Dear all,

Jessica Steinberg ([log in to unmask]) and myself, Justin Schon (
[log in to unmask]), are organizing the next round of the Data Driven
Development in Africa Workshop at Indiana University, Bloomington. Please
feel welcome to contact either one of us with questions. The call for
papers is below:


*Data Driven Development in Africa Workshop 2018*

*May 18-19, 2018*

*Bloomington, Indiana*



We are calling for original research papers relevant to the collection and
analysis of social, economic or political data from the African continent.
The goal of the conference is to improve research on African political and
economic development by contributing to the collection and analysis of
high-quality data. In particular, we seek papers that answer substantive
questions using large, multi-level, or non-traditional datasets, or which
directly tackle issues such as missing-ness and measurement error.
Quantitative observational research is the focus of the conference, but we
do hope to include field-based and contextualized research that helps us
understand the quantitative data that we use. With the exception of
experimental evaluations of protocols intended to improve data quality
(e.g. question wording effects), experiments are not the focus of the
conference.



Sponsored by the Tobias Center on Innovations in Development at Indiana
University’s School of Global and International Studies, this two-day
conference will take place May 18-19, 2018, from 9 am Friday
until 2pm Saturday in Bloomington, Indiana. The conference will be devoted
to intensive work-shopping of papers-in-progress. All participants are
expected to have read all conference papers in advance; presentations will
be minimal.


Accepted presenters will receive travel and accommodation for one author
per paper. Please submit your abstracts by January 20, 2018, using the
following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hbut8-kwF7zpeIPdR4llo1qvGV9euM_4AF-XZxm4wZM/prefill


As the conference approaches, information will be available on the SGIS
Tobias Center Website.




-- 
Justin Schon
PhD Candidate
Indiana University Bloomington Department of Political Science
334 Woodburn Hall

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