2020 Vision: Concise Results from the European Social Survey |
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| Coordinator 1 | Mr Stefan Swift (European Social Survey, City, University of London) |
To mitigate against long and overcomplicated conference presentations, I propose a mixed methodology and substantive session that will feature up to six speakers presenting for a relatively short amount of time. The session is inspired by a format of presentation - PechaKucha - created in 2003 by Tokyo based-architects, Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein.
Papers will be invited from a carefully chosen selection of speakers who have the ability to meet the requirements of the presentation format. Ideally, the session will include a balanced mix of substantive and methodological presentations, based on data from the European Social Survey and other sources, where relevant. Each speaker will be allocated 10 minutes for their presentations with time for questions.
Substantive papers that will be invited will look to cover diverse topics such as political participation and political trust of natives and immigrants; attitudes towards climate change and welfare - fielded in Round 8 (2016/17) of the European Social Survey; and the effect of media coverage on survey responses.
Methodology papers that will be invited will look to cover how to include institutionalised populations in social surveys; mitigating for measurement error; the future of fieldwork collection modes; and social desirability bias. Other substantive or methodological topics will be considered following the open call for papers.
As session organiser, I will encourage paper submissions to the session, review these proposals, liaise with presenters, liaise with conference organisers and chair the session during the conference. Whilst most conference sessions tend to include no more than four presentations, this format dictates that the session should include up to five speakers in an hour long session.
Significant time and effort will be allocated to assisting speakers in preparing for what will be a challenging task, especially if some of the topics covered include complicated theoretical concepts, in such as short amount of time. Examples of short presentations are available on the PechaKucha website, and this will be an invaluable resource.
Invited speakers will also be encouraged to use unconventional presentation software, such as Prezi or LaTeX.