Edifici ESCI - Born - Despatx 19.519
phone: 93.542.1162
Daniel Oberski obtained his PhD from Tilburg University (The Netherlands) in 2011. He has
represented Universitat Pompeu Fabra at the Central Coordinating Team of the European Social Survey
between 2009 and 2011, and has currently been working in the evaluation of the questionnaire for
the European Social Survey. He is a founding board member of the European Survey Research
Association (ESRA), which has organized four highly successful international conferences on survey
methodology. His main research interests are measurement error in survey questions and latent
variable modelling. Additionally, he has been involved in applied research on a diverse range of
substantive topics in social sciences.
Most important publications over the last 5 years:
A. Gallego & D. L. Oberski (accepted) "Personality and political behavior: the mediation hypothesis". Political Behavior.
D.L. Oberski (2011). Measurement errors in comparative surveys. Tilburg: Universiteit van Tilburg.
D. L. Oberski, J. A. P. Hagenaars and W. E. Saris (2008). "Categorization Errors and Differences in the Quality of Questions Across Countries" in: Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC). T. D. Johnson and M. Braun (eds.). New York: Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
D. L. Oberski (2008). "Self-selection bias versus nonresponse bias in the Perceptions of Mobility survey: a comparison using multiple imputation" Voorburg: The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP).
L. Coromina Soler, W. E. Saris and D. L. Oberski (2008). "The Quality of the Measurement of Interest in the Political Issues in the Media in the ESS" ASK Research & Methods. Polish Academy of Sciences.
D. L. Oberski and W. E. Saris (2007). "Political web surveys" in: Access Panels and Online Research, Panacea or Pitfall?. I. Stoop and M. Wittenberg (eds.). Amsterdam, Aksant Academic Publishers.
D. L. Oberski, W. E. Saris and J. A. P. Hagenaars (2007). "Why are there differences in measurement error across countries?" in: Measuring meaningful Data in Social Research. G. Loosveldt, M. Swyngedouw and B. Cambré (eds.). Leuven: Acco.
Most recent research projects:
The European Social Survey: Data for a Changing Europe (DACE)
(2010-2014)
Funding: European Commission
Code: 262208
"European Social Survey Infrastructure - Improving Social Measurement in Europe". European Commission Sixth Framework Programme - Infrastructures. Project Reference: 26042. Project Acronym: ESSI. Under the supervision of Prof. Willem E. Saris. (2009-2012).
"European Social Survey Round 4 - Improving Social Measurement in Europe". European Commission Sixth Framework Programme - Citizens. Project Reference: 28365. Project Acronym: ESS4. Under the supervision of Prof. Willem E. Saris. (2008-2010).