Courses

Courses in 2026–2027

Survey Methodology COS-R426
31 August – 14 October 2026
Quantitative Research Skills COS-R405
1 September – 15 October 2026
Natural Language Processing for Social Sciences COS-R434
1 September – 16 October 2026
Research Project in Social Data Science COS-SD303
1 September 2026 – 31 May 2027
Understanding Social Data COS-SD301
2 September – 14 October 2026
(Social) Theory and (Social) Data Science COS-D440
2 September – 7 December 2026
PhD seminar in Social Data Science SOC-911
4 September 2026 – 7 May 2027
Master’s Thesis Seminar in Social Data Science II COS-SD312
11 September 2026 – 23 April 2027
Large Language Models for Social Sciences COS-R444
26 October – 7 December 2026
Computational Thinking, Programming and Social Sciences COS-R413
26 October – 9 December 2026
Data Wrangling and Analysis COS-R412
26 October – 10 December 2026
Storytelling with Data and Infovis COS-D446
27 October – 10 December 2026
Master’s Thesis Seminar in Social Data Science I COS-SD311
6 November 2026 – 30 April 2027
Interactive Systems for Social Sciences COS-R431
11 January – 15 January 2027
The Politics in Human-Computer Interaction COS-D421
19 January – 2 March 2027
Text as Data COS-R433
19 January – 5 March 2027
Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Models COS-R424
20 January – 4 March 2027
Perspectives to Digitalizing Society COS-D448
18 March – 4 May 2027

Courses in 2024–2025

Self-Organizing map and its applications for social data science COS-D442
26 August – 24 September 2024
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 1 VALT-103
2 September – 31 December 2024
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 2 VALT-104
2 September – 31 December 2024
Survey Methodology COS-D415
3 September – 17 October 2024
Collecting Digital Data for Social Scientists COS-D439
4 September – 16 October 2024
Quantitative Research Skills COS-R405
4 September – 16 October 2024
Key Concepts in Social Data Science COS-SD301
4 September – 17 October 2024
(Social) Theory and (Social) Data Science COS-D440
4 September – 11 December 2024
Master’s Thesis Seminar in Social Data Science II COS-SD312
13 September 2024 – 25 April 2025
Social Data Science PhD Seminar SOST-9151
13 September 2024 – 25 April 2025
Computational Thinking, Programming and Social Sciences COS-D430
28 October – 11 December 2024
Data Wrangling and Analysis COS-D411
28 October – 12 December 2024
Gender, Family and Inequality COS-D431
29 October – 10 December 2024
Master’s Thesis Seminar in Social Data Science I COS-SD311
8 November 2024 – 25 April 2025
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 1 VALT-103
2 January – 1 June 2025
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 2 VALT-104
2 January – 1 June 2025
Statistical natural language processing for social science: Text as Data COS-D441
13 January – 26 February 2025
Bridging Quantitative and Qualitative Research COS-R407
13 January – 27 February 2025
Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Models COS-D419
15 January – 26 February 2025
Social data and research ethics COS-D445
10 March – 30 April 2025
Perspectives to Digitalizing Society COS-SD302
10 March – 2 May 2025
Missing Data COS-D428
13 March – 24 April 2025
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 1 VALT-103
5 May – 31 August 2025
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 2 VALT-104
5 May – 31 August 2025
Applied Quantitative Research Project COS-D426
9 May – 30 May 2025
Interactive Systems for Social Scientists COS-D437
12 May – 15 May 2025
Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon LDA-H302
14 May – 23 May 2025
Introduction to the Framework of Economic Statistics COS-D401
19 May – 23 May 2025

