9:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Tuesday 8 November 2016

Place: Newcastle University, Tyne and Wear.

This one-day course explores approaches to social questions that can fairly be described as experimental. These include the economic games of experimental economics, to the ‘experiments in the field’ of experimental ethnography, the natural experiments that have high evidential value in public health, and large randomized controlled trials increasingly used in public policy and development economics. The practical and creative aspects of designing experiments will be emphasised, and the ethical and interpretative issues they throw up. Each session of the course will mix presentations, group discussions, and practical exercises to give you a clear sense of what kinds of experimental options you might have, and how you could devise novel experimental approaches of your own.

The cost is £30 for UK/EU registered students. For further information, a programme, and to book, visit the Southampton Online Store.