Thomas Vitiello

SABANCI UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

OFFICE 2112, ORHANLI, 34956 TUZLA / ISTANBUL, TURKEY

E-MAIL: THOMASV@SABANCIUNIV.EDU

 

2012 – PhD Candidate, Political Science, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

2009-2011 – PhD Graduate School, Political Science, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

2008-2009 – MSc, European Communication Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

2003-2007 – BA, Political Science, Institut d?Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, France

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

2007 – Press Office Assistant, French Embassy, Rome, Italy

 

Wall, M., Krouwel, A. & Vitiello, T., 2012. ?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.

Krouwel, A., Vitiello, T. & Wall, M., 2012. ?The Practicalities Issuing Vote Advice: A new methodology for profiling and matching?, forthcoming in the International Journal of Electronic Governance, special issue on VAAs.

Çarkoğlu, A., Vitiello, T. & Moral, M., 2012. ?Voter Advice Applications in Practice: Answers to Some Key Questions from Turkey?, forthcoming in the International Journal of Electronic Governance, special issue on VAAs.

 

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.

 

Member of
The International Communication Association (US)
The European Consortium of Political Research (UK)
Association Française de Science Politique (FR)

 

Languages
French (native), Italian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (good), Turkish (beginner)

IT skills
Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Stata, SPSS, MLwiN

 

Political Communication
Media Systems and Media Exposure
Elections, Electoral Behavior and Political Campaigning
Online Voting Advice Applications
Comparative Politics
Turkish Politics
Narrative Studies
Rhetoric Analysis