Programme for the 5th ESRC Research Methods Festival 2012

Tuesday 3rd July AM (09.15 - 12.45)

Multilevel Modelling I: Methods and Software

Convenor: Fiona Steele NCRM node LEMMA 3, University of Bristol

Multimodal Methodologies Part I

Convenor: Carey Jewitt NCRM node MODE, Institute of Education

New Methods for Data Collection: Geovisualization and Mass Communication.

Convenor: Mark Birkin NCRM node TALISMAN, University of Leeds

Challenging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide: Exploring Causal Analysis

Convenor: Martyn Hammersley The Open University

Survey Data Quality

Convenor: Chris Skinner London School of Economics (former Director of NCRM)

Critical Reading Workshop

Convenor: Mike Wallace ESRC Researcher Development Initiative, Cardiff University

Voice in Research

Convenor: Melanie Nind NCRM Hub, University of Southampton

After the Census

Convenor: Dave Martin NCRM Hub, University of Southampton (Director, ESRC Census Programme)

What are qualitative research ethics? What is discourse analysis? What is social network analysis? What is online research?

Convenor: Graham Crow NCRM Hub, University of Southampton

Tuesday 3rd July PM (14.15 - 15.30)

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY LECTURE: The vicissitudes of methods

Convenor: Andrew Abbott University of Chicago

Mediation Analysis

Convenor: Changiz Mohiyeddini Roehampton University

Developing Effective Research Proposals

Convenor: David Shemmings University of Kent

Using Cohort Studies

Convenor: Dick Wiggins Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education

Tuesday 3rd July PM (16.00 - 17.30)

Multilevel Modelling II: Applications

Convenor: William Browne NCRM node LEMMA 3, University of Bristol

Multimodal Methodologies Part II

Convenor: Carey Jewitt NCRM node MODE, Institute of Education

New Methods for Spatial Modelling, Simulation and Policy Analysis

Convenor: Mark Birkin NCRM node TALISMAN, University of Leeds

Career Building for Early Career Researchers

Convenor: Denise Lievesley Kings College

Researching Consumption and Sustainability

Convenor: Ben Anderson Centre for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation, University of Essex

Advanced Applied Psychometrics

Convenor: Tim Croudace University of Cambridge

Data Mining and Text Mining

Convenor: Malcolm Williams Cardiff University

Comparative Methods for Cross-National Surveys Using Latent Variable Models

Convenor: Jouni Kuha London School of Economics

What is propensity score matching? What are electronic data collection methods?