University Teaching
University of Leeds Advanced Statistical Analysis
(2017-) Two lectures (B.A. students) at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, with
Jocelyn Evans. Syllabus.
(2017-) Two lectures (B.A. students) at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, with
Jocelyn Evans. Syllabus.
University of Leeds Approaches to Analysis
(2016-) Lecture/Seminar (B.A. students) at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, with
Emma-Louise Anderson. Syllabus.
(2016-) Lecture/Seminar (B.A. students) at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, with
Emma-Louise Anderson. Syllabus.
University of Leeds Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations
(2015-) Lecture/Seminar (B.A. students) at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, with
Jocelyn Evans. Syllabus.
(2015-) Lecture/Seminar (B.A. students) at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, with
Jocelyn Evans. Syllabus.
University of Leeds Research Methods
(2015-) Three lectures/seminars (M.A. students) at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds,
with Stuart McAnulla. Syllabus.
(2015-) Three lectures/seminars (M.A. students) at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds,
with Stuart McAnulla. Syllabus.
Stockholm University Models of Social Change and Social Stability (Formal Modelling in Social Sciences)
(2014) Lecture/Seminar (M.A. & Ph.D. students) at the Department of Sociology, Spring Term 2014, Syllabus.
(2014) Lecture/Seminar (M.A. & Ph.D. students) at the Department of Sociology, Spring Term 2014, Syllabus.
Bielefeld University Research seminar on political socialisation: Young people’s attitudes on the Middle-East
(2009-2010) Conflict (in German), Seminar (M.A. students) at the Department of Education, Winter Term 2009/2010,
with Jürgen Mansel. Syllabus.
(2009-2010) Conflict (in German), Seminar (M.A. students) at the Department of Education, Winter Term 2009/2010,
with Jürgen Mansel. Syllabus.
Bielefeld University Internet as a socialisation and society-forming medium (in German), Seminar (M.A. students) at the
(2009-2010) Department of Education, Winter Term 2009/2010. Syllabus.
(2009-2010) Department of Education, Winter Term 2009/2010. Syllabus.
Workshops
Interacting Minds Center Hands-On Workshop: Exploring Social Data, Workshop at the Modeling Emerging Norms Workshop,
Aarhus University with David J.T. Sumpter and Andrea Perna.
(2013)
Aarhus University with David J.T. Sumpter and Andrea Perna.
(2013)
Research Students Supervision
If you are interested in doing your Ph.D. with me, please do contact me (v.spaiser@leeds.ac.uk). I am generally willing to supervise PhD students who plan to work in the area of Mathematical Modelling in Political Science, Computational Political Science, Social Media & Politics, Sustainable Development Goals, Online Political Experiments, ...
Currently I supervise one PhD student, Nicole Nisbett, who is doing her PhD in collaboration with the House of Commons on how we can improve UK Parliament online public engagement, making use of data analytics.
Currently I supervise one PhD student, Nicole Nisbett, who is doing her PhD in collaboration with the House of Commons on how we can improve UK Parliament online public engagement, making use of data analytics.