Courses in 2023–2024

Sosiaalitutkimuksen tilastolliset menetelmät SOSK-403
18 January – 5 March 2021
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 1 VALT-103
1 September – 31 December 2023
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 2 VALT-104
1 September – 31 December 2023
Survey Methodology COS-D415
4 September – 17 October 2023
Gender, Family and Inequality COS-D431
5 September – 17 October 2023
Algorithmic Systems and Society COS-D433
6 September – 11 October 2023
Quantitative Research Skills COS-R405
6 September – 18 October 2023
Key Concepts in Social Data Science COS-SD301
6 September – 19 October 2023
The Politics in Human-Computer Interaction COS-D421
6 September – 29 November 2023
Introduction to Open Data Science PHD-302
30 October – 11 December 2023
Data Wrangling and Analysis COS-D411
30 October – 13 December 2023
Social Determinants of Health COS-D444
31 October – 13 December 2023
Digital Politics and Policy GPC-O317
31 October – 15 December 2023
Qualitative Research Skills COS-R402
2 November – 14 December 2023
Computational Thinking, Programming and Social Sciences COS-D430
3 November – 15 December 2023
Master’s Thesis Seminar in Social Data Science II COS-SD312
10 November 2023 – 16 February 2024
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 1 VALT-103
2 January – 30 April 2024
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 2 VALT-104
2 January – 30 April 2024
Survey Sampling COS-D416
16 January – 27 February 2024
Bridging Quantitative and Qualitative Research COS-R407
16 January – 29 February 2024
Applied Quantitative Research Project COS-D426
18 January – 1 March 2024
Master’s Thesis Seminar in Social Data Science I COS-SD311
19 January – 3 May 2024
Machine Learning for Social Scientists COS-D435
11 March – 30 May 2024
Exploratory Methods of Multivariate Data Analysis COS-D418
13 March – 2 May 2024
Statistical natural language processing for social science COS-D441
18 March – 31 May 2024
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 1 VALT-103
2 May – 31 August 2024
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 2 VALT-104
2 May – 31 August 2024
Introduction to Microsimulation COS-D412
6 May – 17 May 2024
Network Analysis for Social Scientists COS-D436
13 May – 15 May 2024
Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon LDA-H302
15 May – 24 May 2024
Introduction to the Framework of Economic Statistics COS-D401
20 May – 24 May 2024

Courses in 2022–2023

Data Wrangling and Analysis COS-D411
5 September – 20 October 2022
Digital Politics and Policy GPC-O317
6 September – 28 November 2022
Quantitative Research Skills COS-R405
7 September – 20 October 2022
Key Concepts in Social Data Science COS-SD301
7 September – 20 October 2022
Big Data: Quantitative, Critical, and Mixed Methodologies ICE-303
7 September – 21 October 2022
Social Data Science PhD Seminar I+II SOST-9151
9 September 2022 – 28 April 2023
Master’s Thesis Seminar in Social Data Science II COS-SD312
16 September – 23 December 2022
Digital Inequalities and the Ethical Turn COS-D405
31 October – 12 December 2022
Scientific Modeling and Model Validation COS-D407
31 October – 14 December 2022
Programming for Social Sciences SOST-930
1 November – 13 December 2022
Introduction to Open Data Science PHD-302
2 November – 14 December 2022
Challenges of Globalisation, Sustainable Development and Changing Society to the Measurement of Economies and Welfare SOSM-328
2 January – 5 January 2023
Network Analysis for Social Scientists SOST-932
9 January – 20 January 2023
Data Science for Social Scientists SOST-931
16 January – 20 January 2023
Sosiaalitutkimuksen tilastolliset menetelmät SOSK-403
16 January – 2 March 2023
Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Models COS-D419
18 January – 2 March 2023
Analysis of Complex Surveys COS-D410
19 January – 2 March 2023
Master’s Thesis Seminar in Social Data Science I COS-SD311
27 January – 5 May 2023
Perspectives to Digitalizing Society COS-SD302
14 March – 4 May 2023
Quantitative Methods for Policy Evaluation COS-R409
8 May – 12 May 2023
Introduction to the Framework of Economic Statistics COS-D401
22 May – 26 May 2023
Causality COS-D406
22 May – 26 May 2023
SICSS: Summer Institute in Computational Social Science

