This summer institute will provide 8 days of training in the use and analysis of migration data at Berkeley from June 17 until June 28, 2018. It targets early career scholars (graduate students, post-docs and untenured junior faculty five years from PhD). Read more about the eligibility and the application process here.

The inaugural institute will focus on three topics:

• Collecting, imputing and analyzing data related to legal status
• Best practices and new methods for surveying immigrant and mobile populations
• The use of new data sources (e.g., web scraping, social media data) in migration studies.

The institute will draw on local and national experts to train attendees and provide on-site mentorship. Most participant costs during the workshop, including housing and most meals, will be covered, and a capped travel stipend (covering most of anticipated travel costs) will also be provided.

This Summer Institute is being supported by award #78-18-01 from the Russell Sage Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.