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Invitation to the Webinar: Click off Cyber Violence

We have a pleasure of inviting you to the virtual High-level Webinar BUILDING SAFE DIGITAL SPACES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS – CLICK OFF CYBER VIOLENCE! The seminar will take place on Thursday, 25 November 2021, 10.00 –12.30 CET.

17. November 2021 | News

Presentation of a research paper on the AoIR virtual conference

Members of the Centre for Social Informatics (Jošt Bartol, Dr. Vasja Vehovar and Dr. Andraž Petrovčič) participated in the virtual conference of the Association for Internet Researchers (AoIR), which took place from 12 to 15 October. They presented an original contribution titled “The quality of survey scales for measuring information privacy concerns on social network sites”.

22. October 2021 | News

ITHACA Project Final Conference

The final conference of ITHACA project in September 2021 marked the end of the five-year Interreg Europe project. Five years ago, partners from nine regions in Europe set out to adapt their health and care policies and find new solutions to support active and healthy aging for the growing population of older adults.

20. October 2021 | News

Erasmus+ workshop on teachers competence about cyber violence against girls

As part of the Erasmus+ project “Building Teachers’ Competence about Cyber Violence against Girls”, we organized a multiplier event — a workshop with teachers and other educational professionals. The event took place at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences on 24th of September 2021.

29. September 2021 | News

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About the centre

The Centre for Social Informatics (CSI), established in 2011, currently includes 26 researchers. Their research fields refer to web survey methodology and the use of digital technology in social science data collection in general, safe use of the Internet, digital inequality, eHealth and eCare.

Researchers at CSI are one of the world’s leading groups in the area of the web survey methodology. They have published numerous scientific articles and developed a tool for creating and managing web surveys EnKlikAnketa (OneClickSurvey: http://english.1ka.si/).

In 2015, they gathered their scientific findings in the Web survey methodology book (Callegaro, Lozar Manfreda and Vehovar) published by Sage.

Since January 2015, the CSI has been granted with the research programme “Internet Research”, directed by prof. Vasja Vehovar, PhD, which aims to investigate the Internet as an object and as a tool for social science research.

Head of CSI: Vasja Vehovar, PhD

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E-mail: cdi@fdv.uni-lj.si, Tel: +386 1 5805 286

Recent publications

The mediating role of proxy internet use on internet skills, uses and outcomes

The research group of the Centre for Social Informatics (CDI) with dr. Andraž Petrovčič, dr. Katja Prevodnik, and dr. Darja Grošelj, in collaboration with with dr. Bianca C. Reisdorf (Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA) published an article in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, titled »The role of proxy internet use in sequential pathways of digital exclusion: An empirical test of a conceptual model«.

16. November 2021 | Publications

Dr. Barbara N. Brečko published an article in the journal Information, Communication & Society

Dr. Barbara N. Brečko, a member of the Center for Social Informatics, and Dr. Tanja Oblak Črnič, a member of the Center for Social Communication Research, published an article in the journal Information, Communication & Society entitled "Enhancing sociality, self-presentation, and play: a case study of digital scenarios among schoolchildren in an epidemic context."

12. November 2021 | Publications

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National projects

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OneClickSurvey – An open source application for creating, conducting and analyzing online surveys. The use is free of charge. More >>

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Internet research - Research programme that covers the Internet as a research object and the Internet as a tool for social science research. More >>

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UL student's surveys – Conducting of student's surveys at University of Ljubljana to evaluate the courses, professors and to measure the general satisfaction of students. More >>

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Factors impacting intention to use smart technology enabled care services among family carers of older people in the context of long-distance care - More >>

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Understanding and analysis of users' needs for the development of e-services for integrated social and health care in the aging society - More >>

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Using paradata to evaluate response quality in surveys - Addresses data quality of computer assisted surveys. More>>

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Integration of mobile devices into survey research in social sciences: Development of a comprehensive methodological approach. More >>

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The Implications of Proxy Internet Use for the Internet Skills of Older Adults. More >>

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New technologies, new inequalities? Theoretical and empirical investigation of the role of mobile Internet access in differential engagement with online services. More >>

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International projects

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CYBERSAFE - Project deals with cyber violence against woman and girls. More >>

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CYBERVAW - The objectives of the project are to raise awareness, combat gender stereotypes, prevent, reduce and change attitudes towards cyber violence and harassment against girls and women in Slovenia. More >>

