May 9, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Institute for Quantitative Social Science
Room N-354
Harvard University
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
New technologies and changes in the ways people communicate with each other present new challenges and new opportunities for researchers. This conference will focus on the challenges and opportunities of new technologies for survey research.
We will explore how strategies and standards for reaching respondents are changing in the face of new technological challenges. We will also learn about new laws and regulations about the use of these technologies and discuss how they may impact research practice. A session focused on the Internet will look at the challenges and opportunities posed by the Internet, focusing both on the accuracy of volunteer Internet samples and on the opportunities for survey research presented by Web 2.0. A session looking at mobile phones will discuss the growth of this new technology, the challenges it presents for survey research, and will review methods of sampling and interviewing mobile telephone users.
If you are sponsoring events regarding survey research that we don’t have listed here, please let us know and we will include them in our calendar.
Friday, March 7, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
The Suburban Voter
Eric Oliver, University of Chicago
(Website)
Center for American Political Studies, and
Political Psychology and Behavior Workshop
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.
Tuesday March 11 4-5:30 p.m
Seminar at Institute of Politics; John F. Kennedy School of Government
Learning from Experience. This session puts the spotlight on case studies – examples of successful campaign work by environmental groups in an important contest, to enable study group participants to examine how campaign concepts, strategies, and tools apply in practice. One example for group focus is the successful 2006 campaign to defeat U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) from California’s Central Valley – widely known as the most anti-environmental Member of Congress. Guest Speaker: Cathy Duvall, National Political Director, Sierra Club, veteran of more than twenty years of organizing and campaigning, including work as Field Director for Richard Gephardt’s presidential bid, the Democratic National Campaign Committee and America Votes. [Contact David_Zwick@ksg.harvard.edu]
Friday, March 14, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
"American Attitudes Toward Trade Liberalization: Economic Models And Beyond"
Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania
(Website)
Center for American Political Studies
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.
Friday, April 18, 12:00-1:30PM
Title: To Be Announced
Sidney Verba, Harvard University
Political Psychology and Behavior Workshop
Room N401, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Lunch Served
Friday, April 18, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
Race And Ethnic Change In Urban Politics
Kim Williams, Harvard University
(Website)
Center for American Political Studies
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.
Friday, April 25, 12:00-1:30PM
Title: To Be Announced
Hahrie Han, Wellesley College
(Website)
Political Psychology and Behavior Workshop
Room N401, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Lunch Served
© 2003-2008 President & Fellows Harvard University. The Program on Survey Research is a program of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science