APPLICATIONS FOR ESS 2024 ARE NOW OPEN

March 6, 2024

Please see our course list for this years programme. We look forward to welcoming you this summer!

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ESS 2024 – sign up to our mailing list

January 24, 2024

Applications for ESS 2024 are due to open in March. Make sure you are signed up to our mailing list to hear when we launch

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Testimonial – ESS 2023 participant

September 19, 2023

The course was great, really enjoyed it and felt I got a lot out of it – the combination of the theoretical and the methodological steps have provided me with tools for the PhD and required a renewed and deeper exploration of discourse analysis, giving me a lot to think about for the road ahead. […]

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Thank you!

September 19, 2023

Thanks to everyone for making the 56th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis a success. We look forward to seeing you next year!

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Applications for ESS 2023 are now CLOSED!

July 24, 2023

We are no longer taking applications for the 56th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis.

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Applications for ESS 2023 are now open!

February 27, 2023

The 56th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis will be delivering a combination of both in-person and online courses in 2023.  Applications are now open! We can’t wait to see you in person or online this coming summer for the best nerdy summer camp!

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ESS 2022 – Harold D Clarke Speaker Series

January 11, 2023

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:     

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ESS 2022 social programme

January 11, 2023

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.

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ESS 2022 – Wivenhoe Pub Run!

January 11, 2023

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!

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Testimonial – ESS participant

January 11, 2023

“The best visualization course I learned in @EssexSumSchool. I found solutions to almost all of the things I have struggled with over the last two years. Practical useful R skills on O-D data visualization+ animation + efficient way to extract and represent model parameters”   3D Computational Methods for Social Data Science: Exploring Society through […]

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