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About the speaker
Flávio is a Fulbright Fellow and research associate at Friedrich Schiller University, Germany. His research in Political Psychology focuses on ideology, its measurement & theory, as well as on the psychological roots of ideological endorsement. Flavio is the principal investigator of the PBBS, a series of studies informing psychological explanations of political attitudes, values, voting, and participation. Flavio co-founded and directs FORRT, an award-winning grassroots interdisciplinary international organization aiming to integrate open and reproducible research training into higher education.
About the talk
Political ideologies are foundational to a broad range of social science fields, and when applied to research, scholars have used diverse and wide-ranging approaches to its measurement. We sought to investigate standard practices by conducting an exhaustive literature review of over 400 scientific articles, spanning from the 1930s to 2020s. We identified a high proportion of unique, non-validated, on-the-fly measures with little to no content overlap suggesting scholars may not be justified in generalizing findings across studies. We test this empirically by applying different ideological instruments to established & replicated theories to show empirically that results indeed can change as a function of the measure. We then discuss its consequences and recommendations.
About RIOT Science Club
The RIOT Science Club gives talks/workshops on Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science.
Slides and/or recordings of all past and future RIOTS Clubs are stored on our Open Science Framework Page: osf.io/8y7h2/. You can also subscribe to our mailing list, to receive regular information on upcoming talks and workshops, any local events and vacancies for positions in open and reproducible research.
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About the speaker
Flávio is a Fulbright Fellow and research associate at Friedrich Schiller University, Germany. His research in Political Psychology focuses on ideology, its measurement & theory, as well as on the psychological roots of ideological endorsement. Flavio is the principal investigator of the PBBS, a series of studies informing psychological explanations of political attitudes, values, voting, and participation. Flavio co-founded and directs FORRT, an award-winning grassroots interdisciplinary international organization aiming to integrate open and reproducible research training into higher education.
About the talk
Political ideologies are foundational to a broad range of social science fields, and when applied to research, scholars have used diverse and wide-ranging approaches to its measurement. We sought to investigate standard practices by conducting an exhaustive literature review of over 400 scientific articles, spanning from the 1930s to 2020s. We identified a high proportion of unique, non-validated, on-the-fly measures with little to no content overlap suggesting scholars may not be justified in generalizing findings across studies. We test this empirically by applying different ideological instruments to established & replicated theories to show empirically that results indeed can change as a function of the measure. We then discuss its consequences and recommendations.
About RIOT Science Club
The RIOT Science Club gives talks/workshops on Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science.
Slides and/or recordings of all past and future RIOTS Clubs are stored on our Open Science Framework Page: osf.io/8y7h2/. You can also subscribe to our mailing list, to receive regular information on upcoming talks and workshops, any local events and vacancies for positions in open and reproducible research.
You can also find us on Twitter @riotscienceclub.
If you would like to give a talk or workshop for The RIOTS Club, please email riotscienceclub@kcl.ac.uk.
