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In July 2018, I undertook an NCRM-funded placement fellowship with the UK Web Archive (UKWA), based at the British Library. The UKWA collects and preserves UK …
My colleagues and I worked on the ‘TBI experiences’ study1 – qualitative longitudinal research (QLR) about recovery and adaptation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Led by …
The 2017 ‘snap’ general election saw a substantial reconfiguration of party support during the short campaign from 18th April to Election Day on 8th June. From …
International research initiatives that seek to address global challenges often require collaborations between western-based non-Indigenous researchers and Indigenous researchers living in and/or working with their communities. …
Social science research benefits from accountability and transparency, which can usefully be underpinned by high quality and trustworthy data. Rigorous data curation practices are still sometimes …
The University of Southampton hosted an international conference on the future of online data collection in social surveys. The event was jointly organised by the University …
Patrick Sturgis has been director of the National Centre for Research Methods since 2009. From June 2019 Patrick will take on a new role as …
There is increasing interest from policy-makers in sponsoring research that is in some way inclusive of the people that the policy affects, changing the dynamics between …