Free Online-Series “Meet the Experts”: Computational Social Science and Digital Behavioral Data. Start: 16.09.2021 (Thursdays, 1pm CEST/CET)

[Katrin Weller]

GESIS Online-Series “Meet the Experts”: Computational Social Science and Digital Behavioral Data 

One-hour online events, Start: 16.09.2021 (Thursdays, 1pm CEST/CET)

(free registration required)

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The GESIS online series "Meet the Experts" will be continued in fall/winter 2021/22 with a new thematic focus. After the success of the first season dedicated to survey methodology, the season "Computational Social Science and Digital Behavioral Data" will follow. In one-hour online sessions (Thursdays, 1-2 p.m., CEST/CET), introductory lectures will provide an overview of different procedures and best practices in researching digital behavioral data for the social sciences. All presentations are in English. Afterwards, the experts will be available for questions. 

Three lectures of this season are already available as recordings: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv4AV-dc1b8UaR3BP0ldhTcy9p0ysTEwy 

Registration is now open for the following talks: 

• 16.09.2021, 1pm CEST: Research Ethics and Data Protection in Social Media Research (Katrin Weller & Oliver Watteler) 
• 30.09.2021, 1pm CEST: Introduction to Online Data Acquisition (Roberto Ulloa) 
• 07.10.2021, 1pm CEST: Auditing Algorithms: How Platform Technologies Shape our Digital Environment (Roberto Ulloa) 
• 14.10.2021, 1pm CEST: The German Federal Election: Social Media Data for Scientific (Re-)use (Marius Sältzer & Sebastian Stier) 
• 04.11.2021, 1pm CET: Introduction to Text Mining (Arnim Bleier) 
• 25.11.2021, 1pm CET: Social Network Analysis with Digital Behavioral Data (Haiko Lietz) 
• 02.12.2021, 1pm CET: Altmetrics – Analyzing Academic Communications from Social Media Data (Olga Zagovora & Katrin Weller) 
• 16.12.2021, 1pm CET: Online Dating: Data Types and Analytical Approaches (Andreas Schmitz) 
• 20.01.2022, 1pm CET: Political Behavior and Influence Dynamics in Online Network (N. Gizem Bacaksizlar Turbic) 
• 27.01.2022, 1pm CET: SocioHub – A Collaboration Platform for the Social Sciences (David Brodesser) 

Participation is free but requires registration. Information about the lectures and registration: https://www.gesis.org/en/services/sharing-knowledge/consulting-and-guidelines/meet-the-experts 

Hoping to see you at the lectures, 

The Computational Social Science Department at GESIS