The 11th edition of the Winter School on Methods and Data Analysis will take place from July 29 to August 2, 2024, at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay, in Montevideo, Uruguay. Courses starting in the first week (July 24) are asynchronous. The courses of the second week (from July 29 to August 2) are carried out face-to-face.

The Winter School offers introductory and methodological courses. The introductory courses offered are R, PYTHON and use of R for spatial analysis. The methodological courses cover various quantitative and qualitative research methods, research designs, as well as techniques for data collection and measurement, combining theoretical and hands-on (lab) sessions. Courses are taught in Spanish.

The Winter School offers a unique opportunity to get in touch with an interesting group of instructors as well as social scientists and professionals from diverse areas and varied countries.

List of instructors, 2024 edition:

Emilio Ferrer

Ph.D., Quantitative Psychology. In addition to his academic appointment in Psychology at UC Davis, Emilio Ferrer is a member of the Biostatistics Graduate Group. He is also an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Mind and Brain. His research interests include methods for analyzing intra-individual change and variability, particularly latent change models and dynamical systems. She currently serves on the board of Psychological Methods and is a member of the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology, the American Psychological Association, and the Society for Research in Child Development. He also serves as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Research Review Board. Professor Ferrer is co-editor of the book Statistical Methods for Modeling Human Dynamics and author of the forthcoming book Dynamics of Dyadic Interactions.

Jake Bowers

Ph.D. in Political Science. Professor in the departments of Political Science and Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States. From 2015 to 2020 and starting again in 2022 he has worked with the Office of Evaluation Sciences in the General Services Administration of the United States Federal Government. During 2015 this group was called the White House Social and Behavioral Policy Team. From 2019 to 2021, he was a senior scientist at The Policy Lab and worked coordinating RCTs and COVID-related projects.

He has been working on projects at the intersection of social and behavioral sciences and public policy as a research associate and member of the Center for Advanced Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences, such as the Causal Inference for Social Impact laboratory. From 2018 to 2022 he was Methods Director of the Evidence in Governance and Policy (EGAP) network.

Laura Atuesta

Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics. Visiting professor at the School of Finance, Economics and Government of the EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia and a professor-researcher at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE) in Mexico. She has a master's degree in Economics and a doctorate in Applied Economics from the University of

Illinois at Urbana Champaign. His research interests are related to the economics of organized crime and the effect of violence in urban and rural contexts. He has published his work in several international journals such as Economics Systems Research, Global Crime, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the International Journal of Drug Policy, and Trends in Organized Crime, among others. Laura teaches impact evaluation and public policy courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels and offers training courses in public policy evaluation to public officials and entrepreneurs in Latin America

Sebastián Galiani

Ph.D. in Economics. Sebastian Galiani is a professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford and works extensively in the field of Economics. He is also a member of NBER and BREAD. Sebastián was Secretary of Economic Policy, Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance, Argentina, between January 2017 and June 2018.

Inés Fynn

Ph.D. in Political Science. Inés Fynn has a doctorate in Political Science from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a degree in Sociology from the UCU and an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the UCU. He specializes in issues of comparative politics, urban informality, organized crime and informal welfare provision.

Rodrigo Barrenechea

Ph.D. in Political Science. Rodrigo Barrenechea obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science at Northwestern University, he has a degree in Sociology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and is an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at UCU. He specializes in issues of populism, political representation, political parties, Andean countries and research methodology.

Cecilia Samamé

Ph.D. in Psychology. Cecilia Samamé has a degree and doctorate in psychology (University of Buenos Aires, Honors Diploma). He has worked as a professor of statistics, neurosciences and psychopathology at the University of Buenos Aires, the Favaloro University and the Catholic University of Uruguay. She is the author of numerous publications on neuropsychological characteristics and therapeutic approaches to mood disorders. She has served as a reviewer for high-impact journals in psychiatry and neurosciences with international circulation (JAMA Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders, Journal of Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, among others).

Diego Hernández

Ph.D. in Urban Studies. Diego Hernández has a doctorate in Architecture and Urban Studies from the Catholic University of Chile and an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at UCU. He specializes in urban studies, everyday mobility and public transportation.

José Rivero

PhD. in Economic Sciences. José Rivero is a doctor in Economic Sciences - ThEMA (Théorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications) - CY Cergy Paris Université, France. He is a senior consultant at Deloitte Uruguay and an economist at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (PPP Unit). He also works as a research professor at the University of the Republic (dECON – FCS)

Juan Viteri

PhD. in Business Economics. Juan Pablo Viteri has a doctorate in Business Economics from the Icesi University. His teaching experience covers the areas of Administration and Finance, both in Colombia and Uruguay, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. His research lines focus on the use of quantitative methods and data analysis applied to energy and sustainability problems. His works have been published in high-impact scientific journals (Q1 in Scopus) in the field of energy planning. Between 2021 and 2023, he served as Editorial Director of Estudios Gerenciales, an economics and business magazine with Q3 category in Scopus.

Ornella Novino

Data Analyst at SMART Unit UCU. Specialist in SQL, Markdown, Python, RMarkdown, R, and Batch languages. BA. in Political Sciences, UCU.

Martín Opertti

Programmer Analyst at Verasight Co. & Professor at UCU & UdelaR. BA in Sociology, UCU.

Cecilia Giambruno

Msc. in Cecilia Giambruno is a Consultant in Educational Digital Transformation in the Education Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. She has a Master's degree in Public Policy and a degree in Sociology from the Catholic University of Uruguay.

The number of participants per course is limited. We recommend making early applications. It is possible to attend a course in the morning and an afternoon course in each session. In any case, applicants must pay special attention to the tasks and exercises required outside of class time. It is also important to pay attention to the "course requirements" before applying, which are clearly expressed in the descriptions of each course.

Important (for credit revalidation): Those students who are interested in obtaining a diploma of course approval must take an external examination that will be evaluated by the respective instructors after the end of the Winter School. To request this option, students must first communicate with the School (eim@ucu.edu.uy) prior to the beginning of the course.

The School does not provide accommodation or travel aid. Travels to the city of Montevideo, as well as accommodation are the responsibility of each participant. In addition to the courses, the School organizes academic and recreational activities during and at the end of the school days. The dynamic combines seminars in research topics of special interest with spaces for recreation to enjoy the cultural life of the city of Montevideo.

For inquiries about courses and applications to:

Organization Committe of the Winter School in Methods and Data Analysis UCU-DCS
Department of Social Sciences
eim@ucu.edu.uy