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.

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

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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?