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

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

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. […]

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!

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

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!

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:     

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 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!