Dr Sebastian Kocar

Research Fellow

Institute for Social Science Research

+61 7 344 31045

s.kocar@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Sebastian is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland, where he is part of a research group investigating mental health, substance use disorders, and related social and health challenges. His background is in survey methodology and statistics, and he has contributed to methodological, social, higher education, and well-being and quality of life research. Following his PhD at the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (The Australian National University), and before joining ISSR, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the measurement of social and economic change at the Institute for Social Change (University of Tasmania) and held a position as a Research Fellow (Survey Methodology) at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (University College London). Sebastian previously held data-related roles both in academia and the public sector in Australia, and he has also worked as a consultant specializing in research methodology and data analytics.

Publications

Book Chapters (2)

Journal Articles (15)

Conference Paper (1)

Book Chapters

Kocar, Sebastian, Véliz, Daniela, Geschwind, Lars and Marshall, Pío (2023). Internationalization of research across disciplines in practice: global similarities and differences. Internationalization and the academic profession comparative perspectives. (pp. 165-190) edited by Alper Çalıkoğlu, Glen A. Jones and Yangson Kim. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-26995-0_8

Flander, Alenka, Kočar, Sebastian, Ćulum Ilić, Bojana, Leišytė, Liudvika, Pekşen, Sude and Rončević, Nena (2022). Impact of internationalisation strategies on academics’ international research activities – case study of the three HE peripheries: Slovenia, Croatia and Lithuania. From actors to reforms in European higher education: a festschrift for Pavel Zgaga. (pp. 313-336) edited by Manja Klemenčič. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-09400-2_22

Journal Articles

Kocar, Sebastian (2024). Accuracy and practical considerations in an RDD text-to-web survey. International Journal of Market Research, 66 (4), 473-495. doi: 10.1177/14707853231219956

Kocar, Sebastian (2024). Good words are worth much, and cost little: can panel maintenance communication be effective in increasing survey completion in a volunteer online panel?. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36 (2) edae023. doi: 10.1093/ijpor/edae023

Seivwright, Ami, Kocar, Sebastian, Visentin, Denis and Kent, Katherine (2024). Cutting more than meals: increasing severity of food insecurity is associated with the number and types of household financial strategies used to cope with inflation. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 59 (1), 65-86. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.314

Kent, Katherine, Schumacher, Tracy, Kocar, Sebastian, Seivwright, Ami, Visentin, Denis, Collins, Clare E. and Lester, Libby (2024). Increasing food insecurity severity is associated with lower diet quality. Public Health Nutrition, 27 (1) e61. doi: 10.1017/S1368980024000417

Zadravec, Katarina Askerc and Kocar, Sebastian (2024). The impact of academic disciplines on a constructively aligned internationalised curriculum. Higher Education, 87 (2), 305-324. doi: 10.1007/s10734-023-01008-w

Kocar, Sebastian and Kaczmirek, Lars (2024). A meta-analysis of worldwide recruitment rates in 23 probability-based online panels, between 2007 and 2019. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 27 (5), 589-604. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2023.2242202

Lavrakas, Paul J. and Kocar, Sebastian (2023). A low-cost method to try to improve panel survey representation. Survey Practice, 16 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.29115/sp-2023-0014

Kocar, Sebastian and Lavrakas, Paul J. (2023). Social-psychological aspects of probability-based online panel participation. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 35 (2) edad012. doi: 10.1093/ijpor/edad012

Kocar, Sebastian and Biddle, Nicholas (2023). The power of online panel paradata to predict unit nonresponse and voluntary attrition in a longitudinal design. Quality and Quantity, 57 (2), 1055-1078. doi: 10.1007/s11135-022-01385-x

Kocar, Sebastian and Baffour, Bernard (2023). Comparing and improving the accuracy of nonprobability samples: profiling Australian surveys. Methods Data Analyses, 17 (2), 171-206. doi: 10.12758/mda.2023.04

Kocar, Sebastian (2022). Survey response in RDD-sampling SMS-invitation web-push study. Survey Research Methods, 16 (3), 283-299. doi: 10.18148/srm/2022.v16i3.7846

Kocar, Sebastian and Biddle, Nicholas (2022). Do we have to mix modes in probability-based online panel research to obtain more accurate results?. Methods Data Analyses, 93-120. doi: 10.12758/mda.2022.11

Flander, Alenka, Rončević, Nena and Kočar, Sebastian (2020). How teaching and research nexus in academic attitudes, behaviours and system of promotion influences academic satisfaction? Case study of Croatia and Slovenia. Higher Education Forum, 17, 177-205. doi: 10.15027/48960

Veniger, Katarina Askerc and Kocar, Sebastian (2018). The impact of academic discipline on university teaching and pedagogical training courses. Hrvatski Casopis za Odgoj i Obrazovanje, 20 (4), 1261-1298. doi: 10.15516/cje.v20i4.2718

Aškerc, Katarina and Kočar, Sebastian (2015). Teaching and the pedagogical training of university teaching staff–practice and opinions under Slovenian higher education legislation. Education Inquiry, 6 (2) 25591, 159-175. doi: 10.3402/edui.v6.25591

Conference Paper

Kent, K., Schumacher, T., Kocar, S., Seivwright, A., Visentin, D., Collins, C. E. and Lester, L. (2024). Increasing food insecurity severity is associated with lower diet quality in Australian adults. 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia and Nutrition Society of New Zealand, unknown, 28 November-1 December 2023. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/s0029665124001484