Data Without Borders: Innovative Strategies for Social Science Research Without Being a Data Scientist
Date: May 7, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM
Special Guests:
Assoc. Prof.Dr. Muhammet Berigel, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof.Dr. Ekrem Bahçekapılı, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dursun Murat Sekban, , Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey
📅 Event Details:
Audience:
Researchers, Representatives of the Erasmus+ program of the Romanian Academy, PhD students in Sociology, Social Policy, Psychology, Quality of Life, Sociology of Education
Location:
Romanian Academy, Research Institute for Quality of Life (ICCV), room 2374
Opening speech:
Dr. Hab. Sorin Cace, Director of ICCV, Director of the Doctoral School of ICCV
Dr. Luisa Preda, Erasmus+ Program Manager, Romanian Academy
Moderators: Dr. Hab Gabriela Neagu, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Dr. Hab Simona-Maria Stanescu, Research Institute for Quality of Life
🧩 Presentation Outline
- Introduction: The Power of Data in the Digital Era (5–7 min)
- Why data matters in today’s social sciences
- The evolving role of researchers as data explorers
- Accessing Data Creatively (10 min)
- Key open-access sources: Eurostat, OECD, Scopus
- Keyword strategies and conceptual mapping
- The basics of data literacy for non-technical researchers
- What is Bibliometric Analysis? (5 min)
- Basic concepts and relevance to social sciences
- Research questions it helps answer
- Hands-On Session with R & Biblioshiny (25 min)
- Live demo: Using Scopus data on a sample topic (e.g., „youth policy”)
- Importing and analyzing in Biblioshiny
- Visualizing trends, authorship networks, and keyword clusters
- Making Sense of the Findings (5–7 min)
- Interpreting the outputs
- Identifying research trends, gaps, and collaboration patterns
- Q&A and Wrap-Up (5–10 min)
- Key takeaways
- Tools and reading list for independent exploration
