Training & Workshops

PIC Lab sponsors occasional training sessions and workshops for graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and faculty.  These workshops are led by post-doctoral fellows, Lab affiliates, or external lecturers.  Below is a list of training modules and workshops that have been offered to date:

 

Research methods workshop: Using R for GIS-based research (Nils Bormann, Exeter); Spring 2017

Research methods workshop: Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (Mark Toukan, RAND); Spring 2018

Research methods workshop: How to Read an Empirical Paper (Anna Schultz, Penn) (undergraduate student seminar); Spring 2018; Spring 2019

Research methods workshop: How to use Experiments to Study Ethnic Politics (Danny Choi, Penn) (undergraduate student seminar); Spring 2018; Spring 2019

Capacity building: Training researchers from conflict-affected countries at the Economic Research Forum conference in Casablanca, Morocco (Sambanis, Choi, Schultz); November 2018   

Workshop on “Immigration: Research Frontier & Policy Challenges” (co-sponsored by Perry World House); October 2019