Teaching

Regular Courses at UNIL

I teach regular courses in the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lausanne. Since 2014, I have been teaching MA courses on Survey Research Methods and Questionnaire Design, and a practical seminar for BA students, providing an introduction to quantitative research methods called Measuring Social Attitudes (La mesure des attitudes sociales). I have also taught an MA course and practical seminar on the Social Psychology of Opinion Formation, the area in which I specialised during my doctoral training.

In collaboration with colleagues at the Haute école pédagogique (HEP) Vaud, I provide a further education short course as part of the ‘UNIL-EPFL Formation continue’ offer on Data Literacy, designed for school teachers and journalists.

Specialised Training

I provide ad hoc specialised training – Short courses, Workshops and Summer Schools – internationally on survey methodology and questionnaire design for early career researchers and other professionals, as well as data literacy training for school children in different age groups.

Courses are available in English and in French, in person and online. Please contact me if you are interested in organising a course.

Data Literacy Workshop at the Mystères de l’UNIL 2023 [All images: © C.Roberts]

Past Short Courses, Workshops and Summer Schools

  • The Essentials of Survey Methodology – Short Course at the 10th Conference of the European Survey Research Association. Milan, Italy, July 2023.
  • Comment mesurer la santé ? – Data literacy workshop for school children and the general public as part of the Mystères de l’Université de Lausanne. Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2023.
  • Littératie des données à l’ère du numérique/ Data literacy in the digital era (UNIL-EPFL Formation Continue) – Short course for teachers, journalists and other practitioners. Lausanne, Switzerland, January 2021 & 2023 (next edition November 2024).   
  • Designing Mixed Mode Surveys – European Social Survey SUSTAIN-2 Training Workshop for ESS national coordinators, survey practitioners and researchers. Spain (online), November 2022.             
  • Understanding Causes and Addressing Consequences of Survey Nonresponse – European Social Survey SUSTAIN-2 Training Workshop for ESS national coordinators, survey practitioners and researchers. Belgium (online), September 2022.
  • Understanding Causes and Addressing Consequences of Survey Nonresponse – European Social Survey SUSTAIN-2 Training Workshop for ESS national coordinators, survey practitioners and researchers. Israel (online), June 2022. 
  • Questionnaire Design – Introductory secondary school classes for English pupils at the Gymnase de Chamblandes, Pully, Switzerland, May 2021.                    
  • Survey Methods and Questionnaire Design – 5-day workshop (with Jessica Herzing and Marc Asensio Manjon) at the 24th Swiss Summer School in Social Sciences Methods. Lugano, Switzerland August 2020.                   
  • The Essentials of Survey Methodology – Short Course at the 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association. Zagreb, Croatia, July 2019.
  • Survey Methods – 5-day workshop at the 22nd Swiss Summer School in Social Sciences Methods. Lugano, Switzerland, August 2018.                          
  • Mixed Mode Surveys – Workshop at the 70th Annual Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR). Marrakech, Morocco, July 2018.                               
  • Designing Effective Questionnaires – Short course for the Bank for International Settlements. Basel, Switzerland, September 2017.
  • Survey Methodology – Summer School course at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. Lisbon, Portugal, July 2017.
  • The Essentials of Survey Methodology – Short Course at the 7th Conference of the European Survey Research Association. Lisbon, Portugal, July 2017.
  • Ensuring Quality in Survey Research – Workshop for the 3rd European Doctoral Programme in Career Guidance and Counselling (ECADOC) Summer School. Lausanne, Switzerland, October, 2016.                      
  • Improving Survey Questionnaires – Workshop given at the Pluralistic Memories Project: Doctoral Spring School. Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2015.                           
  • Introduction to Survey Research and Questionnaire Development – Workshop given at the Pluralistic Memories Project Training Workshop on Survey research in Conflict-torn Societies. Lausanne, Switzerland, October, 2014.