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Courses are free to attend for NIG-members (senior or PhD), if you are not a member, course fees are paid per course. Course fees are 100,- per course (1 day) for participants from member institutions and 150,- for third parties. For seminars (3-5 days) there is a fee of 500,- for participants from member institutions and 750,- for third parties.
View the ‘Overview access to courses’ to see eligibity for our various courses and events.
Track
Courses
Classic Themes and Contemporary Challenges for Public Governance (4EC)
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Instructors: Tamara Metze (Delft University of Technology) & Thomas Schillemans (Utrecht University)
Dates: 7, 8, 11, 12 November (+online introduction session on 10 October)
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Studying Governance: Questions, Designs, and Methodologies (5EC)
Formerly Formulating and Answering Research Questions
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Instructors: Merlijn van Hulst (Tilburg University), Dimiter Toshkov (Leiden University), Barbara Vis (Utrecht University)
Date: 26 February -1 March 2024
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Publishing with Impact (2EC)
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Instructor: Zeger van der Wal (Leiden University), Sarah de Lange (University of Amsterdam)
Date: 15-16 May 2024
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Formerly Responsibility and Integrity in Research and Advice
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Instructors: Berry Tholen (Radboud University), Patrick Overeem (VU university)
Date: 3-6 June 2024
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Tutorials (3EC)
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Critical and Interpretive Public Administration (3EC)
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Instructors: Eva Wolf (Tilburg University), Shivant Jhagroe (Leiden University), Mark van Ostaijen (Erasmus University Rotterdam), John Boswell (University of Southampton), Tamara Metze (Delft University of Technology), Lars Dorren (Leiden University)
Date: 4, 5, 6 November 2024
Location: Utrecht
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Managing public organizations and employees in a challenging environment: a macro, meso and micro perspective (3EC)
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Instructors: Carina Schott (Utrecht University) & Brenda Vermeeren (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Dates: 14, 15 and 16 January 2025
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Advanced Introduction to Public Governance (3EC)
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Instructor: Sjors Overman (Utrecht University)
Dates: 29, 30 and 31 January 2025
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Network and Collaborative Governance: Theories, Methods and Practices (4EC)
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Instructors: Erik Hans Klijn (Erasmus University) & Joris Voets (Ghent University) + guests
Date: 3-5 April 2025
Location: Bologna, Italy
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Digital Governance: Past, Present, and Future (3EC)
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Instructors: Shirley Kempeneer (Tilburg University) & Albert Meijer (Utrecht University)
Date: 15 – 17 January, 2024
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Making Science on Politics and Governance Matter: Strategies for ‘Bridging the Gap’ Between knowledge and policy (3EC)
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Instructors: Marlies Honingh (Radboud University) & Mark Reijnders (SCP)
Date: 11, 13 and 20 March 2024
Location: SCP, The Hague + Utrecht University
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Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) Using R (3EC)
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Instructor: Eva Thomann (University of Konstanz)
Date: 18-20 April 2024
Location: Tampere, Finland
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Collaborative Governance for Innovative Public Value Outcomes: the Role of Leadership and Institutional Design (3EC)
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Instructors: Eva Sørensen (UCL), Jacob Torfing (Roskilde University) & Marlot Kuiper (Utrecht University)
Date: 3 – 5 July, 2023, expected spring 2025
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Governance in a Glocal Society (3EC)
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Instructors: Martijn Groenleer (Tilburg University) & Elena Bondarouk (Leiden University)
Date: 5-7 June 2023, expected spring 2025
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Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy (3EC)
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Instructor: Lars Tummers
Date: 14, 15, 16 November, 2023, expected fall 2025
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For NIG PhD members who take the full program, no additional charges apply for a limited number of places in the UU/EUR/UvT/VU Research Master Public Administration and Organisational Science. Per course, a maximum of two participants can be accommodated. Application deadlines are January 1st for courses in the spring semester and the July 1st for courses in the fall semester.
Please note that these courses involve at least weekly on-site meetings in Utrecht and require regular coursework over a period of 10 weeks.
Low control designs: field research (9EC)
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Instructor: Yousra Rahmouni Elidrissi (Utrecht University)
Date: Fall 2024 (period 1)
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Data Analyses: from notes to stories (6EC)
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Instructor: Merlijn van Hulst (Tilburg University)
Date: Fall 2024 (period 2)
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High control designs: experiments and surveys (9EC)
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Instructors: Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen (Utrecht University), Noor de Boer (Utrecht University)
Date: Spring 2024 (period 4)
Data Analyses: from numbers to stories (6EC)
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Instructor: Sjors Overman (Utrecht University), Marija Aleksovska (Utrecht University)
Date: Spring 2024 (period 3)
External course funding scheme for NIG PhD members
NIG reimburses up to 500 euros in total for PhD members who take the full program, and who have participated in at least three core curriculum courses, subject to conditions.
Note: some changes have been made to this funding scheme as of 2023: conditions
KOMEX:
Konstanz Methods Excellence workshops
Komex offers 15-20 online and offline Ph.D level courses on research methods each year.For PhD-candidates enrolled in the NIG-program there are two, reserved places each year free of charge
Deadline for applications: January 20, 2025
KOMEX – Dates
Komex’ short online courses: 22-23 February 2024
Komex’ compact and main courses (on-site and online): 26 Feb – 1 March 2024
KOMEX-program
For the program: follow this link. Note that applications for the two reserved NIG-places must go via NIG’s website and not via Komex’ website.
Other Methods schools:
Skills track
In addition to recognizing courses, we also value special activities that contribute to the professional and scientific development of doctoral candidates with credits. The maximum for these activities is 7.5 ECTS.
Read more about the skills track here