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A fully funded PhD studentship - New Forms of Data Collection

A fully funded PhD studentship is available through SCDTP.  Please come to the University of Southampton to do PhD with Dr Olga Maslovskaya and Professor Peter …

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IJSRM call for contributions: adapting conventional research methods for the new normal

With a second wave of the global COVID-19 pandemic now sweeping across the West, it is becoming clear that returning to ‘normal‘ maybe a long way …

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GenPopWeb2 first public event - Within-household selection methods for probability web surveys

GenPopWeb2 network project  is a network of UK-based academic and non-academic partners including government departments, survey organisations, academics and major ESRC investments to share knowledge …

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Our Changing Research Practice: Undertaking social science research in the context of Covid-19 project has published some new resources

The Changing Research Practice project has produced new resources on Alternatives for interviewing, Researching with participant groups with additional challenges and Participatory …

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Material methods: creative methods. In conversation between Sophie Woodward and Natasa Lackovic

We have just published a new episode of the NCRM In Conversation series. This is the first episode that focuses upon the emerging field of …

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Library of methods for remote collection of data from children and families

Dr Bonamy Oliver at UCL is setting up an open source library that provides a place for researchers/practitioners to share freely available and validated methods for …

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The catalogue of mental health measures

Mental health awareness has been steadily increasing in recent years. Estimates of the extent and adverse impacts of mental health problems underline the urgent need for …

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Changing Research Practice: Undertaking social science research in the context of Covid-19

NCRM has been awarded additional ESRC funding for a new research and engagement project. The project, entitled Changing Research Practice: Undertaking social science research in …