What is the Social ComQuant Project?
Social Comquant is a European Commission-funded project that aims at developing computational and quantitative research methods in Turkey. This is a Twinning Project, in which two leading academic institutions in Europe, GESIS in Germany and ISI in Italy, are twinned with Koç University in Turkey in a three-year effort to establish an infrastructure to enhance teaching and research capacity in computational and quantitative social sciences in Turkey.
With the Social ComQuant Project, we are willing to establish a research community and network in Turkey and beyond which is composed of scholars with a common interest in computational and quantitative social sciences. With this in mind, we invite you to be part of this community by taking part in the activities offered by the Social ComQuant Project, which will provide an opportunity to enhance your methodological knowledge in computational and quantitative social sciences.
The Social ComQuant Project offers a platform composed of different activities that aim at developing methodological skills in computational and quantitative social sciences. Whether you are a student aspiring to an academic career or a senior researcher looking to expand your methodological knowledge —we have plenty of options for you. Please check out our activities!
Upcoming Workshops!
- 28 Apr, 23Upcoming
(Workshop #13) Human Linguistic Annotation For NLP for Social Scientists
All DayPOSTPONED Human Linguistic Annotation For Natural Language Processing for Social Scientists Workshop Details Date: Feb 10, 2023,…
05 May, 23Upcoming(Workshop #16) Introduction to Digital Humanities
All DayCLOSED Workshop Details Date: 5 May, 2023, Friday Time: 13.00 - 16.00 Venue: Koç University, Rumelifeneri Campus…
09 Jun, 23Upcoming(Workshop #17) Workshop by the ISI Foundation
All DayCLOSED (Workshop #17) (NOTE: The details of our June workshop–which will be given by a researcher from…
We are organizing a new series of workshops called 'Introduction to CSS methods with Python'
Upcoming: "New Workshop Series: Introduction to CSS methods with Python"
- 11 Apr, 23Upcoming
(Workshop Series #1) Introduction to Open Science tools and online self-training materials
Tuesday, 09:30CLOSED [Workshop Series#1 of Introduction to Computational Social Science methods with Python] Workshop Details Date: 11 April…
11 Apr, 23Upcoming(Workshop Series #2) Introduction to network analysis with Python
All DayCLOSED [Workshop Series#2 of Introduction to Computational Social Science methods with Python] Workshop Details Date: 11…
12 Apr, 23Upcoming(Workshop Series #3) Introduction to machine learning with Python
All DayCLOSED [Workshop Series#3 of Introduction to Computational Social Science methods with Python] Workshop Details Date: 12…
12 Apr, 23Upcoming(Workshop Series #4) Introduction to natural language processing and topic modeling with Python
All DayCLOSED [Workshop Series#4 of Introduction to Computational Social Science methods with Python] Workshop Details Date: 12…
Other Upcoming Events!
- 13 Apr, 23Upcoming
Turkey Computational Social Sciences Conference (TCSS) 2023
All DayUPDATE: The application deadline is extended to March 3, 2023, Friday. Turkey Computational Social Sciences Conference 2023 (TCSS 2023) We are happy to announce that…
24 Jul, 23UpcomingCSS SUMMER SCHOOL 2023
All DayUPDATE: The application deadline is extended to February 26, 2023, Friday. CSS SUMMER SCHOOL 2023: Recent Advances in Computational Social Sciences Methods We welcome applications…
In the News!
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22 Feb
We thank DataCamp for their continued support
Read moreDatacamp Academic continues to support us! As the Social ComQuant project, we continue to have DataCamp for the Classroom access for CSSM 513: Automated Text
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05 Dec
2023 Workshops
Read moreOur 2023 workshops are out! You can visit their web pages for further details. (Workshop #11) What is Computational Social Science?: an Introduction (Workshop #12)
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04 Apr
2022 Summer School applications are open!
Read moreWe are excited to announce that 2022 Computational Social Sciences Summer School applications are open! The second school of this series will focus on
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22 Mar
An award by TÜBİTAK!
Read moreTÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) the Social ComQuant project, carried out by Dr. Erdem Yörük from the Sociology Department of Koç
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06 Jan
Spring 2022 Workshops
Read moreOur Spring 2022 workshops are out! You can visit their web pages for further details. (Workshop #9) Introduction to NLP for Emotion Detection (Workshop #10)
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07 Sep
Fall 2021 Workshops
Read moreOur Fall 2021 workshops are out! You can visit their web pages for further details. (Workshop #6) Speech and General Audio Analysis for Social Computing
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27 Jun
DataCamp support continues!
Read moreWe are happy to announce that Datacamp Academic continues to support us! As Social ComQuant project, we continue to have “DataCamp for the Classroom” access.
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07 Jun
Data Analysis and Software in Social Sciences (Online Training)
Read moreVehbi Koç and Ankara Research Center (VEKAM) is organizing a 5-day online training on Data Analysis and Software in Social Sciences. The training will be given by
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03 May
New MA program in CSS at Koç University!
Read moreWe are proud to announce the new MA program in Computational Social Sciences at Koç University, which is established with support from the Social ComQuant
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01 May
Exchange Program is Launched
Read moreDeadline: June 28! Our exchange program is launched! As part of the Social ComQuant, doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers & faculty members at Koc University are encouraged
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08 Apr
2021 Summer School applications are open!
Read moreWe are excited to announce that 2021 Computational Social Sciences Summer School applications are open! The main topic of the summer school will be the
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05 Jan
Spring 2021 Workshops
Read moreOur Spring 2021 workshops are out! You can visit their web pages for further details. (Workshop #4) Geospatial Techniques for Social Scientists in R (Online-Workshop)
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01 Dec
DataCamp access!
Read moreWe are happy to announce we have “DataCamp for the Classroom” access starting with November 30, 2020. DataCamp provides an online training platform to companies
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11 Nov
Social ComQuant’s first workshop
Read moreThe very first workshop of the Social ComQuant project, titled Using Social Media Data for Research: Potentials and Pitfalls, was finalized yesterday. We would like
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21 Oct
Twinning Projects Online Experience Sharing Activity
Read moreErdem Yoruk will be giving a talk at the Twinning Projects Online Experience Sharing Activity on October 23, 2020 at 10am via Zoom. You can
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13 Oct
The workshop program for Fall 2020
Read moreFor Fall 2020 we are offering three workshops which will be organized by GESIS. The workshops are: (Workshop #1) Using Social Media Data for Research:
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01 Aug
Social ComQuant is kicking off!
Read moreWe are very excited to announce that the Social ComQuant Project has officially become live on August 1, 2020! Starting today, for three years, there
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26 Mar
Our proposal for European Commission Horizon 2020 Twinning Action Grant is accepted!
Read moreEuropean Commission has awarded a Twinning Action grant to Koç University for the proposal “Building the Future: Excelling in Computational and Quantitative Social Sciences in
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The deadline for the Turkey Computational Social Sciences Conference has been extended to March 20th https://socialcomquant.ku.edu.tr/tcss-conference/
Dear all, currently, we are in the third, and last, year of #SocialComQuant.
We are organizing 6 workshops in our final series of workshops in #CSS.
Applications are open and the deadline is March 12.
For more info: https://socialcomquant.ku.edu.tr/workshops/
(feel free to share!) #kocuniversityWe are devastated by the earthquakes last week.
We postponed the application for the TCSS 2023 conference to 3 March and the summer school to 26 February.
We pray for the recovery of all those affected and convey our sincere condolences to everyone who lost their loved ones.