Sebastian Karcher
Associate Director, Qualitative Data Repository, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Research Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Highest degree earned
Research Grant Awards and Projects
"Mapping Open Science through the Journal Editors Discussion Interface:_EAGER", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
"Data Services for Indigenous Scholarship", Sponsored by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
"Qualitative Data Repository 2021-2024", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
"Curating QDAS Research Objects for Exchange and Reuse", Sponsored by Institute of Museum & Library Services.
"Balancing Openness and Protection in Research with Human Participants: Characterizing and Communicating Risk and Response with a Data Profile Tool (DataPro)", Sponsored by CUSE Grants - Good to Great Grant.
"Support for Institutes and Research Groups on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: 2021 - 2023", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
"Teaching with Data: Understanding the Instruction of Qualitative Research Methods in the Social, Education, and Health Sciences", Sponsored by CUSE Grants - Seed Grant.
"Collaborative Research: Encouraging Open Law and Science", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
"Privacy Interoperability", Sponsored by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
"Qualitative Data Repository 2018 - 2021", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
- Karcher, S., Secen, S. and Weber, N., "PROTECTING SENSITIVE DATA EARLY IN THE RESEARCH DATA LIFE CYCLE." Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality, 2023.
- Colón, R., Goben, A. and Karcher, S., "Actually Accessible Data: An Update and a Call to Action." Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2023.
- VnadeVusse, A., Mueller, J. and Karcher, S., "Qualitative Data Sharing: Participant Understanding, Motivation, and Consent." Qualitative Health Research, 2022.
- Jacobs, A. M., Kapiszewski, D. and Karcher, S., "Using Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI) to Teach Qualitative Research Methods." PS: Political Science & Politics, 2022.
- Kapiszewski, D., Karcher, S., "Empowering Transparency: Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI)." In Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI): Transparency in Practice in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research. PS: Political Science & Politics, 2021.
- Karcher, S., Dessislava, K., Page, C. and Weber, N., "How Data Curation Enables Epistemically Responsible Reuse of Qualitative Data." The Qualitative Report 26, 2021.
- Demgenski, R., Karcher, S., Dessi, D. and Weber, N., "Introducing the Qualitative Data Repository's Curation Handbook." Journal of EScience Librarianship, 2021.
- Kapiszewski, D., Karcher, S., "Introduction: Case Studies in Transparent Qualitative Research." In Varieties of Transparency in Qualitative Research. Qualitative & Multi-Method Research, 2021.
- Kapiszewski, D., Karcher, S., "Transparency in Practice in Qualitative Research." PS: Political Science & Politics, 2021.
- Karcher, S., Alexander, S. M., Jones, K., Bennett, N. J., Budden, A., Cox, M., Crosas, M. and Game, E. T., "Qualitative Data Sharing and Synthesis for Sustainability Science." Nature Sustainability, 2020.
- Weber, N., Karcher, S. and Myers, J., "Open Source Tools for Scaling Data Curation at QDR." The Code4Lib Journal, 2020.
- Fenner, M., Crosas, M., Grethe, J. S., Kennedy, D., Hermjakob, H., Rocca-Serra, P., Gustavo, D. and Karcher, S., "A Data Citation Roadmap for Scholarly Data Repositories." Scientifc Data, 2019.
- Karcher, S., Lafferty-Hess, S., "An Epic Journey in Sharing: The Story of a Young Researcher's Journey to Share Her Data and the Information Professionals Who Tried to Help." IASSIST Quarterly, 2019.
- Karcher, S., Weber, N., "Annotation for Transparent Inquiry: Transparent Data and Analysis for Qualitative Research." IASSIST Quarterly, 2019.
- Book Chapters
- Karcher, S., Dessi, K., Page, C., Salmona, M., Kaczynski, D. and Lieber, E., "Case Study: Sharing Qualitative Social Science Data." In Qualitative and Mixed Methods Data Analysis Using Dedoose: A Practical Approach for Research across the Social Sciences. SAGE, 2020.
- Gerring, J., Karcher, S. and Apfeld, B., "Impact Metrics." In The Production of Knowledge: Enhancing Progress in Social Science. Elman, C., Mahoney, J. and Gerring, J. (eds.) Strategies for Social Inquiry, 2020.
- Kapiszewski, D., Karcher, S., "Making Research Data Accessible." In The Production of Knowledge: Enhancing Progress in Social Science. Elman, C., Mahoney, J. and Gerring, J. (eds.) Strategies for Social Inquiry, 2020.
- Karcher, S., Paulus, T. M. and Friend Wise, A., "Qualitative Data Repository: Case Study." In Looking for Insight, Transformation, and Learning in Online Talk. Routledge, 2019.
- Thelen, K. A., Karcher, S., "Resilience and Change in Federal Institutions: The Case of the German Federal Council." In Federal Dynamics: Continuity, Change, and the Varieties of Federalism. Broschek, J., Benz, A. (eds.) Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Karcher, S., Schneider, B. R., "Business Politics in Latin America: Investigating Structure, Preferences, and Infuence." In Routledge Handbook of Latin American Politics. Kingstone, P. R., Yashar , D. J. (eds.) Routledge, 2012.
- Karcher, S., "Ungleichheit Und Das Trilemma Lateinamerikanischer Ar- beitsmärkte." In Soziale Ungleichheiten in Lateinamerika: Neue Perspektiven Auf Wirtschaft, Politik Und Umwelt. Burchardt, H., Wehr, I. (eds.) Studien Zu Lateinamerika 10. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2011.
- Book Review
- Karcher, S., Aleman, J. A., "Review of: Labor Relations in New Democracies: East Asia, Latin America and Europe." Political Studies Review, 2013.
- Conference Proceeding
- Weber, N., Karcher, S., "Seeking Seeking Justification: How Expert Reviewers Validate Empirical Claims with Data Annotations." In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in 2020. JCDL '20, 2020.
- Pedagogical Writings
- Karcher, S., Clement, G. and Morrel, T., Author Carpentry: Open authoring and publishing. .
- Karcher, S., Kapiszewski, D., Managing Qualitative Social Science Data: An Interactive Online Course. .
- Karcher, S., Zelle, R., Mastering Zotero. .
Presentations and Events
Caltech
TU Delft
UC Merced
Universität Mannheim
University of Cincinnati