Summer school at CERN IdeaSquare on experimentation-driven research methodologies
Join the 2025 summer school on experimentation-driven research methodologies at CERN IdeaSquare from 9th-13th June in Geneva and expand your research skills with hands-on, interdisciplinary training.
This unique programme offers expert-led seminars, roundtable discussions, and interactive workshops on designing, executing, and analysing experiments for innovation research, followed by an optional on-site experiment. Led by renowned researchers from Stanford University, University of Agder, Eindhoven Technical University, and CERN, the summer school covers experimentation-driven methodologies, their real-world applications, data collection and analysis, and how to theorise and publish your findings. Open to PhD students and senior academics from any discipline, this tuition-free programme also includes networking opportunities, visits to CERN’s experimental sites, and a social dinner at Bains-des-Pâquis, Geneva.
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Expand your portfolio of research skills with experimentation-driven research methodologies
3-5 days of research and methodology training: Geneva, 9th-13th June 2025
In two parts:
- Summer School, 9th-12th (midday) June 2025
- Experiment (optional), 12th (midday) -13thJune 2025
What you will learn:
- Knowledge about experimentation-driven research methodologies
- Their applications in innovation research
- Matching methodologies with appropriate research settings
- Experiment set-up + Data collection in experiments
- Data analysis techniques: Why, when, and how to use them
- How to theorize from experimentation-driven research and publish your work
Why learn experimentation-driven research:
- Push Boundaries: Experimentation-driven methodologies introduce unconventional approaches to innovation, encourage creativity, and challenge traditional research norms.
- Real-World Impact: By designing artifacts, researchers can directly test theories and uncover causal relationships, bridging the gap between knowledge creation and societal application.
- Work Across Disciplines: These methodologies are versatile for transdisciplinary knowledge creation.
Research Methodological Experts:
- Design Research: Jan Auernhammer, Research Engineer, Center for Design Research, Stanford University
- Design Principles: Leona Chandra Kruse, Professor of Information Systems, University of Agder, Lead of CHERISH Research Group, Senior Editor EJIS
- Design Science: Raymond Opdenakker, University lecturer, Eindhoven Technical University, NL, co-CEO Bureau Lara, Associate Editor for Production
- Socioeconomic Experimentation Research at CERN: Irene Crespo Garrido, ATS-DO, CERN
What’s in store:
Summer School:
- Seminars by experts on experimentation-driven research methodologies.
- Roundtables in depth, deep dives on experimentation-driven methodologies from different disciplines.
- Workshops facilitated by the experts to explore how your research can benefit from experimentation and how to develop and plan experiments.
Experiment:
- Plan and execute an experiment on-site at IdeaSquare.
- Develop a research plan for a future study and publication.
- Immersive exploration of CERN experimental sites and approaches
- Networking Social Events to meet new colleagues, mentors, exchange knowledge, and to break bread
- Social Dinner Fondue at Bains-des-Pâquis, Geneva
Who should attend:
- PhD students, from any field with an interest in exploring experimentation-driven methodologies and innovation
- Senior academics, who would like to learn more about applying experimentation-driven methodologies in their research
Participation is Free! No tuition fees.
Participants are responsibility for travel and accommodation and their own food
