Credit: Alexander Münch
Laura Young
University of Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
A 5, 6
Building B – Room B 222
68159 Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
A 5, 6
Building B – Room B 222
68159 Mannheim
E-mail: laura.younguni-mannheim.de
Research Interests
- Data Literacy
- Survey Methodology
- Meta-Analysis
- Computational Social Science
Career
Academic Career
Laura Young is a research associate currently working on the Competence Center for Data Quality in the Social Sciences (KODAQS) project and, as of autumn 2024, she is a PhD student at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS). Before coming to Mannheim, she completed the M.Sc Sociology Social Research program at the University of Cologne and worked as a student assistant at the Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences (GESIS) in the Survey Data Curation department.
Projects
Publications
- Draxler, F., Young, L., Peters, Y., Kreuter, F. and Keusch, F. (2025). From sensors to insights: Measurement quality considerations for studies using consumer-grade sensors. AAPOR 80th Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.
- Young, L., Draxler, F. and Keusch, F. (2025). Understanding secondary data reporting: A glimpse at TweetsCOV19 and Dreaddit. AAPOR 80th Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.