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The NCRM wayfinder guide to doing ethical research during Covid-19
Get PDFThe Covid-19 pandemic has brought about significant changes to social research practices. Social distancing and restrictions to travel and access to sites have disrupted research projects and brought about adaptations to methods, introducing multiple and interrelated ethical challenges. The pandemic has raised moral and ethical issues about society in general and has affected everyone involved in research studies – researchers and participants alike. This guide draws on recent literature and workshop discussions to unpack the complex ethical dimensions of conducting research during Covid-19 to provide insight, guidance and ideas
Case Studies in Research Methods Pedagogy - Introduction to the series
Get PDFThe National Centre for Research Methods is pleased to bring you the NCRM Case Studies in Research Methods Pedagogy. The intention with these resources is to shine a light on practice in research methods teaching and learning. By illustrating what it is that methods teachers and trainers do, together with why they do those things, we hope the case studies will stimulate pedagogic reflection. Ultimately, they could be a catalyst for pedagogic action – doing things differently or with a stronger foundation
In Conversation with Sophie Woodward and Ian Cook – Material Methods 4: Political Lego
Get PDFThis is the fourth episode of an NCRM “in conversation” series that focuses upon the emerging field of material methods. In this video, Sophie Woodward is in conversation with Ian Cook, who introduces political Lego as a method for critically engaging with consumption and follow-the-thing methods.
Ian is a cultural geographer and situates political Lego within geography. He explores how political Lego is a material method, with an emphasis upon the potentials of creative practices and ‘play’ for engaging with politics. This video is of interest for anyone wanting to engage with material and creative methods
Introduction to Modelling Part 2
No full textIn this video, Dr Martin Hinsch offers a historical overview of modern science and focuses on modelling. He talks about complexity and specifically about chaos, criticality and emergence using various examples
Towards psychological realism in agent-based models
No full textIn this video, Dr Toby Prike talks about increasing the psychological realism of agent-based models. In other words, he explains how to make the agents within the models behave more like real humans. He then shares some examples of research findings that can potentially be applied to agent-based models to make them more psychologically realistic
Social Media Research with Digital Methods
No full textIn this video, Professor Richard Rogers talks about several techniques to study social media platforms. These techniques, broadly known as digital methods, are tool based but also research question-based. This video gives insight into the kinds of research questions typically posed in digital methods, techniques used, outcomes, and how productive these methods can be
Web scraping and Covid-19: html
No full textIn this video, Dr Diarmuid McDonnell talks about the structure of web pages, an essential piece of knowledge for scraping their contents. He addresses the fundamentals of what a webpage is, how webpages are structured and what language they are written in
Web scraping to build social research data
No full textIn this video, Dr Diarmuid McDonnell introduces the logic, core steps, practice and value of a social research method, the web scraping. He demonstrates an example from his research area and then he also looks at the limitations of this method
Studying Elites: Creative Methods in Elite Studies
Get PDFThis discussion with artists Ruth Beale and Amy Feneck (The Alternative School of Economics) and Professor Caroline Knowles (Goldsmiths, University of London) will explore the potential of art and creative methods for studying elites.
The discussion, which includes a short film screening, brings together three experts to discuss: the innovative use of creative methods in studying the rich; the potential of art to generate public engagement on wealth inequality; and what might be productive conversations and collaborations between the academic and creative sectors in researching the rich
The NCRM wayfinder guide to in-situ methodologies in a Covid-impacted uncertain world
Get PDFIn-situ methodologies are broadly described as multi-sensory qualitative approaches immersed in place and time. Unsurprisingly, the Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted how, and even if, in-situ research can be conducted. Despite constraints, we argue that such methodologies are needed now more than ever because of their utility in understanding inequities in health and place. In this guide, we present a set of reflective questions to guide adaptation of in-situ methodologies for research conducted during the global pandemic and beyond, and provide a working example of how we adapted go-along interviews in practice