Sebastian Karcher
Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Director, Qualitative Data Repository
Research Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Highest degree earned
Research Grant Awards and Projects
"Incubation Project for Empirical Evidence to Improve Informed Consent in the Social Sciences:_Collaborative Research:", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
"Support for Institutes and Research Groups on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: 2024-2026", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
"American Political Science Review Editorship", Sponsored by American Political Science Association.
"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.
"EAGER: Sharing Knowledge, Building Community: Introducing a Journal Editors' Discussion Interface (JEDI)", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
"Support for Institutes and Research Groups on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: 2021 - 2023", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
"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
UW Seattle
The Ohio State University
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Caltech
TU Delft