Workshop in International Survey Methods
The LAPOP Lab is a center for excellence in international survey research, located at Vanderbilt University. The lab’s main goals are to produce high-quality public opinion data; develop and implement cutting-edge methods; build capacity in survey research; and generate policy-relevant research.
To support advances in survey methodology, the lab hosts workshops that aim to bring together faculty, students, and other researchers to exchange ideas about topics in survey research.
Our flagship series is the Workshop on International Survey Methods (WISM). This workshop features survey experts from around the world who deliver presentations on cutting-edge methodology, with a focus on research in international contexts. The series is intentionally trans-institutional, engaging scholarship from multiple disciplines, and virtual, allowing participation from researchers across the globe.
Each workshop begins with a 30-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute Q&A. For the 2023-24 academic year, all talks will be given via Zoom on Wednesdays at 11 am CT.
If you would like to sign up for the mailing list where Zoom invitations are sent, please fill out the form linked here.
Spring 2024
Date: 1/31/2024 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: The Geography of Racially Polarized Voting: Calibrating Surveys at the District Level
Presenters: Shiro Kuriwaki (Yale)
Video link: (coming soon)
Date: 2/28/2024 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: Improving Representation of Harder-to-Reach Groups in CATI Surveys: Evidence from Seven Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Presenters: Charles Lau (GeoPoll)
Video link: (coming soon)
Date: 3/20/2024 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: Evaluating a Two-stage Qualitative Research Approach to Improve Locally Relevant Food Security and Resilience Measures: Lessons Learned from Uganda and Kenya
Presenters: Caroline Deschak, Julie de Jong, Monica Kothari, Lwendo Moonzwe (ICF International)
Video link: (coming soon)
Date: 4/24/2024 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: Exploring the nuances of democratic ideals: Insights from a semantic clustering analysis in Chile
Presenters: Ricardo Gonzalez and Sergio Chaigneau (University Adolfo Ibanez, Chile)
Video link: (coming soon)
Fall 2023
Date: 9/27/2023 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: A comparative perspective on Gender identity questions
Presenters: Valerie Schweizer-Robinson (LAPOP Lab) & Quinn Albaugh (C-Dem)
Date: 10/18/2023 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: The Evolution of Mobile-phone Surveys in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Study of Coverage Structure
Presenters: Mahmoud Elkasabi (RTI International)
Date: 11/8/2023 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: From Stories to Models: Eliciting Culturally Determined Knowledge from Hyperlocal Populations using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Presenters: Clifford Zinnes (NORC at the University of Chicago), Santadarshan Sadhu (NORC), Peter Revay (Two Six Technologies), Rebecca Myhre (Two Six), James Gentile (Two Six)
Spring 2023
Date: 1/18/2023 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: Asking about Violence: Evidence and Transparency in research ethics
Presenters: Lauren Young (UC - Davis) and Hannah Baron (Brown).
Date: 2/15/2023 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: Natural Language Processing Methods for Open-ended Survey Responses: The case of the 'most important national problem'
Presenters: Sarah Staveteig Ford, US Department of State
Date: 3/22/2023 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: Mode effects: a within-subject exploration
Presenters: Carmen Le Foulon, CEP Chile
Date: 4/19/2023 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: An Exploration of Digital Trace Data Quality
Presenters: Alexandru Cernat, University of Manchester
Fall 2022
Date: 9/21/2022 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: Sabbath Surveys and Political Attitude in Israel
Presenters: Dr. Hannah Ridge, University of Chicago
Date: 10/19/2022 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: Multinomial Probit Estimation for Electoral Research
Presenters: Dr. Chris Achen (Princeton) and Dr. Won-ho Park (Seoul National)
Date: 11/16/2022 at 11:00 AM CT
Title: Sensitivity Analysis for Survey Weights
Presenters: Erin Hartman and Melody Huang, UC - Berkeley
Spring 2022
Date: 2/9/2022 at 10:00 AM CT
Title: Living Standards Measurement Study: an Overview and Future Priorities in Survey Methods
Presenters: Dr. Gero Carletto, World Bank
Date: 3/2/2022 at 10:00 AM CT
Title: Mode Effects on Sensitive Questions: Evidence from Arab Barometer Surveys
Presenters: Dr. Michael Robbins, Arab Barometer, Princeton University
Date: 3/30/2022 at 10:00 AM CT
Title: Policy analysis during COVID-19: creative approaches to collecting data in sub-Saharan Africa during the pandemic
Presenters: Dr. Sarah Hughes, Mathematica Policy Research
Date: 4/20/2022 at 10:00 AM CT
Title: The Impact of Response Styles on Subjective Socioeconomic Status in Cross-national Research
Presenters: Julie de Jong, University of Michigan
Fall 2021
Date: 10/6/2021 at 10:00 AM CT
Title: Survey Research Comparing the Results of Experiments Across Countries: Surprising Evidence about International Differences and about the Reliability of Scientific Evidence
Presenter: Dr. Jon Krosnick, Stanford University
Date: 11/10/2021 at 10:00 AM CT
Title: Dialing into phone: Polling opportunities and challenges during the pandemic
Presenter: Patrick Moynihan, Pew Research
Date: 12/15/2021 at 10:00 AM CT
Title: Survey and Data Science: Lessons Learned from World‘s Largest Survey on COVID-19
Presenters: Dr. Frauke Kreuter, University of Maryland, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (Munich)