Planning Committee Meeting, January 2025

AGENDA

Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025

09:00 – 10:00 Welcome and Updates 

• Project Calendar 
• Data Releases – Recent and Upcoming 
• Klingemann Prize – Competition and Reception Location 
• Oxford University Press Book Series 

10:30 – 11:45 Content Subcommittee 

• Additional ideas received 
• Potential theme for Module 7 
• Initial Discussion 

13:00 – 14:00 Outreach and Expansion Subcommittee 

• Seed Grants – Application Process, Awards So Far 

14:30 – 15:30 Recruitment 

• Updated collaborator list for Module 6 
• Additional Countries to Approach 
• Recruitment Conferences 

16:15 Public Event: Keynote and Reception  

 “Mitigating Online Political Harms: Lessons from Experimental Studies” Keynote Lecture by Professor Joshua Tucker, followed by a reception Hosted by the Voting & Democracy Research Group at KU Leuven 

Abstract: It seems that almost as soon as we became aware of the  potential for online harms in the political realm, people have been  proposing potential mitigation strategies. Social scientists can play a  very important role here by employing our methodological training to  assess the effectiveness of such interventions. In his keynote address,  Tucker will argue that after a decade of research in this regard, we need to have renewed appreciation for the importance of such intervention  testing work, as we have repeatedly learned that not all interventions  work as one would expect – and in some cases even have the opposite  effect from the one intended. The address will highlight multiple examples of these types of findings from Tucker’s prior research and  will conclude with a look forward to the lessons we should be learning  from these experiences as we think about the growing intersection of  Generative AI and the online digital information ecosystem. 

Friday, Jan. 24, 2025

09:00 – 10:00 Data Dissemination Subcommittee 

• Review of Ideas and Specifications 
• Prototype of Data Playground 
• Timeline, and Consultant Job Description 

10:30 – 12:00 Funding 

• GESIS agreement and funding 
• U.S. National Science Foundation proposal 

13:00 – 14:00 Content Subcommittee 

14:00 – 15:30 Various Discussion Items 

• Whether to continue election study descriptions in codebook 
• Gender response/harmonization categories 
• Study name 

Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025

09:00 – 10:00 Design Report and Code Repository Subcommittee

• Decision on whether to Pursue a Repository or Not 

• Brainstorming Criteria for Evaluating Non-Probability Surveys 

10:30 – 12:00 Follow-up Items 

• Subcommittee responsibilities from here 
• Additional Subcommittee Discussion as Needed 
• Individual initiatives suggested at Lisbon meeting 
• Next meetings, locations 
• Debriefing and thank you