COST: WEBDATANET
28.04.11
The Cost (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), an intergovernmental framework for European cooperation in science and technology, in the year 2011 launched the project WEBDATANET.
The official launch in Slovenia will be in June 2011, in the project also are participating members of the Center for social informatics and center for methodology and informatics, dr. Vasja Vehovar, dr. Katja Lozar Manfreda, assist. Nejc Berzelak and assist. Ana Slavec.
Web-based data collection (surveys, experimenting, testing, non-reactive data collection, and mobile Internet research) is/will become important for all social science fields.
WEBDATANET will benefit from communication throughout the social sciences by establishing a network bringing together social scientists, survey and web-based data collection experts, and data users. It will tackle several web-based data collection problems and discuss scientific validity by using different data sources, such as existing web-surveys, social networks, and other web 2.0 technologies.
WEBDATANET will generate innovative ideas, address the latest technological options, synergise knowledge, foster the drafting of cross-national research proposals, and provide new tools and guidance for researchers, official bodies, and statistical institutes.
WEBDATANET will promote web-based data usage in the EU by supplying web-based teaching and discussion platforms, disseminating findings, and organizing conferences, working groups, and research exchanges. It will contribute to the theoretical foundation of web-based data collection, stimulate its integration into the entire research process (e-science), and enhance its credibility in the name of public interest.
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