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<p style="line-height:105%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">*** Apologies for cross-posting ***<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We are excited to announce the program of the 48th GESIS Spring Seminar 2019 in Cologne, Germany, from March 11 to March 29, 2019.
<b><u><span style="color:#C0504D"><a href="https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&pID=0x493AD51440DD4CECB999052AAD4D9CEC&lang=de_DE&lang=en_US">Registration</a></span></u> is now open.</b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The GESIS Spring Seminar comprises training courses for social scientists interested in advanced methods of quantitative data analysis.
</span><span lang="EN-GB">Three one-week courses can be booked either separately or as a block. For 2019, the Spring Seminar focuses on Bayesian Modelling in the Social Sciences.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Week 1 (March 11-15):
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0x493AD51440DD4CECB999052AAD4D9CEC&subID=0x78C3FFB389DE40089C05C1B78D181C91&lang=en_US" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#FF6100">Introduction
to Bayesian Models for the Social Sciences</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Prof. Dr. Susumu Shikano, University of Konstanz, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dr. Taehee Kim, University of Oldenburg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Week 2 (March 18-22):
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0x493AD51440DD4CECB999052AAD4D9CEC&subID=0x3D3BE23BA6FC458C877D35BDA8A00CD3&lang=de_DE&lang=en_US" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#FF6100">Bayesian
Structural Equation Modelling</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Prof. Dr. Rens van de Schoot, Utrecht University, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dr. Milica Miočević, Utrecht University, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Week 3 (March 25-29):
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0x493AD51440DD4CECB999052AAD4D9CEC&subID=0x92D2E6AA13A1494082A3892370F499CB&lang=en_US" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#FF6100">Bayesian
Multilevel Modelling</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dr. Mark Andrews, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For registration as well as details on the individual courses, please visit our
<u><span style="color:#C0504D"><a href="https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&pID=0x493AD51440DD4CECB999052AAD4D9CEC&lang=de_DE&lang=en_US">website</a></span></u>.<span style="color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Please feel free to forward this announcement to others who might be interested in our program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We look forward to meeting you here in Cologne!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Marlene Mauk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">Scientific Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">Dr. Marlene Mauk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">Postdoctoral Researcher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">EUROLAB / Gesis Training<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">+49 221-47694-579<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="mailto:marlene.mauk@gesis.org">marlene.mauk@gesis.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, 50667 Cologne, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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