers to exchange on ongoing research, team up for collaborative projects, and network with colleagues working on similar topics. CIVICA's offers at doctoral level also include an Early Stage Researcher course catalogue, summer schools, and methods and skills workshops.
Courses and seminars offered by CIVICA's partners
Some of these inter-semester courses and seminars are open to early stage researchers from CIVICA partner universities. Find out more about what doctoral and postdoctoral researchers say about CIVICA courses.
Testimonials
CIVICA Summer Schools offer doctoral researchers the opportunity to present their research to a variety of experts in social sciences, compare methodological approaches, and interact with peers from partner universities, who are working on related topics. Training sessions such as panels on publication strategies and writing research proposals are also offered during the CIVICA summer schools. The next summer school will be organized by SNSPA in Romania in 2025.
Previous summer schools have been hosted by EUI (2021; 2023) and Bocconi (2022).
- Challenges of Transnational Democracy, September 4-7, 2023; European University Institute, Florence.
- Reconstructing Europe after Crises, July 11-15, 2022, Lake Como
- European integration in historical and contemporary perspective. New approaches and findings, September 6-9, 2021, European University Institute, Florence.
