[DDI-users] CfP: Metadata session at 5th Biennial ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference 2016 in Sydney

Wackerow, Joachim Joachim.Wackerow at gesis.org
Mon Nov 9 16:47:33 EST 2015


**apologies for cross-posting**

Call for papers:
Session on "The Role and Benefit of Metadata Capture, Discovery and Harmonization in Survey Research"
at the 5th Biennial ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference 2016

ACSPRI - Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated
Theme: Social science in Australia: 40 years on
Conference dates: Tuesday July 19 - Friday July 22, 2016
Venue: The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Session description
This session invites presentations dealing with structured metadata in a standardized form across the data life-cycle: case studies, systems and tools for i.e. instrument design, data entry, data processing, maintaining data documentation, and capturing and storing the metadata within a repository for later re-use. Capturing metadata as early on in the survey life-cycle as possible in a structured way enhances transparency and quality, supports harmonization and comparison of studies, and enables reproducible research and reuse of survey components for other waves or surveys. Metadata management can be seen as an integrated part of the survey research process. A wide range of different products and services for different audiences can be generated on the basis of metadata like web-based information systems, traditional codebooks, command setups for statistical packages, question banks, and searching and locating of data.  Papers are invited on, but not limited to, the following topics: reuse of metadata across space, time, and studies, metadata banks such as for questions and classifications, and metadata-driven information systems, possibly using DDI Lifecycle (Data Documentation Initiative). The session is aimed at survey designers and implementers, data and metadata managers, information system managers of cross-national surveys, metadata experts, and others.


>From the Conference Convenor:

The call for abstracts of papers and/or full papers will close on Friday March 4, 2016. Abstract acceptance notification will be by Thursday March 24, 2016. Full paper acceptance/notification will be by Friday April 29, 2016 after a peer review process.

Registration opens Friday March 4, 2016. The early bird registration deadline is May 31, 2016.

The Australian Consortium of Social and Political Research Incorporated (ACSPRI) will host it's 5th Social Science Methodology Conference on the 19th-22nd of July at The University of Sydney. To mark the 40th anniversary of the incorporation of ACSPRI the theme of the conference is Social science in Australia: 40 years on.

We think this is a fitting time to reflect on how social science internationally and nationally has changed over this 40 year period and to reflect also, on where we are now and what the future might hold. One of the challenges in the social science methods space is it's dynamic nature. Given this and the need to keep abreast of changes and innovation, this conference provides the opportunity to reflect on where we've come from, highlight where we are and imagine our future as social scientists.

A unique feature of this conference is that it is multi-disciplinary and brings together researchers and methodologists from a range of environments and contexts.
With a focus on the past, present and future the conference is organised around four themes:

1.      Research paradigms and designs;

2.      Research methods and techniques;

3.      Research technology and tools;

4.      Datasets, data collections and data archiving.

There will be two types of papers:

1.      Work in progress papers where an abstract is reviewed (abstract in the conference proceedings). Abstracts should be submitted even if a full paper is also submitted since abstracts will be reviewed and notifications sent first.

2.      Full paper where the full paper is blind peer reviewed (full paper published in the final conference proceedings).

Please note you are not required to submit a full paper for this conference.  This is optional.


*        Details of sessions are available here: https://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/conf/conference2016/schedConf/trackPolicies

*        Abstracts for papers will only be accepted through the online submission form available here: https://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/conf/conference2016/schedConf/cfp

*        The conference website provides information about the conference, including key dates and deadlines, registration fees and submission guidelines available here: https://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/conf/conference2016


If you would like to discuss your proposal prior to submission please contact me.

Joachim Wackerow

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GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Department: Monitoring Society and Social Change
Team: Social Science Metadata Standards
Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
Postal address: P.O. Box 122155, 68072 Mannheim, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)621 1246 262
Fax: +49 (0)621 1246 100
E-mail: joachim.wackerow at gesis.org<mailto:joachim.wackerow at gesis.org>
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