GOR 26 - Annual Conference & Workshops
Annual Conference- Rheinische Hochschule Cologne, Campus Vogelsanger Straße
26 - 27 February 2026
GOR Workshops - GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften in Cologne
25 February 2026
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
| Location: RH, Seminar 03 |
| Date: Thursday, 26/Feb/2026 | |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
2.3: Media studies Location: RH, Seminar 03 Deploying Online Experiments to Investigate Content Credibility in Sensor-Based Journalism University of Cologne, Media and Technology Management, Germany War, Anxiety, and Digital Behavior: How Armed Conflict Reshapes Online Media Consumption and Social Media Engagement 1: The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel; 2: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 3: Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Generative AI in Media 2025 Annalect/OMG Solutions GmbH |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
3.3: Market and customer research Location: RH, Seminar 03 Experimental Evidence on How Questionnaire Structure Affects Awareness Reporting YouGov, Switzerland From Reflection to Intuition: Integrating System 1 and System 2 Measures in Behavioural Campaign Evaluation YouGov, Switzerland Measuring the beauty of products: The Product Aesthetics Inventory (PAI) 1: University of Wuppertal, Germany; 2: University of Münster, Germany; 3: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Germany; 4: Provinzial Versicherung, Germany |
| 2:00pm - 3:45pm |
GOR Impact and Innovation Award Location: RH, Seminar 03 Scaling Qualitative Depth: A Large-Scale Validation Study Comparing AI-Moderated Interviews and Conventional Surveys in OTC Pharma Research 1: MCM Klosterfrau Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH; 2: Q Agentur für Forschung GmbH; 3: horizoom-Panel – horizoom GmbH; 4: xelper UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Agentic AI in der Marktforschung Aequitas Group, Germany Comparing AI-Moderated, Human-Moderated, and Unmoderated Usability Testing: Insights into Quality, User Perception and Practical Implementation 1: Porsche AG, Germany; 2: Userlutions GmbH; 3: xelper UG BEYOND AI - How the DFB leveraged a new qualitative insights method that improves AI results. SUPRA, Germany From Insights to Impact: A Life-Centric, AI-Driven Approach to Modern Brand Tracking GIM Gesellschaft für innovative Marktforschung mbH, Germany |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
6.3: Modelling people, informing policy: new approaches in the AI era Location: RH, Seminar 03 The last interview - A concept to create digital twins 1: HTW Berlin, Germany; 2: Splendid Research; 3: Xelper Personas++ – Slicing & Dicing the Result Space of a Survey Inspirient, Germany The EU-ALMPO Project: Rethinking ALMPs through AI-Driven Analysis and Policy Innovation Institute for Social Research (IRS), Italy |
| Date: Friday, 27/Feb/2026 | |
| 9:00am - 10:00am |
7.3: Designing inclusive and engaging surveys Location: RH, Seminar 03 Accessibility and inclusivity in self-completion surveys: An evidence review 1: University of Southampton, United Kingdom; 2: City St George’s, University of London; 3: Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, United Kingdom Effectiveness of the knock-to-nudge approach for establishing contact with respondents: Evidence from the National Readership Survey (PAMCo) and National Survey for Wales (NSW) in the UK University of Southampton, United Kingdom How do Respondents Evaluate a Chatbot-Like Survey Design? An Experimental Comparison With a Web Survey Design Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
10.3: Social media recruitment Location: RH, Seminar 03 Static or Animated? How Ad Design Shapes Survey Recruitment GESIS, Germany Is a Video Worth a Thousand Pictures? The Effect of Advertisement Design on Survey Recruitment with Social Media 1: University of Mannheim, Germany; 2: University of Warwick, UK Social Media Sampling to Reach Migrant Populations for Market and Opinion Research Bilendi |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
11.3: Inferential leap: from digital trace data to measuring concepts Location: RH, Seminar 03 Exploring Types of Masculinity in the Discourse of Fringe Online Communities GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Science, Germany Measuring online information-seeking behavior in the context of (expectant) parenthood: A proof-of-concept study using metered data on website visits, online searches, and app usage 1: DZHW; Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; 2: RECSM-University Pompeu Fabra, Spain Social Media as a Data Collection Tool and Its Impact on Body Image Perception University of Padova, Italy |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
12.3: Methods, tools, and frameworks - a bird's view on data collection Location: RH, Seminar 03 The Methods Hub: Integrating Tools, Tutorials, and Environments for Transparent Online Research GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany Let's Talk About Limitations: Data Quality Reporting Practices in Quantitative Social Science Research 1: University of Mannheim, Germany; 2: GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Qualitative Research in Digital Contexts: A Systematic Review of Online Data Collection Practices FH Wiener Neustadt GmbH City Campus, Austria |