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About the school | Application process | Courses | Approval credits in the Winter School
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The 9th edition of the Winter School in Methods and Data Analysis will be held from 25th July to 5th August 2022.

The School takes place during two weeks with introductory and methodological courses. The introductory courses are R, STATA and PYTHON, and a leveling course in Mathematics, and have a class load of 16 hours. The methodological courses cover several quantitative and qualitative research methods, research designs, as well as techniques for data collection and measurement, combining theoretical and hands-on (lab) sessions, with a load of 20 hours.

 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, 2022 edition:

Laura Atuesta
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Illinois, USA.

Rodrigo Barrenechea 

Ph.D. in Political Sciences, Northwestern University, USA.
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay.


Juan Bogliaccini

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay


Patricia Cerizola

Diploma in Didactics of Mathematics, UCU, Uruguay
Bachelor degree in Mathematics and Engineer, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Universidad Católica del Uruguay

Carlos Díaz

Ph.D. in Economics,  Maxwell School of Syracuse University
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay.


Matías Dodel

Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Haifa (Israel).


Nick Doudchenko

Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford GSB.
Software Engineer at Google Research in New York.


Peter Enns
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of North Carolina.
Professor of Government and Professor of Public Policy at Cornell University.
Robert S. Harrison Director of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences.
Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.

Diego Hernández

Ph.D. in Urban Studies, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay.


Gabriel Katz

Ph.D. in Social Sciences, California Institute  of  Technology (Caltech), USA.
Associate Professor, Exeter University.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay.


Martín Lavalleja

Bachelor Degree in Economics. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. CEPAL consultant.


Gabriela Mathieu

Bachelor Degree in Economics. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.


Martín Opertti

Bachelor in Sociology, Universidad Católica del Uruguay.
Research Assistant at the Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay and at the Unidad de Métodos y Acceso a Datos (FCS - UDELAR)


Ernesto Ocampo

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Master in Software Engineering, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain
Computer Engineer (UCU), Uruguay
Associate Professor, Department of Software Engineer, Universidad Católica del Uruguay


José Manuel Paz y Miño

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Indiana
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay.


Fernando Rosenblatt

Ph.D in Political Science, Universidad Católica de Chile
Associate Professor, School of Political Science, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile

Paulo M. Serôdio

Ph.D., University of Essex.
Researcher al the Department of Economic History, University of Barcelona

Lucía Spangenberg

Ph.D. in Computational Biology, Instituto Pasteur (Uruguay) and Fiocruz (Curitiva)
Lecture Professor in Coding, Universidad Católica del Uruguay.
CEO at Genlives

Emiliano Tealde

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Siena
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Católica del Uruguay.


Gustavo Vázquez

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina).
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina).
Associate Professor, Department of Software Engineer, Universidad Católica del Uruguay

Usually, all courses are taught in Spanish. In cases where courses are taught in English, explicit reference is made.

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.

Students can refresh their mathematical knowledge in an intensive course, "Mathematics for Social Sciences", which is offered free of charge to all participants of the Winter School. It is not possible to attend the math course without participation in at least one other course of the School.

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