Call for papers for a Special Issue of methods, data, analyses (mda) on the topic of Recent Developments and Current Approaches to the Analysis of Panel Data We kindly invite interested researchers to contribute to a special issue of the open-access journal methods, data, analyses (mda) with proposals for papers on the topic of Recent Developments and Current Approaches to the Analysis of Panel Data. We welcome papers on panel regression-related topics that highlight recent developments and/or current approaches. This includes both papers with a statistical or methodological focus (ideally with empirical examples) as well as innovative panel data applications. We furthermore encourage papers that bridge the gap between the fields of Econometrics, Psychology and Sociology. Some suggested topics may include: * dealing with violations of the parallel trends assumption and heterogeneous growth, * comparisons of different statistical approaches for panel data analysis, * mediation analysis based on panel data, * estimation of treatment effect dynamics and dealing with negative weighting bias * the challenges of dynamic panel models and the inclusion of lagged dependent variables, * approaches to analyze bidirectional effects, * missing value treatment in panel analysis. Accepted papers will be published in a special issue of mda scheduled for October 2022. Proposal guidelines: Proposals for papers should be in the form of a brief abstract (ca. 250-500 words). Each proposal will be reviewed by the guest editors of the special issue with regards to quality and relevance to the call. Authors will be notified after the initial screening process whether their proposal has been accepted, in which case we invite the authors to submit a full draft of the manuscript. Timetable: * Deadline for proposals: Proposals for papers must be submitted by 30th September 2021 * Acceptance of proposals: Accepted proposals will be given notice in October 2021 * Deadline for submission of papers: Deadline for submission of papers is 28th February 2022 * Results of review process: Submitted papers will be reviewed and authors will be given notice of whether the paper has been conditionally accepted for publication by March 2022 * Resubmission of revised papers: Authors must resubmit revised manuscripts by May 2022 * Final decision on manuscript: Authors will be given notice on the final decision regarding their revised submission by June 2022 * Online first publication: July-September 2022 * Publication: The special issue will be published in October 2022. Submission guidelines: Papers should be no more than ca. 8,000 words in length and should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines for submissions to mda ( <https://mda.gesis.org/index.php/mda/about/submissions#authorGuidelines> https://mda.gesis.org/index.php/mda/about/submissions#authorGuidelines). Submissions, along with any questions or concerns, should be submitted to Henrik Andersen at <mailto:henrik.andersen@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de> henrik.andersen@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de. We very much look forward to your proposals! Guest editors: Prof. Dr. Jochen Mayerl Chemnitz University of Technology Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology Chair for Sociology with a Focus on Empirical Social Research <mailto:jochen.mayerl@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de> jochen.mayerl@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de Jochen Mayerl is Professor for Sociology with a Focus on Empirical Social Research at the Chemnitz University of Technology. His substantive research interests include xenophobia and anti-foreigner attitudes, and environmental attitudes and behaviours. Methodologically, his research emphasizes structural equation modeling and panel data analysis as well as survey-related topics such as social desirability bias, survey response latencies and paradata. Prof. Dr. Elmar Schlüter Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Institute of Sociology Chair for Sociology with a Focus on Methods of International Comparative Social Research <mailto:elmar.schlueter@sowi.uni-giessen.de> elmar.schlueter@sowi.uni-giessen.de Elmar Schlüter is professor of sociology at the Justus Liebig University, Giessen. His main research interests focus on applications of multilevel and structural equation modeling, often coupled with the field of interethnic relations and immigrant integration. Jun.-Prof. Dr. Volker Ludwig Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Faculty of Social Sciences <mailto:ludwig@sowi.uni-kl.de> ludwig@sowi.uni-kl.de Volker Ludwig is an Assistant Professor for Applied Sociology at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern. His research interests include family sociology, labor market research and quantitative social research methods, especially the collection and analysis of panel data. Henrik Andersen, M.A. Chemnitz University of Technology Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology Chair for Sociology with a Focus on Empirical Social Research <mailto:henrik.andersen@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de> henrik.andersen@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de Henrik Andersen is a research assistant at the Chair for Sociology with a Focus on Empirical Social Research at the Chemnitz University of Technology. His research currently focuses on static and dynamic panel regression models in structural equation modeling.