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Methods News aims to cover methodological developments in the social sciences and beyond, across all disciplines and sectors. Our articles include news stories from NCRM and its partners, plus updates and features from external organisations and individuals.


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Help us to build a new Research Methods Training Portal

We are conducting a survey of user needs and expectations to inform the design of a new Research Methods Training Portal. This survey is for …

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NCRM entering a new phase in 2020 - help us to shape our new training portal

We are happy to announce that the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) will be continuing into a new phase from January 2020 with an Economic and …

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The future of online data collection in social surveys

Dr Olga Maslovskaya (NCRM senior researcher) is organising an event on The future of online data collection in social surveys. It will take place at …

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Postcolonial and Indigenous Research

New QUEST (Qualitative Expertise at Southampton) seminar on: Postcolonial and Indigenous Research Wednesday 6th November, 14:00 - 15.30  Building 58, Room 1023, Highfield Campus  Presentations …

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Call for outline proposals for International Journal of Social Research Methodology: special issues or themed sections

The IJSRM editors welcome outline proposals for Special Issues or Themed Sections, to be submitted to the Journal editors by Friday 31st January 2020.  Outline proposals should …

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IJSRM Early Career Researcher Article Prize 2019/20

The International Journal of Social Research Methodology is the leading European journal in social research methods and methodology with a five-year impact factor of 2.099. We are …

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New teaching resource: Quantitative methods e-books

These quantitative methods e-books and accompanying quizzes are for direct use in teaching students or for self-study at an undergraduate level. They aim to build skills …

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The Collaborative Poetics project: developing methodological resources for collaborative arts-based research

In 2016, I travelled to Montreal to work with Claudia Mitchell and the Participatory Cultures Lab at McGill University. My visit was funded by NCRM’s International …