XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology
RC33’s Program at the ISA World Congres 2018 in Toronto
- Questionnaire Design and Sampling (special) Populations
Session Organizers: Theoni STATHOPOULOU and Oshrat HOCHMAN
Organizations’ Alleged Fear of Being Publicly Blamed for Sensitive Issues – an Insurmountable Challenge? a Critical Reflection Exemplified By the Investigation of Destructive Obedience in Public Institutions
Katharina KÄRGEL, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Refugee Surveys in Germany: Challenges of a “Special Population”
Susanne WORBS, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Germany; Nina ROTHER, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Research Centre, Germany
Surveying Syrian Refugees in the Netherlands
Johannes KAPPELHOF, The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP, Netherlands; Jaco DAGEVOS, The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP, Netherlands; Jannine MAAT, The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP, Netherlands
Using Smartphone Technology for Research Among Refugees in Germany
Florian KEUSCH, University of Mannheim, Germany; Christoph SAJONS, Walter Eucken Institut, Germany; Susan STEINER, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; Mariel McKone LEONARD, University of Mannheim, Germany
Work Commitment and Interview Effects in Cross-Cultural Studies
Hans DIETRICH, Institute for Employment Research, Germany
Methodological Challenges of an Online Survey about Water Sensitive Urban Design in an Upmarket South African Residential Estate
Claire WAGNER, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Jacques DU TOIT, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Carina FIEDELDEY-VAN DIJK, ePsy Consultancy, Canada
Using Online Surveys to Research Diverse Sexualities and Gender Identities: Opportunities and Challenges
Rebecca BARNES, University of Leicester, United Kingdom; Catherine DONOVAN, University of Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Cultural Response Styles
Session Organizers: Martin WEICHBOLD, Nina BAUR and Wolfgang ASCHAUER
Neighbourhood Composition and Educational Aspirations: Heterogeneity, Scaling, and Heterogeneous Scaling of Spatial Effects.
Andreas HARTUNG, University of Tuebingen, Germany; Steffen HILLMERT, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Response Styles in Answering Scale Items By Older Respondents: The Role of Biographical, Contextual and Cultural Aspects
Wander VAN DER VAART, University of Humanistic Studies, Netherlands; Tina GLASNER, University of Humanistic Studies, Netherlands
Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance Among German Migrants
Jonas BESTE, Institute of Employment Research, Germany
Explaining Response Styles and Response Bias Using the Attitude Towards Surveys and the Attitude Accessibility Towards the Research Topic
Christoph GIEHL, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany; Jochen MAYERL, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Innovative Data Collection Methods for Special Populations
Session Organizers: Wander VAN DER VAART and Tina GLASNER
Older People and Data Quality in Surveys. Does Measurement Error Increase with Age and Deterioration of Cognitive Abilities?
Emanuela SALA, Universita di Milano Bicocca, Italy; Daniele ZACCARIA, Istutituto Golgi Cenci, Italy
Identifying Vulnerable Populations through a Combination of Big Data, Demographic and Qualitative Techniques
Boroka BO, UC Berkeley, USA
Mixing and Combining Methods: Unexpected Transitions from Welfare to Work
Lukas KERSCHBAUMER, Institute for Employment Research, Germany; Andreas HIRSELAND, Institute for Employment Research, Germany
Studying Stigmatized Populations through Online-Communities
Victoria DUDINA, St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation
Using an Onomastic Approach to Gain Insights from Migrant Groups? Lessons from the Social Survey Austria 2016
Dimitri PRANDNER, University of Salzburg / University of Linz, Austria; Martin WEICHBOLD, University of Salzburg, Austria
601
- Addressing the Challenges of Privacy, Sensitivity, and Security in Social Science Research
Session Organizer: Diane WILLIMACK
Chair: Diane WILLIMACK
How Collective Is Collective Efficacy? the Importance of Consensus in Judgments about Community Cohesion
Ian Brutnon-Smith BRUNTON-SMITH, University of Surrey, United Kingdom; Patrick STURGIS, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; George LECKIE, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Informed Consent in the Age of Cybersecurity: Testing Messages and Questions and Exploring Perceptions of Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
Alfred TUTTLE, US Census Bureau, USA
Challenges of Implementing an Online Survey for Assessing the Occupational Risk for Pregnant School Teachers in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Kathrin BOGNER, Institute of Teachers‘ Health at the Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, Germany; Ann-Kathrin JAKOBS, Institute of Teachers‘ Health at the Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, Germany; Nelli WEHRWEIN, Institute of Teachers‘ Health at the Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, Germany; Annika CLAUS, Institute of Teachers‘ Health at the Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, Germany
Respondent Perceptions of Sensitive Items on a Self-Administered Application Form
Jessica GRABER, U.S. Census Bureau, USA
An Assessment of Objectivity in Sociological Research
Ram Narayan TRIPATHI, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY VARANASI, India
