Doc. dr. Sara Atanasova
1. Online health communities and online support groups: participation and interaction patterns, empowerment process, different types of users (patients, caregivers, health professional moderators), online social support exchange, structural characteristics of online communities/groups (formation of rules, moderation, norms, sanctions)
2. Doctor-patient interaction and impact of ICT: trust in doctor, empowerment in doctor-patient relationship, decision-making process, adherence, access to health care services
3. Online health related seeking behaviour, e-health literacy, trust in health-related information, credibility of information and strategies for assessing credibility of information
4. Use of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods in contexts of online (health) communities and online support groups
Zn. sod. dr. Barbara Brečko
Topics in the field of digital technology use among young people: digital competences, risky use, social media, safe use, etc. and digital citizenship:
1. Risky/problematic use of digital technologies among young people: prevalence, risk factors and consequences. (Data already collected)
2. Measuring digital competences: analysis of existing methods, methodological approaches to measuring digital competences, etc.
3. Digital citizenship among young people: being online, well-being online, rights online. (Data already collected)
4. Digital well-being among young people: the relationship between technology use and health, well-being and social relationships.
5. Disinformation, cyberbullying, online rights and other domains of digital citizenship. (Data already collected)
Doc. dr. Marjan Cugmas
1. Network analysis (application of blockmodeling, ERGM, SAOM, and other methods for network analysis), multivariate analysis, SEM, GLM, data visualisation
2. Patterns and mechanisms of scientific collaboration in the context of doctoral student supervision (analysis of already collected survey data; in Slovene)
3. Evaluation of selected aspects of the online counselling service (only in Slovene language)
4. Social support (as an independent topic or in the context of generative artificial intelligence as a source of social support), with an emphasis on methodological and statistical aspects
5. Use of Monte Carlo simulations for the evaluation of statistical methods
Doc. dr. Gregor Čehovin
1. Predictors of nonresponse and breakoffs in web surveys
2. Response quality in online panels
3. Question format and response quality in surveys across devices
Izr. prof. dr. Vesna Dolničar
1. Acceptability of ICT-supported services among older people, informal carers and patients in health and social care settings
2. Psychosocial outcomes of using ICT-supported services among older people, informal carers and patients in health and social care settings
3. The use of AI in long-term care for older adults
4. Factors influencing the acceptance of social robots among older adults
Doc. Dr. Darja Grošelj
1. Motivational factors of everyday life internet use (possible comparison 2018 – 2025) / technology use
2. Digital inequalities & use of generative AI (motivation, access, skills, use, outcomes)
3. Everyday practices of generative AI use (qualitative)
4. Non-use and refusal of generative AI: Understanding the factors behind resistance to adoption
5. Factors influencing the adoption and use of emerging technologies (e.g. IoT and wearable technologies, smart home technologies, VR/AR, agentic AI, etc.)
6. Understanding user perceptions of value in emerging technology adoption
7. Employee perceptions and experiences of generative AI in Slovenian SMEs
8. How generative AI transforms work processes: A case-study of Slovenian SME
9. How Slovenian SMEs train and support employees in the adoption of generative AI tools
Prof. dr. Valentina Hlebec
1. Comparison of offline and online focus groups in survey questionnaire testing
2. Methodological aspects of the use of focus groups among older adults
3. Methodological factors of quality of role generators in social support surveys
4. Informal caring and social support and quality of life
Prof. dr. Tina Kogovšek
1. Measurement in survey research
2. Measuring social networks
3. Social support
4. Quality of measurement (reliability, validity)
5. Intimate lifestyles of students in Slovenia (partnerships, practices, attitudes, health)
Izr. prof. dr. Luka Kronegger
1. Topics in the field of sociology of science: scientific cooperation, bibliographic analyses, citation networks
2. Topics related to the activities of stakeholders that are active in the field of childhood obesity or aging (analysis)
3. Analysis of any network (at student’s choice) - stochastic modelling of social processes as building mechanisms of social networks
