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Dear colleagues,

I would like to invite you to join the upcoming CS3 Meeting for Computational Survey and Social Science broadcasted by the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW). The CS3 Meeting concerns research topics on innovative data collection and analysis strategies in the behavioral and social sciences. It takes place online during the summer (April-July) and winter terms (October-January) including a talk of about 30 minutes and a Q&A of about 15 minutes.

Georg Ahnert (University of Mannheim) talks about Analytic flexibility in silicon samples: Generating survey responses with Large Language Models on October 29, 2025, from 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CET).

Please sign up for the meeting by October 28, 2025: https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeting_registration/

The next talk is by Zaza Zindel (DeZIM, Bielefeld University) entitled “Social media as a tool for survey recruitment: Opportunities and challenges” on November 25, 2025, from 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CET).

See you at the CS3 Meeting!

Best regards

Joshua

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

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Joshua Claaßen (M.A.)

Research Associate and PhD Candidate

Member of CS3 Lab for Computational Survey and Social Science

Research Area Research Infrastructure and Methods

Tel. +49 511 450670-407 | E-Mail: claassen@dzhw.eu | Bluesky: @jclaass.bsky.social

Most recent publications:

- Claassen, J., Höhne, J.K., & Kuhlmann, J. (in press). Asking for feedback: Innovating final comment questions in self-administered web surveys. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.

- Claassen, J., Lenzner, T., Höhne, J.K., & Ziller, C. (2025). A survey mode of the future? Investigating respondents’ willingness to participate in self-administered video-based web surveys. Methods Data Analyses. DOI: 10.12758/mda.2025.10

- Höhne, J.K., Claassen, J., Kühne, S., & Zindel, Z. (2025). Social media ads for survey recruitment: Performance, costs, user engagement. International Journal of Market Research. DOI: 10.1177/14707853251367805

- Höhne, J.K., Claassen, J., Shahania, S., & Broneske, D. (2025). Bots in web survey interviews: A showcase. International Journal of Market Research. DOI: 10.1177/14707853241297009

- Höhne, J.K., Lenzner, T., & Claassen, J. (2025). Automatic speech-to-text transcription: Evidence from a smartphone survey with voice answers. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2024.2443633

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