Current Courses


Within the Saxon Doctoral Program at least four research methods courses are offered each year, which are held by internationally renowned scientists. These courses will take place alternately at four locations (Chemnitz, Dresden, Freiberg, Leipzig). Additionally, we offer short workshops that can also be attended by doctoral students and postdocs of partner institutions.


Research Methods Courses

DatePlaceSeminarLecturer
November 12 & 13, 2026DresdenGathering Open Data: Web Scraping and APIsJun.-Prof. Dr. Tristan Becker
December 10 & 11, 2026FreibergModeling Socio-technological-economic Futures and Their Environmental ImplicationsProf. Stefan Vögele
January 11 – 13, 2027DresdenGIS Applications and AI IntegrationProf. Namchul Shin
February 11 & 12, 2027DresdenSupporting Empirical Research with Agentic AIProf. Dr. Peter Schäfer
April 8 & 9, 2027DresdenThinking Across Levels: Multilevel Theorizing and Data AnalysisProf. Dr. Stephan Razinskas

Short Workshops*

DatePlaceSeminarLecturer
There are currently no short workshops planned.
*For the short workshops, no registration is required and no participation certificates can be received for them.