The Bobst Center for Peace and Justice at Princeton University, the Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) at New York University Abu Dhabi and the American University of Beirut are hosting the Winter Experimental Social Sciences Institute (WESSI) Workshop at the AUB campus in Beirut, Lebanon.This workshop is organized by Rebecca Morton (NYU NYC and AD), Amaney Jamal (Princeton University) and Nisreen Salti (American University of Beirut).

The Institute is designed to provide training for social science graduate students and junior faculty in experimental methods, broadly defined. The institute will provide training in lab, field, lab-in-the-field, and survey experimental methodology and cover a broad range of substantive topics in the social sciences drawn from economics, political science, and sociology. Practical training for lab-in-the-field experimentation will be provided.