4. Alternatives - overcoming the monopolies of tech giants and digital sovereignty
5. Data governance
6. Usage of different approaches to analysing and collecting/harvesting data from the web
Izr. prof. dr. Bojana Lobe
1. Online expert interviews: methodological challenges
2. Comparison of the use of online and traditional qualitative expert interviews
3. Data quality in the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods
4. Methodological challenges of video online focus groups
5. Comparison of online dyad interviews and focus groups
Izr. prof. dr. Katja Lozar Manfreda
1. Quality of big data in comparison to survey data
2. Use of gen AI in survey research
3. Use of gen AI in teaching statistics, in statistical analysis
4. Use of gen AI in social science survey research
5. Methodology of web surveys
Prof. dr. Andrej Mrvar
1. Analysis of any large network
Prof. dr. Gregor Petrič
1. Generative artificial inteligence in everyday life: cognitive offloading, relationships, identity, and knowledge.
2. AI agents and simulations of social processes in online communities (Multi-agent AI infrastructure is already in place; Possibility of collaboration with a company specializing in AI architecture).
3. Communication quality, moderation, and group dynamics in digital social systems.
4. Cybersecurity topics: e-health and information security; online victimization of elder adults (65+), employees’ information security behaviors (data for some of these topics already collected)
5. Measuring social phenomena: IRT approach
6. Blockchain, decentralization, and trust: social informatics perspectives on Web3
Izr. prof. dr. Andraž Petrovčič
1. Heuristic analysis as an expert method for usability evaluation (historical overview, conceptual and analytical approaches to the development and use of heuristics, forms and methods of heuristics validation)
2. Usability testing of menus on responsive websites (comparison of websites on large and small screens)
3. Information privacy among older adults in the context of (non)use of new technologies (e.g., internet, mobile applications, AI tools, services for independent living at home) (qualitative data already collected and available for analysis)
4. Factors, forms, and consequences of proxy internet use among internet users and non-users (empirical data already collected and available for analysis)
5. Algorithmic literacy: conceptualisation, determinants, consequences (empirical data already collected and available for analysis)
6. Conversational chatbots as virtual companions: factors, processes, implications for individuals
7. The role of information privacy concerns in the use of generative AI tools
8. Measuring AI literacy among individuals: validation of survey scales
9. Analysis and optimization of conversion and purchase funnels on websites (candidates must have access to their own data in Google Analytics 4)
Izr. prof. dr. Damjan Škulj
1. Use of methods for analysing waiting times (in health, public administration, etc.)
2. Data analytics in use (smart cities, telecommunications, sales, e-commerce, insurance business, etc.)
3. Use of Markov chains in social sciences (social mobility, social networks, etc.)
4. Recommender systems in various areas (tourism, sales, online dating, etc.)
5. Use of decision making according to several criteria (ecology, urban planning, energy, etc.)
6. Applications of text mining (Twitter, news articles, etc.)
7. Applications of language models OpenAI in social science research
Prof. dr. Vasja Vehovar
1. Online surveys: statistical, methodological, technical, usability and marketing aspects (various topics).
2. Standardized profile of ICT usage for the needs of online panels (co-mentor Zenel Batagelj, Valicon)
3. A comparison of probabilistic and non-probabilistic online panels
4. Speeders in online surveys
5. Evaluation and development of the 1KA.si tool (various topics)
6. Empirical analysis of hate speech and disinformation (based on data from the ARIS CRP project)
7. Student evaluation surveys (various topics)
8. Online voting tools
Prof. dr Aleš Žiberna
1. Anything related to clustering units in networks (especially blockmodeling, e.g. comparison of different approaches, evaluations, applications).
2. Building and analyzing networks based on available data or data sources (e.g., social network APIs)
3. Evaluation of the use of large language models to prepare text-based networks, say news.
4. Other topics in the field of network analysis
5. Use of simulations for analyzing statistical methods or for preparing recommendations regarding their use
6. Creation of a package for R for one of the poorly supported statistical methods (for example, clustering with relational constraint)
7. Improving options for a chosen multivariate method in SPSS through the development of an SPSS extension ("Extension")
8. Anything where the focus is on the use of multivariate methods, data mining methods, or network analysis (can be under co-mentorship or as a co-mentor).
9. Development of a web application in the field of statistics or data analysis (e.g., for results of certain queries, for learning statistics, for interactive display of results of a specific study, data sets ... for example from ADP), recommended use of the Shiny/Shiny server package (R), a combination of Python + pandas + Dash/Plotly or Python + pandas + Shiny is also possible.
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