Changing Research Practices resources and reports


Guidance material

The following nine guides were produced across the three phases of the Changing Research Practices intiative.


Reading and resources lists


Reports and papers

The following reports and phases were published by members of the Changing Research Practices team across the three phases of the project.


Synthesis of the learning among the social research community 2020–2022

This paper synthesises a large dataset on how social research methods and practices have been adapted or designed for use within pandemic conditions and a climate of crisis and uncertainty.


Phase II-III rapid evidence review

This Rapid Evidence Review synthesises evidence available in academic publications from 2021 to update the review of evidence from 2020.


Phase I report

This is the main report from the first phase of the project, which had two aims: to engage the research community (within and beyond the academy) in learning and sharing positive methodological responses to, and possibilities within, the constraints of Covid-19 measures when conducting social research; to synthesise the evidence available to the research community on how social research methods have been successfully adapted for, or may work within, pandemic conditions.


Phase I rapid evidence review

This review synthesises evidence available in academic publications from 2020 with the aim of charting how social research methods have been successfully adapted for, or designed for use within, the pandemic conditions of Covid-19.