Survey Experiments in the Social Sciences
One-day workshop
The use of survey experiments is increasingly popular in the social sciences. This workshop brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from different social science disciplines who are making use of experimental methods in their surveys - such as vignette designs, conjoints and discrete choice experiments, or other forms of experiments that can be implemented in (online) surveys. The event is organized by the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam in collaboration with the Amsterdam Center for Inequality Studies (AMCIS).
Event details of
Survey Experiments in the Social Sciences
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Time
- 10:00 -16:30
- Location
- Roeterseilandcampus - building J/K
- Room
- JKK.93
Programme:
10.00-10.15 Welcome and introduction
Eva Zschirnt, Bram Lancee
10.15-11.05 Session 1
- Elke Buschman, Sara Geven, Izaak Dekker: The impact of a procedure on track recommendations: a quasi-experimental school intervention study
- Tom Nijs, Willem de Koster, Kjell Noordzij, Gaetano Scaduto, Jeroen van der Waal: Testing the effects of descriptive and injunctive norms on populist radical right-wing voting
11.05-11.20 Coffee break
11.20-12.35 Session 2
- Thea Rebien: Diversity charters and intersectional hring inequality: Using a factorial survey Eeperiment to evaluate workplace diversity programmes
- Morien El Haj: Who cares? How presumed care intensity shapes the hireability of mothers and fathers
- Julian Balling: Partnership formation among Ukrainian refugees in Germany. A factorial survey experiment on partner preferences
12.35-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-15.15 Session 3
- Lisa Miller: A spotlight on ideological stereotypes: An experimental study on the effects of gender, age, and ethnicity on ideological perceptions of politicians
- Mathew Creighton, Bram Lancee, Ely Strömberg, Eva Zschirnt: Overt and covert agreement with prioritization of majority group members in childcare, housing and employment
- Eduardo Campbell-Bethancourt, Özge Bilgili, Lieselotte Blommaert, Marcel Lubbers, Jordi Muñoz: How competing political narratives shape public support: evidence from a factorial conjoint experiment
15.15-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.20 Session 4
- Hannes Bey, Giovanni D’Agostino, Honorata Mazepus: When does partisan loyalty break? A within-between survey experiment of citizens’ responses to escalating consequences of democratic backsliding
- Anne van Doore, Emily Miltenburg: State pension reforms: a discrete choice experiment on lower expenditure and/or higher revenue preferences, perceived fairness, and personal consequences
