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Changing NCRM leadership - farewell to Prof Patrick Sturgis and welcome to Prof Gabriele Durrant

Patrick Sturgis has been director of the National Centre for Research Methods since 2009. From June 2019 Patrick will take on a new role as …

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NCRM Summer School 2019: An inclusive turn

There is increasing interest from policy-makers in sponsoring research that is in some way inclusive of the people that the policy affects, changing the dynamics between …

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NCRM co-directors conferred as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

NCRM are thrilled to announce that two of our co-directors have been conferred as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences. NCRM Co-Director Tarani Chandola has been …

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NCRM Director Patrick Sturgis proves there was a 2017 election youthquake

NCRM Director Patrick Sturgis has written a blog post for the London School of Economics and Political Science on the concept of the 2017 general election …

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NCRM Co-Director Dave Martin awarded OBE for services to Geography

NCRM Co-Director David Martin has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours 2019 for his services to Geography and Population Studies. David's research in geographical …

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Communicative methodology: doing research for social impact

Overcoming inequalities in schools and learning communities is a current concern for many countries. Doing this through research requires a methodological approach oriented not only to …

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Show me the data: research reproducibility in qualtiative research

In quantitative methods, reproducibility is held as the gold standard for demonstrating research integrity. But threats to scientific integrity, such as fabrication of data and results, …

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Expert elicitation techniques – why are they important?

It is not always possible to collect quantitative data to estimate a wide variety of population parameters. There may be logistical, ethical or physical barriers that …