NCRM research

NCRM runs targeted programmes of methodological and pedagogic research, and gathers insight on new challenges and opportunities. Our work focuses on strategically important areas, enabling social scientists to address key substantive and policy-relevant research questions.

We also work with experts to produce in-depth publications. Recent collections have covered subjects such as ethics and investigative methods, which are available to view on our resources page.

Projects from our 2020-2025 phase

Our latest projects investigate topics such as the teaching of research methods, the impact of COVID-19 on social science research and the evolution of the survey data collection landscape.

Projects from previous NCRM phases

Since NCRM was founded in 2004, the centre has conducted and overseen a huge number of research projects. These have enhanced and developed existing methods, pioneered new approaches and established innovative practices for teaching research methods.

In NCRM’s 2014-19 phase, we conducted a series of seven work packages on the analysis of complex data with linked and time-dependent structures, and the pedagogy of methodological learning. We also completed 11 other projects on cutting edge topics. Our research programmes were run both in-house and through externally commissioned projects.