Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University

Applied Statistics Workshop (Gov 3009)

This methodological workshop offers opportunities for faculty, visitors, and graduate students to present ongoing research.Graduate Student Coordinators: Justin Grimmer

Link: http://my.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k19231&pageid=icb.page101560

Cambridge Colloquium on Complexity and Social Networks

12:00 - 1:30pm, see link for dates and locations.
The objective of this colloquium series is to serve as a forum for two somewhat diffuse intellectual communities that have developed tools to study connectedness, loosely gathered around the concepts of complex systems and social networks respectively.
Faculty Coordinator: David Lazer

Link: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/complexity

Graduate Methods and Models Class

Its purpose is to provide a forum for graduate students in government and other relevant departments to learn techniques in statistical methods and formal theory to supplement their research. The GMMC is organized around a schedule of talks, each designed to teach attending grad students about a specific technique, model, or problem in political methodology or formal modeling.  The intent is to extend the expertise of those students who specialize in either approach, and to provide a forum for non-specialists to learn techniques that may be relevant to their substantive research.

Graduate Student Political Economy Workshop

The workshop provides a forum for graduate students in government, economics, and PEG to discuss their research related to political economy. As the primary purpose of the workshop is to serve as an informal forum for graduate students to discuss and circulate ideas, papers on other topics are also welcome. We welcome presentations of research at various levels of completion, from proposals to polished papers. Refer to our Guidelines for more information on the topics and format of the workshop.

Harvard /MIT Seminar on Positive Political Economy

The MIT Political Science Department and The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University are sponsoring a seminar on formal and quantitative political research. The Program on Positive Political Economy (PPE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying "economic" behavior in the political process or "political" behavior in the marketplace.

Political Economy Discussion Lunch

This informal group meets every Tuesday to discuss a paper chosen collectively the previous week. A buffet lunch is provided. The papers are usually available for download. Please note: This event is by invitation only. If you are interested in participating in this seminar, please contact the faculty coordinator, Jeff Frieden

Link: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/seminars/07_pegroup/overview

Political Psychology and Behavior Workshop

The Political Psychology and Behavior Workshop is a biweekly interdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of current research that uses a psychological and empirical orientation to examine the microfoundations of citizen and elite behavior. Our topics include but are not limited to identity, emotion, culture, beliefs, preferences (including public opinion and individual preferences), rationality, norms, cognition, group dynamics, ethnic politics, context effects, attribution, information, bargaining and trust.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Core Seminar

A weekly meeting that allows RWJ Scholars to discuss their research and connect with RWJ Faculty. Staff Coordinator: Alison Ney

Link: http://www.rwj.harvard.edu/coreseminar.html

Seminar on Positive Political Economy

The MIT Political Science Department and The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University are sponsoring a seminar on formal and quantitative political research. The Program on Positive Political Economy (PPE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying "economic" behavior in the political process or "political" behavior in the marketplace