9.10.2020 | ESA Mid-term Conference of Research Network 21 “Quantitative Methods”: “Quantitative Approaches to Analyzing Social Change, Online” Vortrag: The re-figuration of spaces as a crucial element of social change: How survey research has to move ahead (W. Aschauer) |
16.7.2019 | 8th conference of the European Survey Research Association in Zagreb, Vortrag: What’s happening in our brains? Cognitive processes and neuronal correlation while answering questions (W. Aschauer/ M. Weichbold) |
12.10.2018 | Abschlusssymposium Sozialwissenschaftliche Umfrageforschung 2014-2018 (Plattform für Methoden Umfragen und Analysen, Universität Wien) Vortrag: Authoritarian attitudes in Austria –reviving the neglected dimensions of the original F-scale (W. Aschauer) |
4.10.2018 | ESA RN 21 Mid-Term Conference “Potentials and Limits of Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences” in Krakau, Polen (3.10. – 6.10. 2018) Vortrag: Potentials and limits of the Weblyzard to derive security perceptions of Austrian citizens. A plea for a critical position in the application of automated big data analysis (W. Aschauer) |
15.6.2018 | SFB Tagung: Re-Figuration von Räumen und der Kulturvergleich, TU Berlin Vortrag: Die Refiguration von Räumen aus der Perspektive der quantitativen kulturvergleichenden Sozialforschung (W. Aschauer) |
27.4.2018 | Tagung: Demokratie in der (DesInformationsgesellschaft: Zur Funktion und Verbreitung von Big Data, Fake News und Verschwörungstheorien, Universität Salzburg Vortrag: Die Soziologie im Spannungsfeld zwischen ökonomischer Vermarktung und politischer Anwendung von Big Data. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Weblyzards zur automatisierten Erfassung der Sicherheitswahrnehmungen in Österreich (W. Aschauer) |
7.12.2017 | Österreichischer Kongress für Soziologie: „Zwischen Theorie und Praxis“ Vortrag: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Weblyzards zur automatisierten Erfassung von Sicherheitswahrnehmungen in Österreich (W. Aschauer / A. Seymer) |
29.11.2017 | 1st Seminar on “Childhood, well-being and parenting” in Rennes, Frankreich Vortrag: An overview of wellbeing concepts and their potentials and limits in cross-cultural research (W. Aschauer) |
31.8.2017 | ESA Conference in Athen, RN 21 (“Quantitative Methods”) Vortrag: The dynamics of ethnocentrism in European regions (W. Aschauer / J. Mayerl) |
1.6.2017 | Workshop: Survey-Forschung als Prozess, TU Berlin Vortrag: Konstruktäquivalenz und Inhaltsvalidität als besondere Herausforderung in der kulturvergleichenden Forschung (W. Aschauer) |
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