The Columbia Social Sciences Workshop is a program jointly initiated by Columbia University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, and Teenager Innovation and Challenge Projects(ICProjects). This workshop is specially designed for highly motivated Chinese high school students interested in the study of social sciences (economics, sociology, political sciences, psychology, etc.)
Participating students will be required to conduct a project as a team on the theme of urban change. Submitted project reports will be reviewed by Columbia faculty and scholars. The 15 selected winning teams will be invited to a Columbia Social Science Research Training Workshop held on March 11th -13th, 2015at Columbia Global Centers | Beijing. During the 3-day workshop, students invited from across China will have the opportunity to join Columbia faculty and scholars for discussions on social sciences and research methods, interviews, and site visits. Participating students will also collaborate to complete a research project with the guidance of the advisors.
Timeline:
January 10, 2015 Deadline of application to the workshop
February 10, 2015 Deadline of submitting project report
February 15, 2015 Announcement of selected winning teams
March 11-13, 2015 Research Training Workshop at Columbia Global Centers | East Asia in Beijing
