Call for papers for a Special Issue of methods, data, analyses (mda) on the topic of
Recent Developments and Current Approaches to the Analysis of Panel Data
We kindly invite interested researchers to contribute to a special issue of the open-access journal methods, data, analyses (mda) with proposals for papers on the topic of Recent Developments and Current Approaches to the Analysis of Panel Data. We welcome papers on panel regression-related topics that highlight recent developments and/or current approaches. This includes both papers with a statistical or methodological focus (ideally with empirical examples) as well as innovative panel data applications. We furthermore encourage papers that bridge the gap between the fields of Econometrics, Psychology and Sociology. Some suggested topics may include:
Accepted papers will be published in a special issue of mda scheduled for October 2022.
Proposal guidelines:
Proposals for papers should be in the form of a brief abstract (ca. 250-500 words). Each proposal will be reviewed by the guest editors of the special issue with regards to quality and relevance to the call. Authors will be notified after the initial screening process whether their proposal has been accepted, in which case we invite the authors to submit a full draft of the manuscript.
Timetable:
Submission guidelines:
Papers should be no more than ca. 8,000 words in length and should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines for submissions to mda (https://mda.gesis.org/index.php/mda/about/submissions#authorGuidelines). Submissions, along with any questions or concerns, should be submitted to Henrik Andersen at henrik.andersen@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de.
We very much look forward to your proposals!
Guest editors:
Prof. Dr. Jochen Mayerl
Chemnitz University of Technology
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology
Chair for Sociology with a Focus on Empirical Social Research
jochen.mayerl@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de
Jochen Mayerl is Professor for Sociology with a Focus on Empirical Social Research at the Chemnitz University of Technology. His substantive research interests include xenophobia and anti-foreigner attitudes, and environmental attitudes and behaviours. Methodologically, his research emphasizes structural equation modeling and panel data analysis as well as survey-related topics such as social desirability bias, survey response latencies and paradata.
Prof. Dr. Elmar Schlüter
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Institute of Sociology
Chair for Sociology with a Focus on Methods of International Comparative Social Research
elmar.schlueter@sowi.uni-giessen.de
Elmar Schlüter is professor of sociology at the Justus Liebig University, Giessen. His main research interests focus on applications of multilevel and structural equation modeling, often coupled with the field of interethnic relations and immigrant integration.
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Volker Ludwig
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Faculty of Social Sciences
Volker Ludwig is an Assistant Professor for Applied Sociology at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern. His research interests include family sociology, labor market research and quantitative social research methods, especially the collection and analysis of panel data.
Henrik Andersen, M.A.
Chemnitz University of Technology
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology
Chair for Sociology with a Focus on Empirical Social Research
henrik.andersen@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de
Henrik Andersen is a research assistant at the Chair for Sociology with a Focus on Empirical Social Research at the Chemnitz University of Technology. His research currently focuses on static and dynamic panel regression models in structural equation modeling.