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CLOSER has added 15,000 new variables including 5,000 COVID-19 related to CLOSER Discovery – the UK’s most detailed search engine for longitudinal data. Users can now search …
Social researchers are adapting, switching and experimenting with methods in the pandemic. We devised a small project to synthesise the emerging evidence about methodological adaptations and …
With further funding from ESRC, the project on how social research practices are changing in light of Covid-19 is continuing into a new phase March-September …
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about significant changes to social research practices. The need for social distancing and restrictions to travel have particularly affected research that …
The Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated considerable changes to research practices. This includes a dominant method for the social researcher – the in person interview – made …
Four new animations introducing methods for the analysis of data from longitudinal studies have been added to the CLOSER Learning Hub. The animation series covers …
February 16th sees the launch of the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) survey: Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) – which will be …
Registration is open for the free, online conference on Measuring prices and welfare (28-29 April) organised by the Centre for microdata methods and practices (cemmap). This …