Programme for the 5th ESRC Research Methods Festival 2012



Wednesday 4th July AM (09.15 - 12.45)

Pathways from Social Disadvantage to Health: What can we Learn from Longitudinal Analysis?

Convenor: Emily Grundy NCRM Node Pathways, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Programme Evaluation Methods, and Inference in Difference-in-Difference Designs

Convenor: Mike Brewer NCRM Node PEPA, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Visualisation in Research

Convenor: Les Back Goldsmiths College

Methods in Field Experiments in Economics and Political Science

Convenor: Sayantan Ghosal Research Director of CAGE

Publishing in Journals

Convenor: Melanie Nind NCRM Hub, University of Southampton

Teaching Research Methods

Convenor: Malcolm Williams Cardiff University

Narrative Analysis Workshop

Convenor: Corinne Squire NCRM Node NOVELLA, Institute of Education


Wednesday 4th July PM (14.15 - 15.30)

Publishing Your First Book

Convenor: Katie Metzler SAGE Publications

Modelling Paradata (Survey Process Data)

Convenor: Peter Smith University of Southampton

Expanding Your Methodological Comfort Zone

Convenor: Mike Wallace ESRC Researcher Development Initiative, Cardiff University


Wednesday 4th July PM (16.00 - 17.30)

Pathways from Disadvantage to Health: Demonstration of Applications

Convenor: Emily Grundy NCRM Node Pathways, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Using Data on Social Networks in Programme Evaluation

Convenor: Mike Brewer NCRM Node PEPA, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Lyrical Methods: Explorations with Andrew Abbott

Convenor: Ann Phoenix NCRM Node NOVELLA, Institute of Education

Promoting Partnerships and Research Collaborations

Convenor: Sean Moley NCRM Hub, University of Southampton

Innovative Methods - New and Changing Forms of Work

Convenor: Pauline Leonard University of Southampton

Extracting Political Information From Legislative Speeches

Convenor: Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey London School of Economics

Focus Groups

Convenor: Jenny Hislop University of Oxford

What is multimodality? What is the regression discontinuity approach?

Convenor: Graham Crow NCRM Hub, University of Southampton


Wednesday 4th July evening (20.30 - 22.00)

Cafe Scientifique

Convenor: Ann Grand