Oct
Skill School workshop series: Webscraping
The Lund Social Science Methods Centre offers eight workshops in methods and methodologies from mid-September through mid-October in 2025. These are for teachers, researchers, and doctoral candidates who desire to continue to broaden and deepen their knowledge of research methods.
Below is a short summary and a link to Skill School's webpage where you will find more info and register for this and other Skill School workshops.
Using web scraping, data that is publically available on the internet can be collected and structured for academic research. This means downloading information from a website and transforming it into a spreadsheet. The workshop provides an introduction into the logic of web scraping, and students will learn how to scrape simple websites. For example, web scraping can collect the press releases of organizations, consumer reviews or product ratings, posts on public forums, or public records (such as court cases or financial statements). The workshop uses Data Miner, a freely available Google Chrome extension, and therefore no programming proficiency is required.
Time: 13:00-16:00 both days
Instructor: Michael Bossetta, Department of Communication
Arranged by: Lund Social Science Methods Centre
About the event
Location:
See Skill School's webpage
Target group:
Teachers, researchers, and doctoral candidates
Language:
In English
Contact:
skillschool [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se