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Survey Methodology Summer School 2024 jointly organised by the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) and the Centre for Social Informatics will take place from Monday the 1st of July 2024 until Wednesday the 3rd of July 2024 at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The Centre for Social Informatics hosted Prof. Dr. Kelly Quinn from May 13 to 15. Her research focuses on the ways in which new communication platforms, such as social media and smart speakers, intersect with privacy and life stage.

This week, members of the Centre for Social Informatics travelled to Bergamo for a partnership meeting of the Greene 4.0 project.

The conversation on gender violence against women isn't new, but its online dimension brought it into sharper focus in recent years. From receiving offensive and sexually explicit messages to enduring public shaming and threats, women may face many challenges in the online sphere.

The Conference brought together stakeholders, competent authorities, experts, and advocates in the field to reflect on the project's outcomes, share experiences and discuss further strategies to combat gender-based cyberviolence.

Luka Štrlekar (Master's student of Applied Statistics) and Vasja Vehovar, PhD (UL FDV) developed SurveyWeightingGUI: an open source application (programming language R) for weighting survey data.

The Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) has launched a new project "Analysis of online hate speech and disinformation in Slovenia and development of a proposal for action" in partnership with The Peace Institute. CSI's side of the project is led by Vasja Vehovar, PhD while the project as a whole is coordinated by Veronika Bajt, PhD at The Peace Institute.

Vasja Vehovar, PhD and Luka Štrlekar published the article "When to conduct student evaluation of teaching surveys: before or after the final examination?" in the American journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education.

The Internet Research programme group was ranked as one of the most successful programme groups in the call for funding for ARIS research programmes at the University of Ljubljana, and thus received the highest possible increase in funding.

The Centre for Social Informatics has launched a new project "Assessing and Modelling Unit Nonresponse Bias in Probability-Based Web Surveys" led by Gregor Čehovin, PhD.