Centre for Social Informatics

News

1KA application at the exhibition Achievements of the University of Ljubljana Through the Eyes of Artists

The University of Ljubljana recently launched an exhibition in Tivoli titled Achievements of the University of Ljubljana Through the Eyes of Artists. Within the Faculty of Social Sciences, the exhibition also includes the 1KA application.

14. November 2023 | News

Presentation at the AoIR23 conference

Jošt Bartol, member of the Centre for Social Informatics participated in the virtual conference of the Association for Internet Researchers (AoIR). He presented two original contributions which were prepared together with his co-authors dr. Andraž Petrovčič, dr. Marina Trkman, dr. Bianca C. Reisdorf and dr. Vasja Vehovar

8. November 2023 | News

Researchers at Centre for Social Informatics published an article in the journal Telematics and Informatics

Jošt Bartol, Dr. Vasja Vehovar, and Dr. Andraž Petrovčič published an original research article “Systematic review of survey scales measuring information privacy concerns on social network sites” in Telematics and Informatics, a top-tier journal in the field of social informatics.

10. October 2023 | News, Publications

Online panels and combined survey modes 2023

On September 28th 2023, the Centre for Social Informatics held the annual conference on Online panels and combined survey modes (Spletni paneli in kombinirani načini anketiranja - SPIKNA) in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health and the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.

29. September 2023 | 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 2015, the CSI has been granted with the research programme “Internet Research”, directed by prof. Vasja Vehovar, PhD, which investigates the Internet as an object and as a tool for social science research.

Head of CSI: Vasja Vehovar, PhD

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Recent publications

Researchers at Centre for Social Informatics published an article in the journal Telematics and Informatics

10. October 2023 | News, Publications

Researchers at the Centre for Social Informatics published an article in the journal Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Jošt Bartol, Dr. Vasja Vehovar, and Dr. Andraž Petrovčič in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Michael Bosnjak published an original research article "Privacy concerns and self-efficacy in e-commerce: Testing an extended APCO model in a prototypical EU country" in Electronic Commerce Research and Applications.

18. July 2023 | News, Publications

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Social media and events

National projects

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 >>

Evaluating probability and nonprobability online panels. More >>

Probability web panels in national statistics for persons and households. More >>

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

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

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

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International projects

CYBERSAFE MOOC - Main objective is to bring together experts in the field of online violence and gender inequalities to develop educational materials. 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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ITHACA - The project ambition is to accelerate the scaling up of smart health and care innovation that can support active and healthy living. More >>

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

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Hotline Spletno oko - Enables Internet users to anonymously report child sexual abuse material they encounter online. More >>

TRACeD - Tackling gender based cyberviolence among adolescent girls and young women. More >>

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Str-ESFRI - Strengthening the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures – ESFRI. More >>

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Highlighted publications

The role of proxy internet use in sequential pathways of digital exclusion : an empirical test of a conceptual model
PETROVČIČ, Andraž, REISDORF, Bianca Christin, PREVODNIK, Katja, GROŠELJ, Darja
Computers in human behavior, 2021.
[Open Access]

Should we be concerned about how information privacy concerns are measured in online contexts? : a systematic review of survey scale development studies
BARTOL, Jošt, VEHOVAR, Vasja, PETROVČIČ, Andraž
Informatics, 2021.
[Open Access]

Measuring internet skills in a general population : a large-scale validation of the short Internet Skills Scale in Slovenia
GROŠELJ, Darja, DEURSEN, Alexander J. A. M. van, DOLNIČAR, Vesna, BURNIK, Tomaž, PETROVČIČ, Andraž
The Information society : an international journal, 2021.
[Open Access]

Enhancing sociality, self-presentation, and play: a case study of digital scenarios among schoolchildren in an epidemic context
OBLAK ČRNIČ, Tanja, BREČKO, Barbara
Information, Communication & Society, 2021.
[Open Access]

Re-domestication of Internet technologies : digital exclusion or digital choice?
GROŠELJ, Darja
Journal of computer-mediated communication, 2021.
[Open Access]

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, 2021.
[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, 2020.
[Google Scholar]

Methodological issues when interpreting changes in social phenomena over time : perceptions of relative difference, absolute difference, and time distance
PREVODNIK, Katja, VEHOVAR Vasja
Sociological methods & research, 2020
[Open Access] [Google Scholar]

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

CSI Paper Series

Bibliography (June 2022)

Research and expertise

BETTER INTERNET

Cyberbullying prevention
Countering child abuse online
Internet addiction prevention
Improvement of digital literacy and etiquette
Preventing gender-based cyberviolence

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 and mobile usability
Designing for Older Adults
User-centered design

Members

Head:
Vasja Vehovar

Deputy Head:

Barbara Brečko

Associate members:

Katja Prevodnik
Jaroslav Berce