Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica

    The Institute for Political Methodology (IPM) 2019 will be held from July 10 to July26, 2019, in Taipei. The IPM provides a unique opportunity for graduate students and junior faculty to receive quantitative training and to meet distinguished methodologists.

    This year we are pleased to announce that the Prof. Jake Bowers (Dept of Political Science & Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Prof. Cara Wong (Dept of Political Science & Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Prof. Teppei Yamamoto (Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Prof. Yu-Sung Su (Dept. of Political Science, Tsinghua University (Beijing)) and Prof. Whasun Jho (Department of Political Science and International Studies , Yonsei University) will join us. The main theme for the IPM 2019 is “Causal Inference”. In addition, a number of core courses are also offered each year, including regression, game theory and introduction to R. The activities of the IPM course include lectures, tutorials, practical, and presentations. The courses are all in English. Further information is available on the IPM website: https://www.ipmasia.org .

    The number of participants will be limited to 20. International participants are responsible for their own airfare and the IPM will provide accommodation. The registration date is from April 1 to May 1. All registration needs to be completed online. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us. Join us!

    There are two main parts in the IPM course: core statistical courses and theme courses. The main theme of this year is Causal Inference. The total class hours are 78 (13 days), including lectures, tutorials, practical and presentations. The courses are all in English. The course this year are listed below:

●Here are the lecturers of the 2019:
· Keynote speaker: Jake Bowers
(Dept of Political Science & Statistics,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)