RMF2012 Abstracts

Session: Tuesday 3rd July PM (16.00 - 17.30)

Title: Career Building for Early Career Researchers

Name: Denise Lievesley

Affiliation: Kings College

Abstract Details

Career building for early career researchers from the perspectives of employers of, and providers of training to, researchers. Bobby Duffy will focus on skills and experience from the point of view of recruiting researchers, and what additional training IPSOS-MORI need to provide. Professor John MacInnes will talk about quantitative skills, and the training opportunities for those who wish to improve those skills. Sharon Witherspoon will explain the reasons for Nuffield's commitment to improving the quantitative skills of researchers. Professor Sir David Watson will share ideas on how to survive and thrive as an early-career social scientific researcher.

Presentation downloads

Presenter: Bobby Duffy

Career building for researchers: the research agency experience

The level of the session is: Accessible

Presentation details

Presenter 1

Start time: 16:00

Presentation title: Quantitative Skills and Career Development

Author: Professor John MacInnes

Affiliation: School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh

Presenter 2

Start time: 16:25

Presentation title: Survive and Thrive as an Early Career Social Scientific Researcher

Author: Professor David Watson

Affiliation: Green Templeton College, Oxford University

Presenter 3

Start time: 16:50

Presentation title: Building Social Science Research Capacity in Quantitative Methods: Why and How

Author: Ms Sharon Witherspoon

Affiliation: The Nuffield Foundation

Presenter 4

Start time: 17:10

Presentation title: What are Research Agencies Looking For?

Author: Mr Bobby Duffy

Affiliation: Social Research Institute, Ipsos-Mori