Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica

     The Institute for Political Methodology (IPM) 2018 will be held from July 11 to July27, 2018, 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. Richard Williams (Dept. of Sociology, University of Notre Dame), Prof. Michael Ting (Dept. of Political Science, Columbia University), Prof. Yu-Sung Su (Dept. of Political Science, Tsinghua University (Beijing)) and Prof. Yukio Maeda (Center for Social Survey and Data Archives, the University of Tokyo) will join us. The main theme for the IPM 2018 is “Cross-level Analysis”. 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: http://www.ipmasia.org(Open a URL in a new tab). Please register before May 1, 2018.

     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 Categorical Data Analysis. 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: