Summer Institute in Social Research Methods

Making research-engagement a core part of the undergraduate student experience

The Summer Institute in Social Research Methods (SISRM) offers Summer courses and Summer Research Assistantships.

2026 SISRM courses

Visiting Students, UChicago Masters and UChicago PhD students are eligible to enroll in the courses listed below and to participate in the program's co-curricular programming and guest speaker series. However, they are not eligible to apply for the Research Assistantships.

• Approaches to Social Science Research Design

• Archival Methods and Historical Thinking

• Computing for Social Sciences

• Econometrics

• Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis

• Introduction to Statistical Methods and Applications for the Social Sciences

• Psychological Research Methods

• Participant Observation and Interviews: Introduction to Ethnographic Methods

Research Assistantships

UChicago, Chicago State, City Colleges of Chicago, and Insper undergraduates, as well as Laboratory Schools juniors and seniors, have the opportunity apply to a Summer Research Assistantship. Paired with a SISRM course, the RA will provide accelerated training in theoretically-grounded research methodologies commonly used in social scientific analysis. SISRM Research Assistantships are appropriate for students interested in using social scientific research methods in academic and non-academic applications.

For more information visit Summer Institute in Social Research Methods, or email sisrm@uchicago.edu.