Events and Training

Title: Identifying critical success factors of ergonomics programs. Necessary condition analysis (NCA) and its application to Prevention and Management of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Type: 4-hour workshop
Date: 26 August, 2018, 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM 
Place: room “Giotto”, Palazzo Affari. Palazzo dei Congressi, Florence, Italy
Description: The first part is a theoretical lecture on NCA, demonstrating the application and practice of NCA. The second part is on the application of NCA in the field of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD). The third part presents the findings from a study that applied NCA and two qualitative analyses to identify necessary conditions for successful outcomes for the prevention and management of WMSDs.
Fees: part of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018)
Convenors: Jean Mangharam, WorkSafe WA, Perth, Australia and Jan Dul, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Website: IEA 2018

Title: Necessary Condition Analysis. (NCA) – Theory and Practice
Type: 1-day Quick Summer Course
Date: 2 July 2018
Place: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Description: In this 1 day hands-on course you will gain an understanding of the logic of necessary conditions, and why these are important for social science and practice. You will be able to identify necessary conditions in an (own) dataset. 
Fees: €250
ECTS: 1
Instructor: Jan Dul, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Website: Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) - Necessary Condition Analysis Summer School.

Title: Methodological Innovation: Necessary Condition Analysis
Type: Symposium at EURAM conference 2018
Date: 21 June 2018, 11:00-12:30 
Place: University of Iceland, University Square Building - HT 103, Reykjavik, Iceland
Description: Panel discussion about the backgrounds of NCA and applications of NCA in HRM, Marketing/NPD, Strategy, and other business fields.
Fees: part of the EURAM conference fee
ECTS: -
Panellists: Anabel Fernandez (University of Valencia, Spain), Sven Hauff (Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg), Zsofia Toth (Nottingham University Business School), Jan Dul (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
Website: EURAM 2018

Title: Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) – Ein neuer Blick auf Kausalität und Datenanalyse (in German)
Type: Pre-conference workshop at the German Academic Association for Business Research
Date: 23 May 2018
Place: Magdeburg University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Description: Introduction of NCA.
Fees: -
ECTS:-
Lecturer: Sven Hauff, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg
Website: German Academic Association for Business Research 

Title: Rigor and Relevance with Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA)
Type: Master workshop Tutorial at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 
Date: 19 April 2018, 3:30 -5:00 pm  
Place: Room Superior B, Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago, USA
Description: After the tutorial participants will be able to:
1.      Explain the differences between necessity logic and traditional additive logic.
2.      Describe the relevance of necessary conditions for theory and practice.
3.      Formulate necessary condition hypotheses in their own research field.
4.      Identify/test potential necessary conditions with (own) data sets.The logic of NCA, The data analysis approach of NCA, and How to publish papers with NCA. 
Fees: part of the 2018 SIOP conference 
Instructor: Jan Dul (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University) 
Website: SIOP 2018

Title: Methodological Innovation: Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA)
Type: Seminar on Engineering Systems 
Date: 14 March 2018, 14:00-15:00
Place: DTU Technical University of Denmark, Department of Management Engineering, DTU Lyngby Campus, Building 424, Room 025, Copenhagen, Denmark
Description: Introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis
Fees: This seminar is for DTU staff and students. Others, please contact Ole Broberg
Instructor: Jan Dul, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Website: DTU Department of Management Engineering

Title: Methodological Innovation: Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA)
Type: Seminar
Date: 8 March 2018, 9:00-10:30
Place: INSEAD Business School, Salle M, Fontainebleau, France; Room 203B, Singapore
Description: Part 1: Theory and Logic. Part 2: Applications
Fees: This seminar is for INSEAD staff and PhD-students. Others, please contact Alina Jacquet
Instructor: Jan Dul, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Website: INSEAD Business School 

Title: Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA)
Type: Seminar 
Date: 7 February 2018, 16:00-17:30
Place: School of Social Social Sciences, Samuel Alexander Building, Room A114, University of Manchester, UK
Description: Necessary Condition Analysis: underlying logic, data analysis approach and potential synergies with Social Network Analysis.
Fees: This seminar is part of the Michell Centre Seminar series. Please contact Elisa Bellotti
Presenters: Zsofia Toth, University of Nottingham Business School and Jan Dul, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Website: The Michell Centre

Title: Necessary Condition Analysis
Type: Seminar
Date: 28 November 2017  
Place: University of Oxford, UK
Description: The logic of NCA, The data analysis approach of NCA, Statistical inference with NCA
Fees: This seminar is for University of Oxford staff and students. Others, please contact Zsofia Toth.
ECTS: -
Presenters: Zsofia Toth (Nottingham University Business School) and Jan Dul (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
Website: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/

Title: Necessary Condition Analysis
Type: Research Seminar
Date: 26 October 2017  
Place: George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA, Department of Management, Duques 451 
Description: The logic of NCA, The data analysis approach of NCA, and How to publish papers with NCA (see details).
Fees: -
ECTS: - 
Presenter: Jan Dul (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
Website: Department of Management
Contact person: Herman Aguinis

Title: Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) - A novel view on causality and on empirical data analysis
Type: Short course
Date: 12 October 2017, 10:00 am - 15:00pm
Place: Hamburg Business School, Hamburg University, Germany
Description: Backgrounds of NCA. How to apply NCA. Theoretical and practical implications of NCA findings. Statistical inference with NCA. NCA Software. How to publish papers with NCA.
Fees: Please contact Sven Hauff to register for the course (until 5 October, 2017)
ECTS: - 
Instructor: Sven Hauff (Helmut Schmidt University) and Jan Dul (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
Website: Hamburg Business School

Title: NCA community building
Type: Social event at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Academy (FREE DRINKS)
Date: Sunday, 12 August 2018, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Place: The Chi Bar of the Sheraton Grand Chicago (Located in the center of the hotel lobby), Chicago, Ilinois, USA
Description: In addition to the PDW on NCA, during the social event during you can meet fellow colleagues interested in NCA and ask any questions you might have about the method. The social is open for everyone who is interested in using NCA.
Instructors: Hosts: Jan Dul, Stefan Breet, Henk van Rhee (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
Website: Academy of Management Annual conference

Title: Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA). Logic, Theory, Methodology, and Applications.
Type: Professional Development Workshop at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Academy
Date: 11 August 2018, 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Place: Sheraton Grand Chicago, Room Michigan A,B,  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Description: Part 1: The logic of necessary conditions and comparison with conventional additive logic (e.g., regression). Part 2: Application of NCA in theory building and testing (including use of NCA software)  
Fees: part of Academy of Management Annual Conference
Instructors: Jan Dul, Stefan Breet, Henk van Rhee (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
Website: Academy of Management Annual conference

Title: Necessary Condition Analysis
Type: Seminar at the Partnerships Resource Centre
Date: 30 June 2017, 13:00-15:00
Place: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Room T3-42
Description: Backgrounds of NCA. How to apply NCA in quantitative and qualitative research. Theoretical and practical implications of NCA findings.
Fees: -
ECTS:-
Presenter: Jan Dul (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
Website: Partnerships Resource Centre
Contact person: Addisu Lashitew

Title: Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA)
Type: Joint seminar of the department of Marketing and the department of Management and Technology of Bocconi University Milan
Date: 29 June 2017; 12:45-14:00
Place: Bocconi University, Room 4.E4.SR03, Via Roentgen, Milan, Italy
Description: Backgrounds of NCA. How to apply NCA. Theoretical and practical implications of NCA findings. How to publish papers with NCA.
Fees: -
ECTS:-
Presenter: Jan Dul (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
Contact person: Ioannis Evangelides