That’s a wrap for the #ESS2026! 7 weeks of in-person & online classes, seminars, discussions, and plenty of time together outside the classroom. A huge thank you to all our participants, instructors, guest speakers, & the ESS team for making it such a success. See you again next year!

This Wednesday, join the #ESS2026 Harold Clarke Speaker Series. Sarah Shair-Rosenfield will present "Consciously Spoken: The Gendered Language of Women’s Political Leadership" 📆 Wednesday 29 July, 6:30 pm 📍 EBS 2.2. 💻 Join the webinar ▶ essex-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #EssexSummerSchool

Is there a gender gap in satisfaction with monetary policy? @carogarriga.bsky.social examines attitudes towards the Bank of England, finding a small, but statistically significant, gender gap. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ZLrcmYd @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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🎓 A big congratulations to Irine Kurtanidze and Zoe Schuck, recipients of the 2026 Vera E. Troeger Scholarship for Women in Political Methodology. We were delighted to recognise them yesterday during the Harold Clarke Speaker Series 🎉

Happy to share that our paper with Michael Gavin “Influence by Omission: The IMF's Lending Capacity and Central Bank Design” was accepted for publication in the Review of International Organizations (preprint: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....).

📌 Friday 24 July ⏱️ From 6:30 in Wivenhoe (or 6pm from campus and scenic walk to the first stop)

📌 TODAY 📌 Opening Session 2's #HaroldClarkeSpeakerSeries, @benlauderdale.bsky.social presents "Studying Individual-Level Attitudes Towards Important Problems Using Pairwise Comparisons" 📆 22 July, 6:30 pm 📍 EBS 2.2 💻 Free webinar ▶ essex-university.zoom.us/s/95426008058 #ESS2026

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis@essexsummerschool.bsky.social · last mo.

📌 TODAY 📌 @benlauderdale.bsky.social presents "Studying Individual-Level Attitudes Towards Important Problems Using Pairwise Comparisons" 📆 Wednesday 22 July, 6:30 pm 📍 EBS 2.2. 💻 Free webinar registation ▶ essex-university.zoom.us/s/95426008058 #ESS2026 #HaroldClarkeSpeakerSeries

🔊 Today! Wednesday 15 July, 6:30pm Ryan T Moore: "10 Experiments in Public Policy and What We Can Learn from Them" Free webinar registation ➡️ essex-university.zoom.us/s/95830499314 #ESS2026 #EssexSummerSchool

⏳ Less than 2 weeks left to register for Session 3! From regression & causal inference to LLM-assisted text analysis & deep learning, see our courses 👇. 📅 3–14 Aug 2026 💻 Online only ⚡ Places filling fast 👉https://essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2026-course-list/

We are looking forward to having Kaat Smets for the inaugural session of the Harold Clarke Speaker Series. 🗓️Wednesday, 8 July, 6:30 pm. 📍In person: EBS 2.2. 📍 Webinar: register free essex-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ESS0206 #EssexSummerSchool #HaroldClarkeSpeakerSeries

From survey text and political speech to protest images and video content, deep learning is opening new possibilities for social science research. Join our course and learn how to build, adapt, and understand models for text and image data. Apply now ▶️ bit.ly/4f1RFaM

Last days to register for Session 2 of the Essex Summer School! Don’t miss your chance to join our courses in causal inference, Bayesian methods, machine learning, longitudinal and panel data, web scraping, spatial analysis, and more. Apply now ▶️ essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2...

🔅The Essex Summer School is officially underway! 🔅 Who says you can't count on an English summer?

The #ESS2026 pre-sessional courses have started today! There is still time to enrol for sessions 2 and 3. Check out the courses still available ▶️ essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2...

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis@essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are thrilled that our 2026 pre-sessional courses have started! There is still time to join us for the main Summer School programme, with courses running throughout July and August. Apply now ▶️ essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2...

Applications are still open for the #ESS2026 for but courses are filling out!

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis@essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Looking to strengthen your methods training this summer? Applications are still open for but courses are filling out! ✨ Small classes & personalised teaching 🌍 Network with scholars from 200+ institutions 🎤 Speaker Series & social events 🎓 Transferable ECTS credits 🔗 👇

Need better tools for collecting, managing, and analysing data over time? Explore our Session 2 courses in web scraping and data management, longitudinal data analysis, and advanced time-series and panel methods. Apply now ▶️ essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2...

