Events

New Conference Presentation: Alexander Wuttke presents shared work with Andreas Jungherr and Harald Schoen. "Measuring effects of interest groups? Mailings in survey experiments and in the field". Paper presented at the 75th National Conference, Midwest Political Science Association, 6.-9. April, Chicago, IL.

New Conference Presentation: Andras Jungherr presents his work on "The context-dependent importance of data driven campaigning." as part of the Stanford-LUISS conference on ”Cross-National Perspectives on Digital Democracy”, 6.-7. April, Rom.

New Interview: "Segen und Fluch: Soziale Medien als Informationsquelle." of Andras Jungherr for Deutschlandfunk: Lebenszeit.

www.deutschlandfunk.de/segen-und-fluch-soziale-medien-als-informationsquelle.1176.de.html

New Quote: The article "How the Internet Threatens Democracy." in the The New York Times quotes Andreas Jungherr.

www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/opinion/how-the-internet-threatens-democracy.html

The new three-year project on Modeling Early Risk Indicators to Anticipate Malnutrition (MERIAM) funded by Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DFID) the kicks-off this week with a two-day workshop at Johns Hopkins University.

Karsten Donnay will present three ongoing paper projects at the upcoming International Studies Association Conference in Baltimore Maryland that are co-authored with collaborators in the U.S. The conference will take place from Feb. 22 to 25.

Theresa Küntzler's article "Using Data Combination of Fundamental Variable-Based Forecasts and Poll-Based Forecasts to Predict the 2013 German Election" forthcoming in German Politics presents an election forecasting approach predicting the vote share of the governing coalition in the federal elections in 2013.

The website provides a comprehensive overview of the joint research and teaching activities at the newfound Center for Data and Methods (CDM). The center brings together four methodologically oriented professorships in the Department of Politics and Public Adminstration.

New Publication: Andras Jungherr reviews Eitan D. Hersh’s "Hacking the Electorate: How Campaigns Perceive Voters“ in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19331681.2016.1275999