NCRM Podcasts

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This page lists episodes from NCRM's Methods podcast. Through conversations with leading experts, the podcast explores methodological innovations, provides practical tips and discusses new challenges and opportunities. The latest series focusses on qualitative longitudinal and mixed methods research, and was produced as part of the EU-funded YouthLife project.

You can listen to individual episodes of Methods on this page by clicking on the play symbol or title, and you can subscribe using the RSS feed link below. The library is searchable by keywords, such as topic and author. You can also listen and subscribe to Methods on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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Changing the world with mixed methods

Donna Mertens (17-04-18)

Open Access CC-BY-NC

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From climate change to water security - there are some problems facing the world that often seem unsolvable. So how can researchers stay positive about the role they have in tackling these huge challenges and which research methods should they consider using? In this episode of our podcast, Dr Donna Mertens, Professor Emeritus at Gallaudet University in Washington DC, and keynote speaker at the 2018 Research Methods Festival, calls on researchers to stay optimistic about the role they have in beating the world's ‘wicked’ problems and explains why she believes a mixed methods is key to doing research in troubling times.


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