29 July – 5 August, 2018 Statiunea Calimanesti, Tabara Cozia, Romania

Sunday 29 July – Participants Arrival

Dinner

Party Program

Monday 30 July

8-10 – Breakfast

10-12 – Live Online Lecture: “The basics of academic reading and writing” Prof. Nasy Inthisone Pfanner, Fernstudienzentrum Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria and University College of London, Institute of Education, United Kingdom

16 – 20 – Live On-line Lecture: “Introduction to research: from theory to empirical investigation” Michael Stevens, Illinois State University, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, U.S.A. Chicago School of Professional Psychology U.S.A.

                – Live On-line Lecture: “Research Designs in empirical quantitative research” Michael Stevens, Chicago School of Professional Psychology U.S.A.

19 – Free time

Tuesday – 31 July

8-10 – Breakfast

10-12 –  Debating session on the lectures from previous days

12-14 – Live Online Lecture: „Translating psychological research into practice: example of mental health intervention.” Lect. Dr. Vita Postuvan, University of Primorska Slovenia

14 – 16 – Lunch

16-19  – Choosing and short documenting of a research topic that the participants find attractive. The work will be    done individually or as a team.

             –  The basics of Citation styles and Research Ethics.

20 –  Free time

Wednesday – 1 August

8 – 10 – Breakfast

10 – 12 – Live On-line Lecture: “Basic logic and mathematics underlying statistical methods” Mihnea Moroianu, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania

12 – 14 – Debating session on the lecture

14 – 16 – Lunch

16 – 19 – Practical work on the chosen research project

19 –  Free time

Thursday – 2 August

8 – 10 – Breakfast

10 – 12 – Live On-line Lecture: “Basic Psychometrics: the fundamentals of Classical Test Theory and short introduction to Item Response Theory” Prof. Dr. Igor Gomes Menezes, Cambridge University and University of Lincoln U.K.

12 – 14 – Debating session on the lecture

14 – 16 – Lunch

16 – 19 – Practical work on chosen research project

19 – Free time

Friday – 3 August

8-10 – Breakfast

10-12 – Off-line Lecture: “The basic Univariate and Multivariate Statistical Techniques, Mediation and Moderation”  Psych. Petru Madalin Constantinescu, PsihoHelpline and University of Hagen, Germany and Lect. Dr. Cristian Opariuc-Dan, Ovidius University of Constanta

12-14 – Debating session on the lecture presentation of SPSS, R and PSPP

14-16 – Lunch

16-19 – Practical work on chosen research project with SPSS, R and PSPP

19 – Free time

Saturday – 4 August

8 – 9 – Breakfast

9.30 – 12 – Practical work on chosen research project writing the final research article draft

12.30 – 13. 30 – Lunch

14 – 19 – Trip to old monasteries’, Cozia Mountain Caban and waterfall Lotrisor

20 – Dinner

21 – Free time/ Rock Concert

Sunday – 5 August

8-10 – Micul dejun / Breakfast

10-12 – Closing Lecture and summarization

Optional by request: Qualitative Research Methods – Content analysis and Focus Groups

Translation when needed and general guidance and supervision will be provided by the organizing team.