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A new podcast mini-series produced by Dementia Researcher and NCRM will explore a variety of research methods and their application in dementia research. The host of
A new book published by Bloomsbury and NCRM provides an introduction to the subject of embodied inquiry and explores how the approach can be successfully applied
If you have not seen already, the 2021 Research Methods e-Festival is happening on 25-29 October. If the “e” was not clue enough, this year’s event
A new online resource on cross-classified models is now available on the NCRM website. The resource includes four videos, comprising lectures and a practical walkthrough, as
A new guide on ethnographic research during the COVID-19 pandemic has been added to the NCRM website. The publication, called The NCRM wayfinder guide to conducting
A new toolkit that considers the role of telephone interviewing in qualitative research is available on the NCRM website. The Telephone Methods Toolkit explores the advantages
Five guides on administrative data research methods are now available on the NCRM website. The publications cover data quality, legal issues, public engagement, confidentiality of statistical
Two researchers from the University of Liverpool have proposed a novel approach for analysing qualitative diary data. Dr Laura Radcliffe and Dr Leighann Spencer, who led NCRM’s
A new interactive overview of the within- and between-study coverage of cognitive constructs across five British birth cohorts has been added to CLOSER’s cognitive measures
The Social Research Association is inviting workshop proposals for its annual conference, which will be held online on 22 November. Organisers are looking for presentations that share
Rosie Harrison, a PhD student at Lancaster University, has written a blog post about how an NCRM online course helped her to write her PhD methodology
NCRM and methods@manchester are inviting researchers, trainers and other speakers to submit session proposals for the 2021 Research Methods e-Festival. The five-day event will take place
The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 global pandemic has had extremely disruptive effects on contemporary social life. The empirical findings that flow from social science inquiries
The Department of Methodology at the London School of Economics and Political Science is looking to recruit a Research Officer (PhD desired but not required)
The GESIS Summer School 2021 will take place from 28 July - 20 August. In its 10th anniversary year, it will again (as in the first
From the initial questions through dissemination of findings, each month in 2021 SAGE MethodSpace is focusing on one research stage. For each stage, experienced researchers