We invite all members – and those interested in our work – to participate in our annual meeting which will be held today at 6:30 pm (CEST) at the IMISCOE Annual Conference in Girona and online (details below, see the program for the Webex link). The meeting is open to all! Please join us!

The #IMISCOE2026 Annual Conference (@imiscoe.bsky.social) has just started. We hope you have a great time in Girona. Don't forget to check the programme for methods-oriented sessions! Currently starting us off is @bircantuba.bsky.social with this great workshop 👇

After a fantastic three-day ride, I arrived in Catalonia yesterday. I'm looking forward to the IMISCOE conference (@imiscoe.bsky.social) that starts later today, anticipating inspiring sessions and great conversations.

Check out the new Meth@Mig blog post “In Praise of Small Cities: Reflections on the Joy and Value of Small-City Fieldwork,” by Nicola Chanamuto. www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...

Don’t miss this upcoming event organized by M. Fathi & A. Veale! 👉 Visual Methods in Migration When: April 1, 2026 (1.00 pm - 4.15 pm) Where: University College Cork & online Info: t1p.de/m9nkg Registration: t1p.de/fhcot Co-hosted by @methatmig.bsky.social y.social & ISS21 at @ucc.ie

📢 UPDATE: Due to recent developments in the region, the 5th Annual Meth@Mig workshop, originally scheduled for March 30-31, 2026, at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Doha, Qatar, has to be postponed. www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo... [1/3]

Last week, the GESIS Panel.dbd Insight Days brought together 18 researchers to explore how web tracking and survey data can be combined for social science research. Over the next two posts, we’ll share key insights from both workshop days. Stay tuned!

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of attending the workshop “Fostering European Identity Through Mobility” at @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social. Many thanks to @nschwitter.bsky.social & A. Wenz for organizing this great event and for inviting me to participate in the panel discussion on Thursday.

Reminder: We are pleased to announce the upcoming BRISPO Lunch Seminar at VUB, where @stpoetzschke.bsky.social will share insights from a decade of meta advertisement-based survey recruitment. Join us tomorrow on December 9th for an engaging lunchtime session! brispo.research.vub.be/en/brispo-lu...

Lunch and Learn? - In the upcoming BRISPO Lunch Seminar @stpoetzschke.bsky.social takes us behind the methods, the applications, and the unexpected pitfalls that a decade of meta advertisement-based survey recruitment can teach us. Join us on December 9th ! brispo.research.vub.be/en/brispo-lu...

Good news for those still working on their submission for our 5th Annual Workshop ➡️ We have extended the submission deadline to November 18, 2025! Find the call and additional info here: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo... #MethAtMigWS #MigrationResearch #ResearchMethods @imiscoe.bsky.social

Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE)@methatmig.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The wait is over! We have published the call for contributions for the 5th Annual Meth@Mig workshop! Visit: t1p.de/ebe7f "Methodological Approaches in Cross-Cultural and Cross-National (Migration) Research" Where?👉Doha (Qatar) When? 👉 2026/03/30-31 Subm. deadline: 2025/11/07 #MethAtMigWS

Don't miss out on Anna Hebel's webinar presentation: The Role of Ad Design: Image Characteristics and Design Formats in Social Media Recruitment is about to start on MS Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/145a60... #SurveyMethodology Learn more about Anna's research: doi.org/10.31219/osf...

GESIS Panel@gesis-panel.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join the Autumn 2025 webinar series “Using Social Media as a Research Tool” on November 4, 3:00 PM (UTC +0) for an exciting presentation by Anna Hebel on "The Role of Ad Design: Image Characteristics and Design Formats in Social Media Recruitment"! Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Are you engaged in cross-national and/or cross-cultural (migration) research and have something to say about relevant methods? Then don't miss out on the Annual Meth@Mig Workshop 2026 in Doha! Submit your abstract by Nov. 7, 2025! Full call: t1p.de/ebe7f

Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE)@methatmig.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The wait is over! We have published the call for contributions for the 5th Annual Meth@Mig workshop! Visit: t1p.de/ebe7f "Methodological Approaches in Cross-Cultural and Cross-National (Migration) Research" Where?👉Doha (Qatar) When? 👉 2026/03/30-31 Subm. deadline: 2025/11/07 #MethAtMigWS

Check out this highly interesting new #openaccess publication by METHatMIG member Eva Fortes: Participatory Concept Calibration - How Quantitative Framing Can Help Elucidate Richer Data in Qualitative Interviews doi.org/10.1177/1609... #MigrationResearch #ResearchMethods

Participatory Concept Calibration: How Quantitative Framing Can Help Elucidate Richer Data in Qualitative Interviews - Eva Fortes, 2025

This article provides new insights into the use of participatory research for concept formation. Specifically, I employ a unique approach that combines capabili...

