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The future of online data collection in social surveys

Dr Olga Maslovskaya (NCRM senior researcher) is organising an event on The future of online data collection in social surveys. It will take place at …

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Postcolonial and Indigenous Research

New QUEST (Qualitative Expertise at Southampton) seminar on: Postcolonial and Indigenous Research Wednesday 6th November, 14:00 - 15.30  Building 58, Room 1023, Highfield Campus  Presentations …

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Call for outline proposals for International Journal of Social Research Methodology: special issues or themed sections

The IJSRM editors welcome outline proposals for Special Issues or Themed Sections, to be submitted to the Journal editors by Friday 31st January 2020.  Outline proposals should …

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IJSRM Early Career Researcher Article Prize 2019/20

The International Journal of Social Research Methodology is the leading European journal in social research methods and methodology with a five-year impact factor of 2.099. We are …

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New teaching resource: Quantitative methods e-books

These quantitative methods e-books and accompanying quizzes are for direct use in teaching students or for self-study at an undergraduate level. They aim to build skills …

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The Collaborative Poetics project: developing methodological resources for collaborative arts-based research

In 2016, I travelled to Montreal to work with Claudia Mitchell and the Participatory Cultures Lab at McGill University. My visit was funded by NCRM’s International …

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Learning about culture through physical participation

As a Reader of Social Anthropology, my interests include new participatory research methods, language, dance and music. Since culture is embedded in human bodies, ways of …

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Want to make surveys more fun? Maybe ditch the radio buttons

Web surveys have become a widely adopted approach for data collection in many fields due to their low costs and efficiency. Nevertheless, due to the high …