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Applications are now open for the NCRM/Exeter Computational Communication Methods Spring School. The event will take place over eight days between 6 and 14 April 2022. Organised by
The NCRM website will be unavailable between Monday, 27 December 2021 and Saturday, 1 January 2022. This is due to essential maintenance work being carried out at
NCRM has published an online learning resource on Understanding Society, the UK household longitudinal study. The resource, called Genomics and Proteomics for Social Scientists, includes four
A panel of experts will explore the topic of research transparency, reproducibility and impact at an NCRM roundtable. The free event, which is open to anyone
A new event hosted by NCRM will provide an opportunity for researchers to collaborate across sectors and disciplinary boundaries. MethodsCon will take place in Manchester between 12
Researchers interested in computational social science will be given the chance to learn new skills at a spring school in April 2022. The NCRM/Exeter Computational Communication Methods
NCRM is inviting users of its website to complete a short, anonymous feedback form. This feedback will help us to improve the site and make it
PhD researchers in Wales are publishing a series of blog posts about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the methodology of their research projects. The researchers, who
A video of the first event in NCRM’s webinar series on decolonial research methods is now available on our website. Professor Vineeta Sinha from the National University
One of NCRM’s regular trainers, Dr Helen Kara, has co-edited a new book that explores the creative ways in which researchers have adapted methods in response
NCRM has published a new guide on in-situ methodologies and how they can be adapted for research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The publication, titled The NCRM
A new podcast series launched by Dementia Researcher and NCRM provides an introduction to a range of research methods and considers how they could be applied
Two new videos from NCRM see experts discussing the subjects of political Lego and elite studies. In the first video, Professor Ian Cook of the University of
NCRM has published new online learning resources that explore the topics of web scraping and text data. The first, Web scraping and Covid-19, is presented by
NCRM is running a series of new engagement activities that aim to boost research methods training within the social sciences and beyond. As part of its current
NCRM has published a new interdisciplinary report that examines the emerging research field of computational social science (CSS). The report offers insight into the shape of CSS,