Experimental methods is a field of growing importance in the social sciences and policy/impact evaluation. Experiments enable social scientists and applied researchers to draw valid inferences about cause and effect. This 5-day course in experimental methods will cover the design, implementation, and analytical tools required for conducting social science experiments. It will be taught by five prominent scholars of political science and economics from the United States and Europe with extensive experience in designing field, survey, and/or laboratory experiments. Beyond the transfer of skills to conduct experiments, this course aims to support the development of participants’ research ideas through discussions with specialists, as well as create a worldwide network of experimentalists among course participants. course start date -1st august

Course participants will have a solid understanding of how experiments are designed, implemented, and analysed to test social science theories and policy programs. Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to formulate research questions that can be answered using experimental methods. Participants should be able to design and execute experiments, as well as analyse and interpret the results. Through interaction with instructors and peers the course will help students develop and strengthen their own research ideas.