CLASS Advanced Methods School Ushers Scholars into a New Era of Research
CLASS Advanced Methods School organised online events for international scholars and postgraduate students to soak up data-driven methodology for liberal arts, humanities and social sciences research
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“In God we trust; all others must bring data.” The words of William Edwards DEMING, a prominent statistician from the last century, reveal the unswerving power of data in the current era. Data narrates the stories of our society, depicting issues and trends for more significant insights.
This feature is equivalent to research methodology, a distinct subfield touching upon computational methods, survey experiments and data science. Meanwhile, human values and behaviours remain to be investigated through other theoretical traditions and methodological approaches, including historical, qualitative and ethnographic methods. Among many scholars and methodologists, the inquiry, “How does data-driven research prevail in liberal arts, humanities and social sciences?” gains much attention.
Gear Up for Advanced Methods
It is critical to address researchers’ surging demand and foster interdisciplinary collaborations in today’s academia. The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) of CityU has established the CLASS Advanced Methods School (CAMS) as an avenue to equip researchers and students of CLASS and beyond with conceptual and technical competency deemed essential for theoretical and empirical inquiries.
On 6 June 2022, CAMS kickstarted the summer school by organising a keynote speech. Professor Richard M WALKER, Dean of CLASS, outlined CAMS’s background and objectives to expose young researchers and students to various advanced research methods training. Later, Professor Christine HUANG Yi-hui, Associate Dean (Faculty and Research) of CLASS, previewed all 14 CAMS events incorporating three components: research design, method training and practical toolkits with the audience. She then introduced the keynote speaker Professor Pippa NORRIS, a distinguished political scientist at Harvard University who specialises in comparative politics, elections, political culture, gender politics and political communication across the globe.
