(2025):
The (mis)use of Google Trends data in the social sciences - A systematic review, critique, and recommendations.
Social Science Research,
126,
Article 103099,
1-22.
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Dr. Christoph Sajons
Project director
University Mannheim
L9, 1-2
Institut für Mittelstandsforschung 104
68161 Mannheim
Phone: +49-621-181-2891L9, 1-2
Institut für Mittelstandsforschung 104
68161 Mannheim
E-Mail: sajons@ifm.uni-mannheim.de
Projects — current
- Aspiring Migrant Entrepreneurs in Germany—Potentials and Pitfalls in the Start-Up Process
- Integration Research 2.0—Harnessing the Power of New Data Sources to Advance Knowledge on Behaviour and Attitudes of Migrants and Natives
- Demographic, Societal, and Economic Consequences of East-West Migration in Europe (EUMIG)
Publication — recent
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(2025): The (mis) use of Google Trends data in the social sciences-A systematic review, critique, and recommendations. Social Science Research, 126, Article no.103099, 1-22. More
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(2021): Using smartphone technology for research on refugees: Evidence from Germany. Sociological Methods & Research, 50, 4, 1863-1894. More
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(2023): What Do Racists Google? Systematic Approach to Selecting and Validating Google Trends Data Using the Example of Xenophobic Attitudes. [AAPOR 78th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 09/05/2023 - 11/05/2023]. More
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(2023): Sustainable Trend or Trending Mayfly? A Systematic Literature Review and Guidelines on Using Google Trends Data for Social Science Research. [10th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Milan, 16/07/2023 - 20/07/2023]. More
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(2023): What Do Racists Google? A Systematic Approach to Selecting and Validating Google Trends Data to Study Xenophobic Attitudes. [General Online Research 2023, Kassel, 19/09/2023 - 21/09/2023]. More
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(2021): Unregistered work among refugees - Findings from a list experiment in Germany. [34th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, (virtual conference), 16/06/2021 - 18/06/2021]. More
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(2021): Unregistered work among refugees – Findings from a list experiment in Germany. [IAB-ECSR interdisciplinary conference "Refugee migration and integration revisited: lessons from the recent past", (virtual conference), 26/05/2021 - 27/05/2021]. More
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(2020): Attitudes and political positions of migrants from the Middle East and the “Conservatism paradox”. [International Workshop on Immigration, Integration and Attitudes, Mannheim, 21/09/2020 - 22/09/2020]. More
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(2020): Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf Gründungen. Selbstständige und Unternehmen mit Migrationshintergrund. [MEGA - Migrant Entrepreneurship Growth Agenda National Meeting Germany, (virtual), 09/11/2020 - 09/11/2020]. More
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(2018): Using smartphone technology for research on refugees in Germany. [XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, 14/07/2018 - 20/07/2018]. More