Utbildnings- och kultursociologi
Sociology of Education and Culture at Uppsala University
URL of this page is www.skeptron.uu.se/ broady/sec/k-26.gda.htm
Graduate course (forskarutbildningskurs), Nov 2026 – Jan 2027, 7,5 credits
This annual GDA course gives a general introduction to basic mathematics of geometrical data analysis, comprising i.a. Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Euclidean Cluster Analysis. It also offers training in how to use these methods in research in the social sciences and humanities.
Main Teacher: Tobias Dalberg, Uppsala university. For more information contact tobias.dalberg@edu.uu.se.
The course is given mainly online, with a first webinar on November 9th 2026 and the final webinar on January 12th, 2027. An intense part of the course, Monday 23rd – Friday 27th November, takes place on campus in Uppsala, with the mathematician Brigitte Le Roux from l’Université Paris Cité and some of her colleagues as guest teachers.
The course is arranged by SEC (Sociology of Education and Culture), Uppsala University, this year within the framework of QRM – School of Quantitative Research Methods in Education. (QRM is a collaboration between Gothenburg University, Umeå University and Uppsala University.)
Further information (links to requirements, syllabus, reading list) is found at https://fubasextern.gu.se/fubasextern/info?kurs=QRM2300
Last application date: September 15th, 2026.