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ESS provides not only world leading social science research methods training, but also opportunity to socialise with your fellow participants from all around the world.

  The participants of Essex Summer School 2024 really enjoyed this year’s Social Programme. The Director of ESS, Professor Ryan Bakker commented ‘participants work hard but they also play hard’ when they study at the school. The Social Programme offered a variety of activities that catered to diverse interests. Sporting enthusiasts had plenty to choose […]

ESS 2024 is now over and we want to thank everyone  – the instructors, participants, staff and everyone else who made it another successful year. We will return in summer 2025 for our 58th summer school and so please ensure you are signed up to our mailing list to hear when we launch.    

In honour of the memory of long standing ESS instructor Prof. Harold D. Clarke, ESS 2022 saw the introduction of the Harold D. Clarke Speaker Series:     

The Wivenhoe Pub Run is always a highlight of our social programme and we were so excited that after two years exclusively online, we were able to re-enact these #ESS traditions in 2022!