Dear all

There are a couple of good reasons why PhD students and early career researchers in the social sciences would want to sign up for a course at the Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops, taking place from 19.-27.2.2026:

Excellence: Cutting-edge courses on quantitative, computational, set-theoretic and case-oriented empirical research methods.

Inclusiveness: Diverse faculty and highly affordable early bird fees:

Short 2-day: €180
Compact 3-day: €270
Main 5-day: €440
Free for PhD students from the University of Konstanz

Sustainability: in-person courses taught by local University of Konstanz faculty, online courses taught by international experts. We don’t fly in instructors!

More information about KOMEX:

https://afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/komex/konstanz-methods-excellence-workshops

Brose and register directly for courses:

https://afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/view/komex/3seminars

Thank you for disseminating this information among your institution and networks—please share widely!

Best wishes

Eva Thomann

KOMEX academic convenor

Bluesky: @komex.bsky.social

LinkedIn: Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops

Instagram: @komexmethods

Eva Thomann | Department of Politics and Public Administration | University of Konstanz| E-Mail: eva.thomann@uni-konstanz.de | https://www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/thomann/

Academic convenor, Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops

New books:

Thomann, E, Weaver, K. and T. Zgaga. 2025, Forthcoming. Policy Dynamics in the European Union. Cambridge Elements in European Politics. Cambridge University Press

New publications:

Thomann, E. 2025. Explaining regulatory intermediaries’ compliance through the Accountability Regimes Framework. Policy & Society, DOI 10.1093/polsoc/puaf029.

Thomann, E. and S. Eckhard. 2025, forthcoming. Disrupting administrative inequality: citizen-clients’ “voice” and “loyalty”. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance.

Thomann, E., James, O. and T. Deruelle. 2025. Interventions to Reduce Bureaucratic Discrimination: a Systematic Review of Empirical Behavioural Research. Public Management Review 27(8): 1959-1986.

Zgaga, T. and E. Thomann. 2025. Understanding literal compliance in the European Union’s multilevel fiscal governance. Regulation & Governance, http://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70025.

Thomann, E., Ioannidis, G., Zgaga, T. and F. Schwarz. 2025. Explaining Public Sector Corruption: The Hexagon Model. Governance 38(2): 1-18.

Thomann, E. 2025, forthcoming. Europeanization. In: Daniel Stockemer, Stephen W. Sawyer and Audrey Gagnon (Eds). Open-access political science encyclopaedia. Springer.

Thomann, E. and J.Ege. 2025. Estudiando la implementación en el nivel de la calle por medio del marco del régimen de rendición de cuentas. In Mauricio I. Dussauge Laguna & Alberto Casas Benítez (eds.). Debates emergentes sobre administración y políticas públicas. Flacso México, 167-188.

Zgaga, T., Ioannidis, G. and E. Thomann. 2025. Mixed Methods. In Meyer, O. and S. Wolf (Eds.) Handbuch Korruptionsforschung. Springer VS.