Social and Political Data Science: Introduction

Karl Ho

School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

University of Texas at Dallas

How to write conference proposal

Overview

Providing interesting or controversial perspectives on your topic.
Explaining what your presentation will cover in regard to the topic and problem presented.
Matching your research to the conference theme/CFP's topics, and making sure the scope of your presentation matches the time allowed for presentations.

Karl Ho is:
- Political Science/Data Science
- Director of Graduate Studies (Political Science) and Associate Professor of Instruction at University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences (EPPS)
- Studies Taiwan politics and policies (elections and political economy)
- Co-founder of the UTD Social Data Analytics and Research program (SDAR)
- Organizer of UTD Taiwan Democracy Symposium
- Co-host of Data Analytics Colloquium (https://dacolloquium.com)

Speaker bio.

Strategy

Choice of panel/session
- How competitive it is?
- Will your proposal stand out?
- Backup/second choice
Potential of proposal/paper to become publication

Questions to ask

Why going to a conference?
Why you want to present a paper?
What do you want to acheive?

Western Carolina University advice

Research proposal components

Topic/title
Research Statement
Literature
Data and Method
References

Research proposal components

1. Topic/title:

An area or a topic you will develop expertise on after this course. You may choose a political or policy topic (e.g. housing, public health, minority group).

Writing the Proposal/Abstract

Define the problem you are addressing clearly and concisely: the research statement
Include key words or phrases from the CFP

Questions to ask

Captivate readers with your research description in terms of the problem by:
- Providing interesting or controversial perspectives on the topic.
- Explaining what the presentation will cover in regard to the topic and problem presented.
- Matching your research to the conference theme/CFP’s topics

Questions to ask

How to start your research process?

Ask:

What topic/question is most interesting to you?

Anyone has done it before?

What data will look like?

- News

- Documents

- Opinion surveys

- Social media

- Websites

- Qualitative data

How to collect data?

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How to write conference proposal

Overview

Providing interesting or controversial perspectives on your topic.

Explaining what your presentation will cover in regard to the topic and problem presented.

Matching your research to the conference theme/CFP's topics, and making sure the scope of your presentation matches the time allowed for presentations.

Karl Ho is:

Speaker bio.

Strategy

Choice of panel/session

How competitive it is?

Will your proposal stand out?

Backup/second choice

Potential of proposal/paper to become publication

Questions to ask

Why going to a conference?

Why you want to present a paper?

What do you want to acheive?

Research proposal components

Topic/title

Research Statement

Literature

Data and Method

References

Research proposal components

1. Topic/title:

An area or a topic you will develop expertise on after this course. You may choose a political or policy topic (e.g. housing, public health, minority group).

Writing the Proposal/Abstract

Define the problem you are addressing clearly and concisely: the research statement

Include key words or phrases from the CFP

Questions to ask

Captivate readers with your research description in terms of the problem by:

Providing interesting or controversial perspectives on the topic.

Explaining what the presentation will cover in regard to the topic and problem presented.

Matching your research to the conference theme/CFP’s topics

Questions to ask

How to write dissertation proposal

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