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📣Deadline extension! Submit your proposals to the 2026 IMISCOE Annual Conference by October 8, 2025! … please do submit your methods-focused proposals and don’t forget to tag our SC during the submission process. www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...

Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE)@methatmig.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🚨It's time to submit your migration research methods papers, panels & workshops for the #IMISCOE 2026 Annual Conference! Please do not forget to “link” your relevant submissions to the Meth@Mig SC during submission. Deadline: September 25, 2025 CfP: www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc... [1/2]

📣 Publication Alert! 📣 Interested in the pros and cons of Meta ad-based survey sampling (of hard-to-reach migrant populations) and looking for an accessible intro? Then this is for you: doi.org/10.1093/jrs/... #MigrationResearch #RefugeeStudies #SurveyResearch #OpenAccess #MetaSampling [1/4]

Magic bullet or questionable remedy? Discussing the use of Meta advertising to recruit hard-to-reach migrants for surveys

Abstract. As the world sees an increase in global migration, it is paramount to collect real-time data on migrants to facilitate their settlement in new co

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The new GESIS Panel.dbd Digital Behavioral Data Sample offers for the second time the opportunity to submit studies: www.gesis.org/en/gesis-pan... Accepted proposals will be fielded in 2026

This news is shocking, yet not entirely surprising. Free speech in the US is dead! Critical reflection is persecuted, while political propaganda is celebrated. #JimmyKimmel eu.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Can we recruit a nonprobability emigrant sample via Facebook and Instagram advertising? Research by @stpoetzschke.bsky.social and @berndweiss.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1186/s408...

🚨It's time to submit your migration research methods papers, panels & workshops for the #IMISCOE 2026 Annual Conference! Please do not forget to “link” your relevant submissions to the Meth@Mig SC during submission. Deadline: September 25, 2025 CfP: www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc... [1/2]

📣 Vacancy for PhD position! 📣 I am looking for a qualitative PhD researcher (3 years, 30 hours/week) to join my ERC project #RESTATE (Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement), starting preferably on 1 January 2026.

📢Publication alert 📢 @berndweiss.bsky.social and my new OA article is out in Comparative Migration Studies: "Surveying Emigrants Worldwide – Using Facebook and Instagram to Recruit Respondents in Cross-National (E)Migration Research" 👉 rdcu.be/ezhZf #MigrationResearch #SurveyResearch [1/5]

Somewhat unexpected, yet for a history nerd, very welcome find in a Utrecht record store. Seems an appropriate conference souvenir to me.

Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning

CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

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Today, I have the pleasure to share at #ESRA2025 some insights from our comparison of a Meta-recruited non-prob and a register-based probability sample of Ukrainian refugees in Germany. Joint work with fantastic GESIS, BIB, BAMF, DIW & IAB colleagues. ⏰ 11:00 - 12:30 🏢 Ruppert 002 t1p.de/5f5ll

I’m looking forward to co-chairing two exciting sessions on mixed mode in panel surveys at #ESRA2025 together with Trisha Hadler this morning. www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conf2025/pro... www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conf2025/pro... @gesis-panel.bsky.social

📅𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗦𝗥𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! Today’s highlight: 🗳️ 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀: 17:15-18:30 (Room: Theatre Theatron) Got thoughts or feedback? Share them via #ESRA25 – we’ll highlight community posts all week!

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

Sie interessieren sich für Fragebögen und möchten zu Umfragen forschen? Werden Sie als Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in Teil von GESIS Mannheim! Deadline zur Bewerbung: 09.07.2025 gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2170667?... #jobs #stellenangebote #Mannheim

Please join us at 9am in Salle 50 (Cen. d. Colloq.) for our #IMISCOE2025 workshop "Studying attitudes toward immigration and immigrants: conceptual & methodological advances", chaired by S. Rinken. It's also your chance to learn more about our ongoing MAPP project (www.iesa.csic.es/en/proyectos...).