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Participate in the UCL study on research practices in Social Science

Much has been discussed in recent years about research practices in the Social Sciences, yet factors that influence these practices remain largely unknown. To address this, …

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Innovation in Research Methods: Investigative Social Research

On the 21st and 22nd November at the University of Liverpool in London, NCRM held an innovation forum to explore the embryonic field of “investigative social …

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Teaching social research methods online: interview with Debbie Collins

Debbie Collins is not only the director of NatCen Learning, she is also working on her doctoral thesis with NCRM (supervised by …

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NCRM @home: some personal experiences and coping strategies

As many other organisations, NCRM is now working from home. We had to close our offices, sort out home computers and workspaces and deal not only …

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Social data during the COVID-19 pandemic

Social data are not the highest priority at the moment, but they may well become increasingly important – and for those of us who aren’t key …

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Switching to teaching, learning and researching online - what does it mean for research methods?

We at NCRM are busy tracking Twitter and other online communities for great ideas on how people are managing to switch to teaching and learning …

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Transitioning from Interviewer-Administered Surveys to Online Data Collection - new grant awarded

Olga Maslovskaya (PI) from Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton together with Lisa Claderwood (UCL), Gerry Nicolaas (NatCen) and Laura Wilson (ONS)  have …

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Chris Skinner 1953-2020

NCRM is very sorry to hear of the death of our former Director, Prof Chris Skinner. Chris was the founder of the ESRC National Centre for …