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We are delighted to welcome applications for the first edition of the Birmingham-Leiden summer school in Computational Social Cognition (CSC). The summer school is hosted at the University of Birmingham (UK), in collaboration with Leiden University (NL), and will take place from 15th-17th July 2024. Apply by 14th March 2024 (see information below)!

In the past decade, computational modelling has been extremely helpful in explaining various concepts and processes in social cognition, and these modelling frameworks include the reinforcement learning models, Bayesian learning models, models of theory of mind, models of effort discounting, and drift diffusion models. This timely summer school will provide talks and training on these latest developments focusing on learning, decision-making and computational modelling in social cognition, as well as topics covering theoretical issues in social cognition. 

Attending the Birmingham-Leiden CSC Summer School will equip a diverse cohort of early career researchers (trainees through to junior faculty members) with the ability to understand, program and interpret the output of a range of computational models of social cognition. Attendees will receive different types of training aimed at understanding modelling as well as the theoretical and practical inferences that can be drawn from computational models.  For more information about this year’s training program, including criteria and application instructions, please visit our website. The deadline is March 14, 2024. We hope to see you this summer in Birmingham!

Keynote speakers: 

 - Cecilia Heyes, University of Oxford (UK)

 - Christian Ruff, University of Zurich (CH)

 - Wolfram Schultz, University of Cambridge (UK)

Instructors (alphabetical): 

 - Matt Apps, University of Birmingham (UK)

 - Jo Cutler, University of Birmingham (UK)

 - Anna Van Duijvenvoorde, Leiden University (NL)

 - Romy Froemer, University of Birmingham (UK)

 - Arkady Konovalov, University of Birmingham (UK)

 - Patricia Lockwood, University of Birmingham (UK)

 - Ili Ma, Leiden University (NL)

 - Lei Zhang, University of Birmingham (UK)

Anna & Lei, on behalf of the CSC 2024 organization team