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Dear colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming WEB DATA OPP workshop in Barcelona from March 18 to 19, 2024.

The workshop is part of the ERC Starting Grant Project WEB DATA OPP lead by Melanie Revilla.

Please find the call for abstracts below.

Best regards

Jan

Call for Abstracts: WEB DATA OPP Workshop March 18-19, 2024, Barcelona

We are pleased to announce that the ERC-funded WEB DATA OPP project, which investigates how new measurement opportunities linked mainly to the growing presence of smartphones could complement or replace conventional survey data in order to get better or new insights (see https://www.upf.edu/web/webdataopp), is organising a workshop.

Event Details

• Date: March 18th and 19th, 2024

• Location: RECSM-Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Ciutadella Campus, Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

Workshop Focus

The expansion of the Internet and the development of a range of new active and passive measurement tools, particularly on mobile devices, present exciting opportunities for survey researchers, such as visual or geolocation data capture. Using these new measurement opportunities could reduce respondent burden, improve data quality, and extend measurement into new domains, allowing to answer questions that could not be answered so far and to improve the decisions of key actors.

However, while many people speak about these ideas, little research has implemented such possibilities so far. Besides, researchers interested in using such data face a range of key issues, including technical and ethical ones, and very little is known about how to best deal with all these challenges. Thus, the primary objective of this workshop is to engage in fruitful discussions surrounding these challenges presented by the integration of new data types within the context of web surveys.

We are particularly interested in the following types of data

1. Visual Data: Exploring the incorporation of screenshots, photos, or videos as potential ways to provide responses in web surveys.

2. Voice Data: Examining the use of dictation or voice recording functions for survey responses.

3. Digital Traces Data: Leveraging digital traces data, especially those collected through meters, to complement or replace conventional survey questions.

4. In-the-Moment Surveys: Investigating the possibilities of conducting surveys triggered by passive data, particularly metered data or geolocation information, shortly after the detection of relevant events.

Presentation Emphasis

Participants should center their presentations on the problems encountered when designing surveys or experiments including these innovative data types, rather than focusing on research outcomes. In line with this, we welcome works in progress and presentations about studies that have not yet been fielded, as long as they offer insights into the diverse problems researchers face when using new data types.

Active Participation

To ensure a productive workshop, all participants should actively engage by providing constructive feedback on the work presented by others.

Registration and Funding

• Participation in the workshop is free of charge.

• For participants who need financial assistance to cover travel costs, funding opportunities are available upon request.

Submission Guidelines

To participate in the workshop, please send the following information:

• Submit your presentation title, abstract (maximum 300 words), and a brief presenter biography (maximum 200 words) by October 22 at webdataopp@upf.edu.

• In your email, specify whether you can cover your travel expenses or if you would require funding. In case of requiring fundings, please provide an estimate of how much you would need.

Notification of Acceptance:

We will notify you of the acceptance of your abstract within two weeks after the abstract submission deadline.

We look forward to your contributions and stimulating discussions at the WEB DATA OPP workshop. For inquiries and abstract submissions, please contact the project’s team at webdataopp@upf.edu.

German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)

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Prof. Dr. Jan Karem Höhne

Juniorprofessor for Computational Survey and Social Science

Leibniz University Hannover

German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)

Research Area 4: Research Infrastructure and Methods

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Upcoming and most recent publications:

- Höhne, J.K., Ziller, C., & Lenzner, T. (2023). Investigating respondents’ willingness to participate in video-based web surveys. International Journal of Market Research. DOI: 10.1177/14707853231198788

- Gummer, T., Kunz, T., Rettig,. T., & Höhne, J.K. (2023). How to detect and influence looking up answers to political knowledge questions in web surveys? Public Opinion Quarterly. DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfad027

- Höhne, J.K., Krebs, D., & Kühnel, S.M. (2023). Investigating direction effects in rating scales with five and seven points in a probability-based online panel. Survey Research Methods, 17, 193-204. DOI: 10.18148/srm/2023.v17i2.8006

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