{"id":4989,"date":"2024-09-10T10:08:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/ssrc\/?page_id=4989"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:07:58","slug":"summer-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/ssrc\/summer-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4989\" class=\"elementor elementor-4989\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2aba7da elementor-section-full_width features-area ptb-80 bg-f9f6f6 elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2aba7da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05ad00a\" 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Each workshop ran for a week, and a total of 17 students attended the workshops.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41ec417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-Section\" data-id=\"41ec417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"Section.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t            <div class=\"section-title\">\r\n                                <h2 >HKUSI Summer Schools<\/h2>\r\n\r\n                                    <div class=\"bar\"><\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <p ><\/p>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f1ae0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f1ae0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The SSRC organized a fee-paying, two-week summer school in 2023 and 2024 on the topic of \u201cData Analysis Skills for Comparative Social Research\u201d in conjunction with the HKU Summer Institute (HKUSI). The learning objectives of the summer schools were:<\/p><ol><li>To understand state-of-the-art theories and methods to identify and solve social issues.<\/li><li>To conduct high-quality original surveys to collect primary data.<\/li><li>To undertake quantitative analysis using primary and secondary data.<\/li><li>To apply comparative and quantitative research to problem-solving.<\/li><\/ol><p>Around 47-48 undergraduate students attended the workshops each year, largely from mainland China, and were awarded a certificate of completion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-499c7fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"499c7fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00847b2\" data-id=\"00847b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14adb6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14adb6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39153dc\" data-id=\"39153dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a88993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a88993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>2026 Summer Programme<\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A two-week summer school in 2026 on the topic <strong>&#8220;Introduction to Computational Social Science&#8221;, <\/strong>led\u00a0by Professor Hongbo Wang. 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