Since October 2022, I am a survey methodologist researcher at IBEI (Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals). I am the PI of the WEB DATA OPP project, funded by an ERC starting grant. This project investigates new measurement opportunities linked mainly to the growing presence of smartphones, including the use of visual data or metered data, to complement or replace conventional survey data in order to get better or new insights (https://www.upf.edu/web/webdataopp). I Before moving to IBEI, I was Deputy Director of the Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM) and adjunct professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF, Barcelona, Spain). From 2012 to 2019, I collaborated with the private online fieldwork company Netquest to do research, mainly about the challenges and opportunities that exist in the frame of web surveys. I also actively participated in several European Social Survey (ESS) projects and in the creation of the SQP 2.0 software (sqp.upf.edu). I received my PhD from UPF in 2012, in the areas of statistics and survey methodology. I graduated in statistics and economics at the 'Ecole nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique' (ENSAE-Paritech, France) and hold a Master of Science in Economics from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Spain).
Wiebke Weber joined the Social Data Science and AI Lab at LMU Munich as Scientific Manager in 2022. From 2013 to 2022, Wiebke was leading the Advanced Survey Quality Methods (ASQME) research group, the Survey Quality Predictor (SQP) project, and the Core Scientific Team of the European Social Survey (ESS) ERIC at the Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM) of Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). From 2019 to 2022, she was Deputy Director of RECSM. Her research focuses mainly on measurement quality and comparability of survey items. As a survey consultant, she advises on questionnaire design and survey data analyses (with correction for measurement error). Wiebke received her PhD from UPF in 2013, in the areas of political science and survey methodology, under the supervision of Willem Saris and Mariano Torcal. Her dissertation dealt with measurement equivalence and the meaning of left-right orientation using data from the ESS.
Diana is a social scientist interested in all aspects of the survey data lifecycle. She is a specialist in multinational, multiregional and multilingual comparative social research, holding a doctorate in comparative survey methodology. She is a member of the Core Scientific Team of the European Social Survey (ESS). Her work in the ESS contributes to questionnaire design, translation, measurement quality, cross-national measurement equivalence and documentation of the data lifecycle. She has participated in the design of ESS questionnaires Rounds 6 to 10. She is also a member of the ESS Translation Expert Panel. Currently, in the Social Sciences & Humanities Open Cloud (SSHOC) project, Diana leads a research project aimed at improving the translation process of survey questionnaires. Her current research lines focus on 1) quality of cross-cultural survey data, 2) analysing the effects of linguistic dimensions on data quality, 3) Survey translation and, 4) the role of research infrastructures in the Social Sciences. Other research interests are experimental designs in survey research and structural equation modelling. As a survey adviser, she has large experience in questionnaire design, measurement quality of survey questions and analysis of survey data. In her previous experience, she co-coordinated the electoral surveys of a national newspaper for the 2006's Mexican presidential election. She collaborated as public opinion consultant at Mexican Senate and the Mexican Congress. Diana has been consultant for World Health Organization (WHO) advising on projects in Turkey and Spain. As an independent consultant, she is partner at SurveyWise, a survey methods consultancy.
Researcher at the department of Survey Design and Methodology. He is a member of the Core Scientific Team of the European Social Survey - European Research Infrastructure (ESS ERIC) responsible for quality assurance of fieldwork across countries. Since May 2019, leader of the work area on interviewer behavior. He has a M.A. in empirical political and social research from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and a sociology degree from the Central University of Venezuela. Previously, he worked in the project Computer-Assisted Measurement and Coding of Educational Qualifications in Surveys (CAMCES) at GESIS, Mannheim, and in the Department of Methods and Statistics of the Laboratorio the Ciencias Sociales in Caracas, Venezuela. His research interests lay in the areas of international and cross-cultural comparability, as well as survey data collection
Translation studies (English, French, Italian) at the Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies (FTSK) of the University of Mainz in Germersheim (Germany) and at the ETI / University of Geneva (Switzerland). Diploma in “Interfacultative Studies of France” (IFS) at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) with stays abroad in Paris and Brussels. Doctorate in translation studies from FTSK Germersheim / University of Mainz on “Advance Translation as a Means of Improving Source Questionnaire Translatability? Findings from a Think-Aloud Study for French and German". 1997-1999, Lecturer for German (contract position) at Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg (France). 1999-2010, various freelance lectureships for English and French at the Foreign Language Institute, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and at the FTSK / University of Mainz in Germersheim (Germany). 1997-2023, freelance translator (English, French, Italian, German) in various fields, for public and private clients and international institutions (mainly European Central Bank), amongst others, in the field of questionnaire translation. Since November 2009, senior researcher at GESIS in the field of questionnaire translation. Since 2018/2019, lecturer at the online doctoral school Research Methods in TI Studies (ReMeTIS) of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (FTI), University of Geneva. Since 2023, member of the Executive Committee of the International Workshop on Comparative Survey Design and Implementation (CSDI).
Experienced Analyst with an MA in Social Research. Skilled in Academic Research, European Social Research, Global Market Research, Quantitative Research and Project Management. I am currently working as a Principal Analyst within the Civil Service based in Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence at HMRC.