The ninth edition of the Warsaw Summer School in Social Sciences was held at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology from June 13 to July 15, 2016. The School was organized by CONSIRT (Cross-National Studies: Interdisciplinary Research and Training Program) – a collaborative endeavor of The Ohio State University and the Polish Academy of Sciences. The School offers an intensive, 5-weeks training and research program providing students at different academic levels the opportunity to engage first-hand in studying post-communist European countries in comparative perspective. The School provides a practical training in quantitative methods, with the use of data from the Polish Panel Survey POLPAN. In addition to classroom work with OSU and PAN instructors, students visit major international organizations that assess social and political change in the region and meet with experts in cross-national research. Field trips and cultural activities complement classroom work.