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workshop on mobile surveys at General Online Research, March 6

Vera Toepoel and Anne Elevelt will deliver a workshop on ‘smartphones: from survey to sensors’ on March 6, at the General Online Research conference in Koln, Germany. More information, including how to register can be found at https://www.gor.de/gor19/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=16&presentations=show

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Two new members of the survey group in Utrecht

In the last few months, two new members have joined the survey methods group at Utrecht University: dr. Katharine Meitinger will join the group as an assistant professor. She previously worked as a senior research at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Mannheim, Germany. In her new role she will various courses…

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Vera Toepoel elected president of RC33 (logic and Methodology in sociology)

Vera Toepoel has been elected as President of RC33 (Logic and Methodology in Sociology) of the International Sociological Association. The presidency is for four years. In the coming years Vera hopes to produce more content on the newly designed website of RC33 (www.rc33.org). This in order to increase development opportunities in type C countries (e.g….

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Vera Toepoel delivering one-day workshop on smartphones and sensors

PUMA Methods Workshop Vera Toepoel   Smartphones: From Surveys to Sensors Date and time: 05.11.2018, 10:00-13:00 Venue: University of Vienna, Department of Government, Rooseveltplatz 3/1, 1090 Vienna, Seminar room Workshop Program/Overview The release of the first IPhone was now more than a decade ago, and smartphones have since become a mainstream device. In many countries,…

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American Association for Public Opinion Research

Researchers from the survey methodology group at Utrecht University will attend the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in May this year. They will teach two short courses, on mobile survey design and mixed-mode surveys, chair session, and give the following presentations on recent and in-progress research papers: Willingness to collect smartphone sensor data…

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Oration Barry Schouten

 On February 13th 2018 Prof Dr. Barry Schouten delivered his oration on ‘Multi-Mode and Multi-Device Surveys’. We celebrated this event by going bowling.

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7th European Survey Research Association Conference

In July (2017) we attended the 7th European Survey Research Association Conference (ESRA) in Lisbon. We organized sessions and presented our work. MOA Professor Edith de Leeuw gave a Keynote on Mixed mode surveys, and she received the Outstanding Service Award at the conference! Interested in our work? Email us and ask for our presentations!

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Short course on smartphones at ESRA conference, Lisbon.

Peter Lugtig and Vera Toepoel will teach a short course titled ‘smartphones: surveys and sensors’ at the upcoming ESRA conference 2017 marks the 10-year anniversary of the release of the Iphone, and of smartphones becoming a mainstream device. In many countries, smartphones are replacing traditional PCs and laptops as the primary device to browse the…

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