Mobile Apps and Sensors in Surveys

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Programme of the 7th MASS workshop, 4 & 5 June, Barcelona

June 4, 2026
09:30 Opening & welcome address Melanie Revilla (Chair: Jan Karem Höhne)
10:15 Session 1: Health-related research applications Jan Karem Höhne
Collecting real-world data to describe lifecourse GLP-1 experience in the Understanding America Study, a nationally-representative population health study Tadeja Gracner
Integrating Over-the-Counter Continuous Glucose Monitoring Into a Probability-Based Internet Panel: Feasibility Evidence From a Dexcom Stelo Pilot in the Understanding America Study Ritika Chaturvedi
Bridging the Gap Between Wearable Sensors and Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Multimodal Data Collection Infrastructure for Stroke Rehabilitation Anne Leopold
11:15 Break
11:45 Session 2: GPS & mobility studies Chair: Bella Struminskaya
Mobility in Germany PLUS (MiD+): Precise data for the mobility of the future Leon Straßgütl
“The Proof of the Incentive is in the Response”: Examining Motivation in StiB—A Smartphone-based Travel Survey in Dresden and Berlin, Germany Johannes Weber
Deriving activity spaces from mobile surveys – a social-science-friendly perspective Dennis Abel
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Keynote Chair: Florian Keusch
Towards the wearable-based measurement of objective social connection Matthias Mehl
14:45 Break
15:05 Session 3: Recruitment and participation Chair: Peter Lugtig
Understanding Participation Across Mobile Apps in Survey Panels Jasmine Mitchell
Assessing the relative importance of ’mechanical’ and ’relational’ aspects of digital trust in willingness to take part in app-based surveys Morgane Gafner
Boosting recruitment in app-based time-use surveys: the role of informational leaflets and digital trust Marc Asensio Manjon
Asking Understanding Society respondents to share gas/electricity smart meter data and install in-home environment sensors: Experiments with question wording Owen Preston
16:25 Break
16:45 Session 4: Incentives Chair: Florian Keusch
Providing extra incentives for open voice answers in web surveys Jan Karem Höhne
Enhancing Participation in Visual Data Collection in Online Surveys: Evidence from an Experimental Study about Remote Workstations Leyre Padilla and Kieran Sargeant Rivilla
Effects of Incentives and Survey Frequency on Participation and Compliance in an Intensive Mobile-App Election Campaign Panel Jan Eric Meurer
18:00 End of the day and Get-together (voluntary)
June 5, 2026 Presenter
09:00 Session 5: Processing, analysis, and errors Chair: Peter Lugtig
How Processing Decisions Influence the Measurement of News Consumption with Web-Tracking Data Wai-Tak Tung
Say “Cheese”! Analyzing Measurement Errors from Photographs for the Household Budget Survey Chris Lam
Estimating the Reliability of Smartphone Use Using Dynamic Structural Equation Modelling Alexandru Cernat
Extending the Total Survey Error Framework to Sensors: An Accelerometry Case Study Jennifer Schrack
10:20 Break
10:40 Session 6: Wearables and mobiles apps Chair: Jan Karem Höhne
Measuring Air Quality with Wearable Devices Arie Kapteyn
From Mood and Stress to Support: Modeling How Affective States and Wearable Biosignals Shape Social Interaction Events Heike Krüger
Wearable Devices in Family Research: A Factorial Survey Approach to Participation and Study Design Informed by Parent Focus Groups Alena Klenke
Measuring Caregiving Stress in Real Time: Methodological Lessons from Mobile Apps and Wearables Florian Keusch
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Session 7: Novel research infrastructures I Chair: Bella Struminskaya
DTraces: A Smartphone-Based Research Infrastructure for Survey Data Collection in Naturalistic Settings Ivano Bison
Studying the effect of personalized feedback and control during app-based data collection Thijs Carrière
From Development to Deployment: Implementing Mobile and Web Apps for a Smart Household Budget Survey Alain Pieters
14:00 Break
14:20 Session 8: Novel research infrastructures II Chair: Jan Karem Höhne
Designing a national longitudinal passive smartphone measurement study with children: methodological lessons from the Evaluation of Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Restriction Shane Compton
Smart Survey Implementation: quality assessment in implementation smart surveys Peter Lugtig
Building a Sustainable Research App for Digital Data Collection Joris Mulder
15:20 Wrap-up & goodbye Chair: Florian Keusch