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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 …

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Learning about culture through physical participation

As a Reader of Social Anthropology, my interests include new participatory research methods, language, dance and music. Since culture is embedded in human bodies, ways of …

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Want to make surveys more fun? Maybe ditch the radio buttons

Web surveys have become a widely adopted approach for data collection in many fields due to their low costs and efficiency. Nevertheless, due to the high …

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Research challenges for using the UK Web Archive for social science research

In July 2018, I undertook an NCRM-funded placement fellowship with the UK Web Archive (UKWA), based at the British Library. The UKWA collects and preserves UK …

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Seeing the changes that matter: qualitative longitudinal research focused on recovery and adaptation

My colleagues and I worked on the ‘TBI experiences’ study1 – qualitative longitudinal research (QLR) about recovery and adaptation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Led by …