We are ready!

Going to #EPSS2026? The @essexsummerschool.bsky.social is sponsoring a #women's coffee break on Friday at 11am @The Pocket, 6 minutes away from the ICC. Share with your colleagues and students attending!

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis@essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 2mo ago

☕ Women’s Coffee Break @ #EPSS2026 Connect • Chat • Network Taking a break between panels? Join us for a relaxed coffee break. 📅 Friday, 19 June 🕚 11:00 AM 📍 The Pocket 68 Upper Church Lane #Belfast We look forward to seeing you there! #ESS2026 #WomenInAcademia #CoffeeBreak #EssexSummerSchool

Planning to design and analyse a survey despite not having taken a class like mine below on Designing & Analysing Surveys? You’re the social science equivalent of those people who need rescuing by helicopter from Snowdon having gone up in flip flops with only a light sweater and a bag of Maltesers.

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis@essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Check out the sequence of courses for survey research at @essexsummerschool.bsky.social, from questionnaire design and measurement to survey experiments and advanced scaling methods. More information ➡️ essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2... and individual descriptions in the comments to the post ⬇️

Explore some of the courses we offer this summer: 🔹 Text Analysis 🔹 From Fieldwork to Findings. 🔹 Qualitative Methods. Last days to apply for session 1! More info ➡️https://essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2026-course-list/

Join us for the @epssnet.bsky.social First Gen Meeting on Saturday 20 June. Here is the poster that @carogarriga.bsky.social and I will talk about (no worries, we'll be quick!), based on a roundtable on First Gens in political science a couple of years ago.

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Are you a first generation political scientist? Then join the EPSS First Gen Social Gathering 📆10:50-12:30 Saturday, 20 June, 2026, Bar 2 (ICC) 👥Organizers: @carogarriga.bsky.social and @sattlersthomas.bsky.social Please drop by, bring your own coffee ☕️ and meet other First Gen PhDs 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🧑‍🎓.

⏳ Final days to secure your place for Session 1! From research design to causal inference, quantitative & qualitative methods courses to strengthen your research skills. 🚨 Registration closes soon and places are filling fast ➡️ essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2...

Are you a first generation political scientist? Then join the EPSS First Gen Social Gathering 📆10:50-12:30 Saturday, 20 June, 2026, Bar 2 (ICC) 👥Organizers: @carogarriga.bsky.social and @sattlersthomas.bsky.social Please drop by, bring your own coffee ☕️ and meet other First Gen PhDs 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🧑‍🎓.

Essex has one of the longest-running DA programmes in the world. This summer, the @essexsummerschool.bsky.social is offering some of our most in-demand courses 👇. #DiscourseAnalysis #SummerSchool #PoliticalTheory #Methods

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis@essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Why should I study Discourse Analysis?" We put the question to our 2026 instructors. Their answers say it better than we could. Read what makes each one different 👇 essexsummerschool.com/ess-2026/

Build research skills on solid foundations. Check @melff.bsky.social, @rjbeecham.bsky.social & Martijn Schoonvelde's courses at the @essexsummerschool.bsky.social 👇

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis@essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Looking to build practical skills for social science research? Explore our courses in quantitative methods with R, text analysis, and data visualisation for stronger analysis and clearer presentation. Apply now ▶️ essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2...

Looking to build practical skills for social science research? Explore our courses in quantitative methods with R, text analysis, and data visualisation for stronger analysis and clearer presentation. Apply now ▶️ essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2...

Want to widen your skills in policy analysis and beyond? Check out these fascinating courses at the Essex Summer School!

Check out the sequence of courses for survey research at @essexsummerschool.bsky.social, from questionnaire design and measurement to survey experiments and advanced scaling methods. More information ➡️ essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2... and individual descriptions in the comments to the post ⬇️

Our May newsletter is out! 📬 Read about scholarship recipients, new partnerships, and the courses that should be on your radar this summer. Click here to read: lnkd.in/dGrsmJPp #EssexSummerSchool #Newsletter #SocialScience