Courses in 2021–2022

Qualitative Research and Computers SOST-943
15 March – 17 December 2021
Quantitative Research Skills COS-R405
6 September – 22 October 2021
Digital Politics and Policy GPC-O317
6 September – 30 November 2021
Key Concepts in Social Data Science (CSDS) COS-SD301
7 September – 24 November 2021
Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Models COS-D419
8 September – 21 October 2021
Big Data: Quantitative, Critical, and Mixed Methodologies ICE-303
8 September – 22 October 2021
Social Data Science PhD Seminar I+II SOST-9151
10 September 2021 – 6 May 2022
Scientific Modeling and Model Validation COS-D407
1 November – 15 December 2021
Quantitative Research Practicum COS-R406
1 November – 17 December 2021
Scientific Modeling and Model Validation: Advanced COS-D422
1 November – 19 December 2021
Digital Inequalities and the Ethical Turn COS-D405
2 November – 14 December 2021
Introduction to Open Data Science PHD-302
2 November – 14 December 2021
The Political in Human-Computer Interaction COS-D421
4 November – 16 December 2021
Challenges of Globalisation, Sustainable Development and Changing Society to the Measurement of Economies and Welfare SOSM-328
3 January – 7 January 2022
Datafication - Critical Perspectives SOSM-326
17 January – 28 February 2022
Data Wrangling and Analysis COS-D411
17 January – 2 March 2022
Sosiaalitutkimuksen tilastolliset menetelmät SOSK-403
17 January – 3 March 2022
Master’s Thesis Seminar in Social Data Science I COS-SD311
28 January – 22 April 2022
Perspectives to Digitalizing Society COS-SD302
14 March – 6 May 2022
Survey Methodology COS-D415
15 March – 5 May 2022
Quantitative Methods for Policy Evaluation COS-R409
9 May – 13 May 2022
Causality COS-D406
16 May – 20 May 2022
Introduction to the Framework of Economic Statistics COS-D401
23 May – 27 May 2022
Data Science SOST-932
SICSS: Summer Institute in Computational Social Science

Courses in 2020–2021

Sosiaalitutkimuksen tilastolliset menetelmät SOSK-403
18 January – 5 March 2021
Digital Constructive and Experimental Methods for Social Sciences SOST-932a
18 January – 5 March 2021
Forecasting II: Applied Research Project part A COS-D409
15 March – 5 May 2021
Qualitative Research and Computers SOST-943
15 March – 17 December 2021
Survey Sampling COS-D416
16 March – 4 May 2021
Perspectives to Digitalizing Society COS-SD302
16 March – 7 May 2021
Introduction to the Framework of Economic Statistics COS-D401
24 May – 28 May 2021
Bridging Quantitative and Qualitative Research COS-R407
Co-creative Methods of Collaboration in Societal Challenges COS-D402
Data Wrangling and Analysis COS-D411
Digital Inequalities and the Ethical Turn COS-D405
Exploratory Methods of Multivariate Data Analysis COS-D418
HELDIG
Introduction to Computational Social Science SOST-930
Introduction to Digital Humanities and Social Sciences KUKA-501
Introduction to Open Data Science PHD-302
Introduction to Programming for Social Scientists SOST-930a
Johdatus digitaalisiin ihmistieteisiin KIK-417
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 1 VALT-103
Johdatus yhteiskuntatilastotieteeseen, osa 2 VALT-104
Network Analysis SOST-932c
Quantitative Research Practicum COS-R406
Quantitative Research Skills COS-R405
Register Based Research and Data Analysis COS-D413
Scientific Modeling and Model Validation 1 COS-D407
SICSS: Summer Institute in Computational Social Science
Social Data Science PhD Seminar I+II SOST-9151
Social Data Science PhD Seminar I+II SOST-9151
Survey Methodology COS-D415
The Political in Human-Computer Interaction COS-D421