The third day of the 1st IPPS Summer School “From Social Theories to Manageable Data: Building Hybrid Competencies (Social Science * Digital * Policy)” focused on digital research methods, new data sources, and the analysis of social reality through visual and statistical approaches.

•  As part of the module “Digital Methods Laboratory: Social Media, Texts, and New Data Sources,” participants explored digital traces as research material, methods for analyzing social networks, qualitative approaches (including interviews and text analysis), as well as processes of data coding and categorization.

The practical component focused on the use of YouScan and MaxQDA tools. Case studies addressed identity in social media (grant-funded research projects) and responsibility in the implementation of artificial intelligence (program-targeted funding projects).

The sessions were led by researchers from the Institute for Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies, Kuanysh Sailau and Aidana Serikbayeva.

•   In the module “Images, Meanings, and Data in the Analysis of Social Reality,” participants discussed the role of visual and quantitative methods in studying social processes.

•   The workshop “Politics of Images: Cinema, Media, and the Laboratory of Visual Regimes of Persuasion” was conducted by researcher Jamile Satybaldiyeva.

Shyryn Tlenchiyeva, Head of the Center for Sociology, delivered a lecture on the application of statistical methods in the study of happiness.

The Summer School continues its interdisciplinary work, integrating digital methods, visual analysis, and quantitative approaches in social research.