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Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research / AISSR
Short Intensive Courses (SICs) are initiated, developed and organised by PhDs themselves. The aim of a SIC’s is to bring PhDs from various programme groups together to jointly discuss key methodological, theoretical or other academic related work.
Short Intensive Courses (SICs) are initiated, developed and organised by PhDs themselves. The aim of a SIC’s is to bring PhDs from various programme groups together to jointly discuss key methodological, theoretical or other academic related work. There are a few requirements for SICs when applying for AISSR funding:
There needs to be a minimal amount of people participating, at least 8 from at least three programme groups, preferably from different disciplines. The commitment of these people needs to be clearly stated
Non-AISSR participants are only allowed when the minimum requirement of 8 AISSR participants is reached. Please note that this is and should be an AISSR activity, so the majority of participants should always be from the AISSR. Costs for non-AISSR PhDs are usually around € 250 depending on SIC and budget;
If fulfilled, one can get ECTS points for the course. The points will depend on the duration and reading requirements of the SIC. Literature: 10 pages per hour;
Twice a year the AISSR circulates a call to submit a proposal for a SIC in the next semester. The proposal should include: structured proposal with education targets, educational tools, methodology, content, participants, budget indication. Proposal may not exceed 2 pages and can be send to AISSR secretariat (aissr@uva.nl).
Examples of previous SICs include:
Globalisation, Crisis and Insecurity
Rethinking Norbert Elias
Migration, Medicine and Reproductive Insecurity
Visual Methods
Decision-making under Information Uncertainty, from Perception to Action
The Body and Technology
Human Rights: Activism and Site-Specific Research
The coexistence of the living and the non-living in the city
For more information on these SICs, contact the AISSR secretariat.
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