602
- Unforeseen Difficulties in Empirical Research: Finding Causes of Failed Research
Session Organizers: Wolfgang ASCHAUER, Nina BAUR, Dimitri PRANDNER and Martin WEICHBOLD
What Makes Failed Research? “Conventionalist” Reflections on Epistemic Failure in an Interview Study on Educational Classifications
Kenneth HORVATH, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
Methodological Complications in Sociology:an Assessment of Reliability and Validity
Ashutosh PANDEY, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY VARANASI, India
Dealing with (Un)Expected in Qualitative Research Field-Work
Inga GAIZAUSKAITE, Institute of Sociology at Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Lithuania; Natalija VALAVICIENE, Mykolas Romeris University / National Examination Centre, Lithuania
Freedom of Information: Reflections, Limitations, and Opportunities in Social Research
Michael COLIANDRIS, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Challenges of Creative Research with Adults and the Role of Confidence in Creativity
Jon RAINFORD, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom
- Methodological Issues in Non-Probability (Online) Surveys
Session Organizers: Chiara RESPI and Emanuela SALA
The Feasibility of Obtaining Valid Inferences from Nonprobability Surveys
Joseph SAKSHAUG, University of Manchester, United Kingdom; Arkadiusz WISNIOWSKI, University of Manchester, United Kingdom; Diego Andres Perez RUIZ, University of Manchester, United Kingdom; Annelies G. BLOM, Collaborative Research Center 884 “Political Economy of Reforms”, University of Mannheim, Germany
Careless Responding: Rates and Reactions in a Quota Sample and a Voluntary Opt-in Sample
Hawal SHAMON, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany; Carl BERNING, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany
Social Desirability Bias in on-Line Surveys: A Comparison Among Different Sources of Respondents
Pei-Shan LIAO, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Stars, Hearts, Smileys, Buttons or Grids: How to Design Rating Scales
Vera TOEPOEL, Utrecht University, Netherlands
- RC33 Open Session
Session Organizer: Vera TOEPOEL
Testing Measurement Equivalence across Nations: An Empirical Investigation of Environmental Concerns
Sandra MARQUART-PYATT, Michigan State University, USA; Chloe QIAN, HUI, Michigan State University, USA
Creative Methods of Data Collection in Music Therapy with Aggressive Adolescents
Andeline DOS SANTOS, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Claire WAGNER, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Assessing the Quality of Nonprobability Online Panels. the Italian Case.
Chiara RESPI, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, Italy
Comparing the Quality of Personal-Register and Non-Personal-Register Samples in Cross-National Interviewer-Administrated Surveys Using Internal Criteria of Representativeness – Comparative Analysis Based on European Social Survey Data
Piotr JABKOWSKI, Institute of Sociology, University of Poznan, Poland; Piotr CICHOCKI, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Comparability of International Survey Projects and Ex-Post Harmonization: Data Documentation and Quality Controls
Irina TOMESCU-DUBROW, CONSIRT, Polish Academy of Sciences and The Ohio State university, Poland; Kazimierz M. SLOMCZYNSKI, The Ohio State University and the Polish Academy of Sciences, USA; Weronika BORUC, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
- Replicability in the Social Sciences: Extent, Reasons and Consequences
Session Organizers: Jochen MAYERL, Elmar SCHLUETER and Volker STOCKE
Reason for the Failure to Replicate Results
Andrea BREITENBACH, University Marburg, Germany
Replicating Findings Regarding Attitudes Towards the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan in Five European Countries
Henrik ANDERSEN, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany; Christoph GIEHL, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
Open Science As Foundation of Overcoming Replicability Issues in Social Sciences: The Case of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Open Research Data (TIPD)
Ji-Ping LIN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
A Replication of the Experiment on Separating Scale Points from Non-Substantive Responses of Tourangeau, Couper, and Conrad 2004
Cornelia NEUERT, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany; Jan HÖHNE, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany; Timo LENZNER, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany; Ting YAN, Westat, USA
“How to Ensure the Replicability of an Ad Hoc Research Strategy: A Few Lessons Drawn from the Sociology of the Concept of Public Service”
Charles BOSVIEUX-ONYEKWELU, ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES (PARIS), France
The Impact of Refereeing-Practices on Scientific Progress: Results from a Computer Simulation
Georg MUELLER, Univ. of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Methods for Maximizing Comparability in Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Surveys
Session Organizer: Tom W SMITH
Using the Total Survey Error Paradigm to Minimize Comparability Error in Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Surveys
Tom W SMITH, University of Chicago, USA
Construct Equivalence, Probe Questions and Comparability of the Left-Right Scale in a Cross-National Perspective
Cornelia ZUELL, GESIS, Germany; Evi SCHOLZ, GESIS, Germany
Testing the Universalism of Bourdieu’s Homology Thesis: A Challenge for Comparative Analysis.
