The Manchester Methods Summer School will be held at the University of Manchester 17-21 June. Participants will select a single course for the duration of the school. Each course will deliver four days of content to a five-day timetable (Monday afternoon to Friday lunch-time). The fee for external students is £500.

The courses are:

• Introduction to social network analysis using UCINET and Netdraw – This isan introductory course, covering the concepts, methods and data analysis techniques of social network analysis.
• Advanced methods for social network analysis – This course assumes basic statistical knowledge such as regression and familiarity with R together with a basic knowledge of social network analysis as given in the introductory course.
• Advanced Structural Equation Modelling and Generalized Latent Variable Modelling – This course introduces GLVM using the Mplus statistical package.
• Hands-on, participatory and visual: Ketso as a research method – Ketso is a hands-on kit for creative engagement, developed by Dr. Joanne Tippett from her research at the University of Manchester.
• Romani Studies – This is an introductory course, covering the state of the art of current research into the history, social organisation, culture and recent political mobilisation of the Romani populations of Europe.

For further information and booking visit the Manchester Methods Summer School website.