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D-CARE - A main objective is to improve the skills and develop, validate and scale up smart solutions that will strengthen and integrate the regional social and healthcare systems in Danube regions.. More >>

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CYBERVAG - Main objective is to bring together experts in the field of online violence and gender inequalities to develop educational materials. More >>

i-evAALution - integrating and evaluating AAL solutions. More >>

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BEHAVE - SEE beyond Hate: Learning and Acting to Counter Hate Speech Online in South East Europe. More >>

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ITHACA - Project involves 9 European regions with a shared ambition to accelerate the scaling up of smart health and care innovation that can support active and healthy living. More >>

Safe.Si - Awareness project about safer internet usage and safe usage of all other new technologies. More >>

Hotline Spletno oko - Enables internet users anonymous report of hate speech and child sexual abuse images while they come across online. More >>

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Highlighted publications

Going online on behalf of someone else : characteristics of Internet users who act as proxy users
REISDORF, Bianca Christin, PETROVČIČ, Andraž, GROŠELJ, Darja
New media & society, 2020.
[Post-print] [Google Scholar]

Social informatics research : schools of thought, methodological basis, and thematic conceptualization
SMUTNY, Zdenek, VEHOVAR, Vasja
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2019.
[Open Access] [Google Scholar]

Web versus other survey modes : an updated and extended meta-analysis comparing response rates
DAIKELER, Jessica, BOŠNJAK, Michael, LOZAR MANFREDA, Katja
Journal of survey statistics and methodology, 2019.
[Google Scholar]

Robot acceptance model for care (RAM-care) : a principled approach to the intention to use care robots
TURJA, Tuuli, AALTONEN, Iina, TAIPALE, Sakari, OKSANEN, Atte
Information & Management, 2020.
[Google Scholar]

Improving the measurement of older adults' mobile device proficiency : results and implications from a study of older adult smartphone users
PETROVČIČ, Andraž, BOOT, Walter Richard, BURNIK, Tomaž, DOLNIČAR, Vesna
IEEE access, 2019.
[Open Access] [Google Scholar]

Predictors of seniors' interest in assistive applications on smartphones : evidence from a population-based survey in Slovenia
PETROVČIČ, Andraž, PEEK, Sebastiaan, DOLNIČAR, Vesna
International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019.
[Open Access] [Google Scholar]

Oblike in dejavniki dostopa do interneta v Sloveniji
GROŠELJ, Darja, MATJAŠIČ, Miha
Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja, 2019.
[Open Access] [Google Scholar]

Smart but not adapted enough : heuristic evaluation of smartphone launchers with an adapted interface and assistive technologies for older adults
PETROVČIČ, Andraž, ROGELJ, Ajda, DOLNIČAR, Vesna
Computers in human behavior, 2018.
[Google Scholar]

Design of mobile phones for older adults : an empirical analysis of design guidelines and checklists for feature phones and smartphones
PETROVČIČ, Andraž, TAIPALE, Sakari, ROGELJ, Ajda, DOLNIČAR, Vesna
International journal of human-computer interaction, 2018.
[Google Scholar]

Meta-Analyses in Survey Methodology: A Systematic Review

ČEHOVIN, Gregor, BOSNJAK, Michael, LOZAR MANFREDA, Katja
Public Opinion Quarterly, 2018.
[Post-print] [Google Scholar]

Web survey methodology
CALLEGARO, Mario, LOZAR MANFREDA, Katja, VEHOVAR, Vasja
Sage, 2015.
[Google Scholar]

Bibliography (December 2020)

Research and expertise

BETTER INTERNET

Cyberbullying prevention
Countering child abuse online
Countering hate speech
Internet addiction prevention
Improvement of digital literacy and etiquette

INTERNET SOCIETY

Social informatics
Information society policymaking
Internet of Things
Active assisted living
eCare & eHealth services
ICTs in education

DIGITAL INEQUALITY

ICT and elderly
ICT and youth
Measuring the digital divide and skills
Digital and social inclusion
Information society indicators

SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY

Web survey methodology
Social science statistics
Survey methods
Mixed-mode survey designs
New technologies in social science research
Mobile research
Data science

WEB SERVICES

Social media
Social network sites
Serious games
E-learning
E-management

USER EXPERIENCE

Human-computer interaction
Web usability
Mobile usability
Designing for Older Adults
User-centered design