Yannick LEMEL, GEMASS, University Paris4-Sorbonne, France; Dominique JOYE, Lausanne University, Switzerland
How to Compare When Data Come from Diverse Sources: A 4-Level Model of Change in Institutional Trust over Time
Claire DURAND, University of Montreal, Canada; Luis Patricio PENA IBARRA, Université de Montréal, Canada; Nadia REZGUI, Université de Montréal, Canada
Measuring Social Networks and Social Resources in Comparative Perspective
Dominique JOYE, Lausanne University, Switzerland; Marlène SAPIN, FORS Lausanne, Switzerland
Using Paradata to Monitor Interviewers’ Instrument Navigation Behavior and Inform Instrument Technical Design: Case Studies from a National Household Surveys in Ghana and Thailand
Yu-Chieh LIN, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, USA; Gina-Qian CHEUNG, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, USA; Beth Ellen PENNELL, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, USA; Kyle KWAISER, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, USA
- Process-Oriented Micro-Macro-Analysis: Mixing Methods in Longitudinal Analysis and Historical Sociology
Session Organizers: Nina BAUR, Maria NORKUS, Andreas SCHMITZ, Isabell STAMM and Michael WEINHARDT
Measuring the “Light Touch” of Library Programs in the United States
Lisa FREHILL, George Mason University, USA
Singing and Socializing: Applying Contemporary and Historical Data of Choirs As Proxy for Social Capital and Its Beneficial Impact on Wealth.
Peter GRAEFF, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany; Robert NEUMANN, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; Saskia FUCHS, University of Kiel, Germany
Changes in Perception of Success and Agency in Poland: An Analysis Based on Two Kinds of Longitudinal Data
Weronika BORUC, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Danuta ZYCZYNSKA-CIOLEK, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Marta MIESZCZANEK, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
The Shift to Three-Dimensional Thinking of the Family: Advancing Historical Multigenerational Mobility Research through the Use of Whole-Family Network Analysis
Megan MACCORMAC, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
From Representation to Attitude: A Quali-Quantitative Approach to the Detection of the Attitudes about the Representation of Bullying at School
Marianna SIINO, University of Enna “Kore”, Italy
- Doing Fieldwork in Challenging Contexts
Session Organizer: Rima WILKES
Reflections on Fieldwork: A Comparative Study of Positionality in Ethnographic Research across Asia
Farah PURWANINGRUM, The University of Sydney, Australia; Anastasiya SHTALTOVNA, CERIUM – University of Montreal, Canada
Power Relations of Men in (Pro)Feminist Research: Two Fieldwork Experiences from Turkey
Atilla BARUTCU, Bulent Ecevit University, Turkey
Doing Participatory Research in a Patron-Client Society: Learning from Developing Multi-Scale Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Farming Communities
Iqbal KHAN, Self Employed, Canada; Christian ROTH, Agricultural Systems Program CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australia; Clemens GRUNBUHEL, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
“Exactly What They Need…”: Ethnography in Informal Care Settings.
Marén SCHORCH, University of Siegen, Germany
Neglected Aspects of Triangulation in Nigerian Social and Behavioural Research
Oka OBONO, Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Women Researching Violent Extremism: Gendered and Racialized Experiences
Alexia DERBAS, Western Sydney University, Australia; Virginia MAPEDZAHAMA, Western Sydney University, Australia
12 Spatial Analysis
Session Organizers: Leila AKREMI, Nina BAUR, Linda HERING, Maria NORKUS and Cornelia THIERBACH
Methodological Innovations in Spacial Analysis in the Context of Religion. Some Remarks about the Practice of Spacing in Religious Rituals on the Example of Silent Buddhist Meditation.
Thea D. BOLDT, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen, Germany
Deep Learning in Urban Research; Exploring Local Issues By Mapping Semantic Themes and Sentiment
Robin LYBECK, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
The Construction of Space in International Volunteering and the Global/Local-Split
Lucia FUCHS-SAWERT, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Global Flows, a Spatial Approach Towards Global Development
Rogerio GIUGLIANO, Federal University for Latin American Integration, Brazil
Mapping As a Tool of Improving Cluster Analysis Results
Shamil FARAKHUTDINOV, Industrial University of Tyumen, Russia
Evaluating Spatial Inequality of Healthcare in Process of Rapid Urbanization in China By Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Wen DOU, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; Yi GE, Nanjing University, China
Missing(s) in Space: Monte Carlo Simulations and a Bayesian Approach to Missing Data in Spatial Econometric Models
Christoph ZANGGER, University of Zurich, Switzerland
In addition, we had shared sessions with other committees:
JS-78
Comparative and Historical Sociology of Women’s Careers. Part II
Session Organizers: Akiko NAGAI and Fumiya ONAKA
Chair: Keiko SAKAKIBARA
JS-79
Comparative and Historical Sociology of Women’s Careers. Part I
Session Organizers: Akiko NAGAI and Fumiya ONAKA
Chair: Miki NAKAI
JS-82
Education and Social Inequality: Recent Methodological Developments
Session Organizer: Hiroshi ISHIDA
Chair: Satoshi MIWA
JS-32
Comparative and Historical Sociology of Women’s Careers. Part III
Session Organizers: Akiko NAGAI and Fumiya ONAKA
JS-41
Ethnography and Biographical Research
Session Organizers: Gabriele ROSENTHAL and Johannes BECKER
Chairs: Gabriele ROSENTHAL and Johannes BECKER