SABANCI UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
OFFICE 2112, ORHANLI, 34956 TUZLA / ISTANBUL, TURKEY
E-MAIL: THOMASV@SABANCIUNIV.EDU
EDUCATION
2013 (expected)
PhD, Political Science, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
2011
Graduate School, Political Science, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
2009
M.Sc., European Communication Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007
BA, Political Science, Institut d?Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, France
Dissertation: ?Online voting advice applications and modern political campaigns: challenges and perspectives for electoral research in the Internet era?, Directed by Ali Çarkoğlu. Defense date: July 17th, 2013
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Political Communication; Online Voting Advice Applications; Media Systems and Media Exposure; Elections, Electoral Behavior and Political Campaigning; Comparative Politics, Turkish Politics; Narrative Studies, Rhetoric Analysis
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2012 – Elizabeth H. Nelson Prize, for the Best Paper from a Society in Transition presented at the 2012 WAPOR annual conference
2009-2012 – Marie Curie Initial Training Network in Electoral Research, 7th Framework, ELECDEM
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2013 – Instructor – 2nd year seminar, The Personalisation of Politics, Sciences Po, Paris, FR
2012-2013 – Teaching Assistant – SPS101 Society and Political Science, 1st year seminar, Sabanci University, Istanbul, TK
2012 – Instructor ? 1st year seminar, Introduction to Political Science (in French), 2nd year seminar, The Personalisation of Politics (co-instructor), Sciences Po, Paris, FR
2009 – 2011 – Teaching Assistant ? POLS 301 Political Philosophy & POLS 271 Nations and Nationalism, Sabanci University, Istanbul, TK
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2012
Visiting Fellow, CEVIPOF, Sciences Po, Paris, FR
Project Coordinator of the French online voting advice application ?La Boussole présidentielle?, www.laboussolepresidentielle.fr
2011
Consultant researcher on the online VAAs in Morocco and Tunisia www.morocco.bosala.org www.tunesie.bosala.org.
Visiting Fellow, Kieskompas, VU University, Amsterdam, NL
2009-2012
ELECDEM Early Stage Researcher, Sabanci University, Istanbul, TK
WORKING PAPERS
Vitiello, T., ?A Vote Compass for Journalists? Perception and use of online Voting Advice Applications by journalists in France, the Netherlands and Turkey?, under review.
Vitiello, T., ??La Boussole présidentielle?. An assessment of the first French online Voting Advice Application?
Vitiello, T., Jadot, A., Krouwel, A., and P. Lefébure, ?Qu?est-ce que les Systèmes d?Information et d?Aide au Vote peuvent nous apprendre sur les électeurs ? Le cas de La Boussole présidentielle et l?élection présidentielle française de 2012?, paper to be included in a special issue of the Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée.
Vitiello, T., ?Time of voting decision in a two-round election. Insights from online Voting Advice Application data on the 2012 French presidential election.?
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals
Wall, M., Krouwel, A. & Vitiello, T., ?Sealing the deal. Assessing the effects of an online voter advice application on user vote choice in the 2010 Dutch legislative elections?, forthcoming in Party Politics (published online on March 7th 2012).
Krouwel, A., Vitiello, T. & Wall, M., 2012, ?The Practicalities Issuing Vote Advice: A new methodology for profiling and matching?, International Journal of Electronic Governance, Vol.5, No.3/4, pp.223-243.
Çarkoğlu, A., Vitiello, T. & Moral, M., 2012, ?Voter Advice Applications in Practice: Answers to Some Key Questions from Turkey?, International Journal of Electronic Governance, Vol.5, No.3/4, pp.298-317.
Book Chapters
Vitiello, T., forthcoming, ?Les études électorales à l?ère d?Internet. Les systèmes d?information et d?aide au vote : le cas de ?La Boussole présidentielle??, in Magni-Berton, R., and Gerstlé, J. (eds.), Etudier la campagne électorale: leçons de la présidentielle 2012, Editions Pepper ? L?Harmattan.
Krouwel, A., Vitiello, T., and Wall, M., forthcoming, ?Helping voters to vote? Dynamics created by VAAs in election campaigns between parties, voters and media?, in Garzia, D. and Marshall, S. (eds.), Matching Voters with Parties and Candidates: Voting Advice Applications in a Comparative Perspective, ECPR Press.
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
Vitiello T., ?The production of journalistic news from online voter advice applications? data?. Paper presented at the PhD workshop Médias, engagements et mouvements sociaux, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 28-29 March 2013.
Vitiello T., Çarkoğlu A. & Moral M., ?Measuring Public Opinion Online: An Assessment of the First Turkish Online Voter Advice Application?. Paper presented at the World Association of Public Opinion Research Conference, Hong-Kong, 14-16 June 2012.
Wall M., Krouwel A. & Vitiello T., ?Measuring the impact of a Dutch online voter advice application. Evidence combining users’ log data with a post-election survey?. Paper presented at the Conference of the Association Française de Science Politique, Strasbourg, France, September 2011.
Vitiello T. & Hinrichsen M-C., ?Looking for Narrative Transportation. Analysis of Candidates McCain and Obama?s Rhetoric During the 2008 Presidential Campaign?. Paper presented at the 2010 International Communication Association Conference, Singapore, June 2010.
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC TRAINING
2012
ELECDEM workshop in Cross-National and Multilevel Data in the Social Sciences, Istanbul, TK
2011
ECPR Summer School: Introduction to Multilevel Models, and Multilevel Analyses: Concepts and Applications; Essex, UK
2nd Winter School on Methodological Issues in Comparative Electoral Analysis, SWPS, Warsaw, Poland
2010
PIREDEU Training Session, PIREDEU Final Conference, Brussels, Belgium
ECPR Summer School: Experimental Method in Social Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
ELECDEM workshop in Experimental Methodology TNS-Opinion, Brussels, Belgium
ELECDEM workshop in Electoral Survey Design Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social Research: Modern Regression Analysis, Oxford University, UK
2009
ELECDEM Conference: Challenges in Electoral Research, University of Exeter, UK
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2007 – Press Office Assistant, French Embassy, Rome, Italy
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member of
The International Communication Association (US)
The European Consortium of Political Research (UK)
Association Française de Science Politique (FR)
OTHER SKILLS
Languages
French (native), Italian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (good), Turkish (beginner)
IT skills
Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Stata, SPSS, MLwiN