[Air-l] CFP: New technologices and data collection in social sciences at ISA world congress

[Katja Lozar Manfreda]

Sorry for crossposting ...

Dear colleagues.

On July 23 - 29, 2006 there is the XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology in 
Durban, South Africa, organized by International Sociological Association 
(ISA). See ISA congress home page at 
http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/congress2006/ for more information.

As organizers of one of the session of the Research Committee on Logic and 
Methodology RC33 - the session on New technologies and data collection in 
the social sciences - we are inviting you to consider the participation and 
sending an abstract for this (or also other) sessions (see sessions at 
http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/congress2006/rc/rc33_durban.htm).


New technologies and data collection in the social sciences

Session chairs: Katja Lozar Manfreda and Vasja Vehovar, Faculty of Social 
Sciences, University of Ljubljana,

The permanent flow of technological advancements presents an important 
driving force for methodological development in social sciences. This 
session is thus seeking papers that will contribute to our understanding of 
how new technologies (especially Internet services and mobile technologies) 
are influencing the way we do quantitative and qualitative research in 
social sciences. We are especially interested in papers that would show how 
new technologies are used for collecting data. In particular, the following 
areas are of special interest:
- experimental comparisons of alternative design approaches (contrasting 
modes using new ICT with other modes of data collection),
- exploration of methods for decreasing and adjustment non-response or 
coverage errors when new ICT are used for data collection
- evaluation of alternative sampling schemes,
- demonstration of the use of new and innovative research designs as 
frontiers of technology.

Important deadlines:
October 1, 2005 - Final date for sending abstract to the session chairs 
Katja Lozar Manfreda (katja.lozar at fdv.uni-lj.si ) or Vasja Vehovar 
(vasja at ris.org ).
Other important deadlines: see ISA congress web site at 
http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/congress2006/deadlines.htm.

Best regards,

Katja Lozar Manfreda and Vasja Vehovar



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Lozar Manfreda, Katja, PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Science, University of Ljubljana
Kardeljeva ploscad 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tel. +386 1 5805 313
Fax. +386 1 5805 101

Email: katja.lozar at fdv.uni-lj.si

Faculty of Social Sciences: www.fdv.uni-lj.si
Research on Internet in Slovenija: www.ris.org
Methodology of Web surveys: www.websm.org