The Comparative Panel File with Konrad Turek

The Comparative Panel File with Konrad Turek

From ODISSEI Podcast by ODISSEI

April 7, 2026 · 30 min · Episode 13

About this episode

Tom Emery interviews Konrad Turek about the Comparative Panel File and the importance of open science in sociology.

In this episode, Tom Emery speaks with Konrad Turek, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tilburg University and a core team member of the Comparative Panel File (CPF). As the recipient of the first ODISSEI Open Science Award, Konrad reflects on how seeing science as a collective endeavour, rather than an individual pursuit, shaped the development of the CPF with a small group of collaborators. He also discusses how open-source harmonisation projects like the CPF enhance explanatory power by enabling meaningful comparisons across countries and survey studies. Affiliations: Dr. Konrad Turek, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tilburg University Dr. Tom Emery - Executive Director of ODISSEI, the Dutch National Infrastructure for Social Science; Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Sociology of Erasmus University, Rotterdam Useful Links: https://cpfdata.com/ https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11-33-907/ https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1673209/full

People in this episode

Host: Tom Emery

Guest: Konrad Turek

Topics covered

  • Comparative Panel File
  • Open Science
  • Sociology
  • International Comparisons

Keywords

  • open-source
  • harmonisation
  • explanatory power
  • collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Comparative Panel File

Places: Rotterdam

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