The “Data, Archive & Tool Demos” panel featured at the 2024 conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) will return at this year’s DGPuK conference in Dortmund. On Thursday, March 19, 2026, Methods Lab lead Christian Strippel will host this special panel together with Johannes Breuer, Silke Fürst, Erik Koenen, Dimitri Prandner, and Christian Schwarzenegger, in collaboration with the GESIS Methods Hub.
The panel aims to exchange reusable research data, archives, collections, and relevant research software that strengthen transparency, collaboration, and methodological innovation in communication and media studies. Some of the featured projects include:
- MaskBench: a modular framework for benchmarking 2D pose estimation and video de-identification, allowing comparison of models on privacy-masked videos
- Epigraf 5.2: a research platform for collecting, annotating, linking, and publishing multimodal text data
- GESIS Pretest-Datenbank: a database providing insights from cognitive pretests, showing how respondents understand, interpret, and answer survey questions for improved questionnaire design
- GESIS AppKit: a mobile data collection tool for smartphones, compliant with data protection regulations and free of charge, supporting experience sampling, ambulatory, and ecological momentary assessments
- GESIS Methods Hub: an open community portal giving tools, tutorials, and interactive environments to explore and apply computational methods
- OpenQDA 1.0.3: the improved version of the free, open-source, web-based alternative to MAXQDA, providing flexible and collaborative tools for qualitative data analysis
- Platform Governance Archive (PGA): a long-term repository of social media platform policies, enabling research on how platforms govern communication and track changes over time
- FID Media Publish: a central, free research service for communication and media studies, providing tailored literature, open-access publishing support, and specialized resources
- ComAI Research Space: a collaborative platform coordinating joint data collection on communicative AI, creating an open repository, and investigating emerging media and communication practices
To learn more about the full program and the organizational details of the event, click here! Those interested in joining are welcome to register online until March 17th, or in person by March 20th.