Dear EPSA members, With ECPR Summer School now behind us, we're counting down until our February Methods School<https://ecpr.eu/MethodsSchool> programme. It's another chance to learn from leading educators who combine academic insight with real-world experience to deliver practical, research-driven training. We have curated a programme that includes expert-led courses on quantitative, qualitative, creative and mixed research methods for social scientists. So if you're looking to expand your methodological toolkit but missed our summer courses, check out our two-week online February programme here.<https://ecpr.eu/Events/AcademicProgramme/Courses?eventID=351> Sneak peak * Introduction to R,<https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PanelDetails/16857> with Akos Mate<https://akosmate.com/> *New short course* * Writing up Academic Research: Moving from Data to Story,<https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PanelDetails/16831> with Kristin Anabel Eggeling<https://ecpr.eu/profile/KristinAnabelEggeling> * Quantitative Text Analysis and Machine Learning using R,<https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PanelDetails/16820> with Z. Greene<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EOIICgoAAAAJ&hl=en> * Introduction to Big Data Collection and Analysis in the Social Sciences<https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PanelDetails/16843> with Daria Dementeva<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daria-Dementeva-2> Stack your discounts! Register for the course of your choice before 5 January, and you'll automatically receive a £55 early bird discount. If you've attended a Methods School course in the past year, you'll also receive an additional £45 loyalty discount! ECPR Member discount Don't forget, if you're from an ECPR Member institution, you automatically qualify for 50% off all our courses. You can check if your institution is a member here<https://bit.ly/3QX72pl>. Find out more about the Methods School training courses here<https://bit.ly/428B66r>. We'd also appreciate it if you could share this announcement with colleagues in your network. If you have any questions or would like further information, please get in touch @methodsschool@ecpr.eu<mailto:methodsschool@ecpr.eu>. Many thanks, The Methods School Training team [cid:image001.jpg@01DC593F.E3E6D5C0] European Consortium for Political Research Harbour House 6-8 Hythe Quay Colchester CO2 8JF Essex United Kingdom ECPR is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation No 1167403, registered in England and Wales. This email and any attachments are intended for the author's addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, any reading, printing, storage, disclosure, copying or any other action taken in respect of this email is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any views expressed are those of the individual sender and not of the organisation unless otherwise stated. Any information included is indicative and is not an offer, recommendation or solicitation to buy or sell, nor is it in any way an official confirmation of terms. The organisation's computer systems may be monitored and communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes.