IPODA Workshop Call - Deadline Extended

[Ana Macanovic]

Dear colleagues,

The deadline for abstract submissions for the IPODA workshop (Immigration, Public Opinion, and Crime in the Digital Age) has been extended to March 15, 2025. 

We encourage researchers using online or/and offline data sources to study immigration, public opinion, and crime to apply.

Find the full call for abstracts below.

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Immigration, Public Opinion, and Crime in the Digital Age (IPODA) - Leveraging online data sources with insights from traditional survey methods

 

Date: 28-29 April 2025

Place: University of Cologne (UoC)
Keynote Speakers: Isabelle van der Vegt, Christian Czymara

 

Call for Papers

 

How can social scientists leverage the potential of online data sources in the light of lessons learned from survey research and qualitative interviews to inform societal and scientific debates on immigration and crime?

 
In recent years, scholars from various disciplines have shown a growing interest in using online data sources—such as social media platforms and discussion forums—to study public opinion and political discourse concerning immigration and crime. The rise of right-wing populist political actors and the increasing threats of political polarization around the globe sparked a novel literature that applies computational methods to analyse public opinion in the digital realm. In parallel, social scientists have been studying political attitudes, voting behaviour, radicalization, social movements, polarization, and crime with quantitative and qualitative interviews as well as administrative data for nearly a century. Yet, these strands of literature mainly operate independently and follow different methodological approaches and theoretical frameworks. This workshop aims to bring together scholars from various research communities using online and offline data sources to inform shared research questions concerned with immigration, public opinion, and crime.

Presentations may cover topics such as the influence of media coverage of events triggering negative outgroup sentiments (e.g., terror attacks or crime) on political discourse, individual hate speech, crime, and voting behaviour, political radicalization on online platforms and in offline spaces, or the influence of political actors on public opinion.

We encourage scholars who combine online and offline data or would like to learn more about research paradigms outside of their own research area to send an abstract (max. 750 words) by the 15th of March 2025 to project.pub...@gmail.com.

Organizational details

The workshop will take place in-person at the University of Cologne (UoC) 28-29 April 2025. We will provide coffee, lunch, and dinner on the 28th. If you are an early career researcher and lack funding from your institution, please get in touch with us as we can subsidize your travels. There will be two keynotes and two days of presentations.

For any questions, do not hesitate to reach out at project.pub...@gmail.com.

 

Best regards,

The IPODA Team

 

Christof Nägel, University of Cologne
Max Pickartz, University of Cologne
Mark Wittek, Central European University (CEU)
Ana Macanovic, European University Institute (EUI)