Strength and weaknesses of computational methods

in the eyes of social scientists

"Meet & Greet eScience Center" at CSS Amsterdam

23 April 2019

Diliara Valeeva

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CSS Projects

at UvA Poli Sci

CORPNET

http://corpnet.uva.nl/

Corporate Lobbying

https://www.uva.nl/profiel/a/i/e.aizenberg/e.aizenberg.html

Global Code

https://sebastiankrapohl.wordpress.com/global-code/

Hot Politics Lab

http://www.hotpolitics.eu/

• Answer old questions in a new way
• Suitable for new datasets
• Fast answers

• Descriptive
• Time investment
• No community

What should we do?

• Improve learning experiences
• Help and encourage others
• Build a community