Methods
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Laura Bernardi on mixed methods and research questions (NCRM) - Catherine McDonald, Laura Bernardi
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Methods podcast, host Catherine McDonald talks to Laura Bernardi, Professor of Demography and Sociology o...
JD Carpentieri on qualitative research and theory (NCRM) - Catherine McDonald, JD Carpentieri
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Methods podcast, host Catherine McDonald talks to JD Carpentieri, Associate Professor of Social Science a...
Laura Camfield on undertaking cross-national mixed methods research (NCRM) - Catherine McDonald, Laura Camfield
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Methods podcast, host Catherine McDonald talks to Laura Camfield, Professor of Development Research and E...
Dan Woodman on mixed and qualitative longitudinal approaches (NCRM) - Catherine McDonald, Dan Woodman
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Methods podcast, host Catherine McDonald talks to Dan Woodman, Associate Professor of Sociology at the Sc...
Jane Gray on researching social change over time (NCRM) - Catherine McDonald, Jane Gray
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Methods podcast, host Catherine McDonald talk to Jane Gray, Professor of Sociology at the Social Sciences...
Johnny Saldaña on qualitative longitudinal research (NCRM) - Catherine McDonald, Johnny Saldaña
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Methods podcast, host Catherine McDonald talks to Johnny Saldaña, Professor Emeritus at Arizona State Un...
Teaching Big Qual: benefits and challenges for students and teachers (NCRM) - Ros Edwards and Sarah Lewthwaite
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In a special mini-series of our podcast, we discuss the secondary analysis of large-scale qualitative data as a new research met...
Making space for Big Qual: new ideas in research methods and teaching (NCRM) - Lynn Jamieson and Sarah Lewthwaite
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In a special mini-series of our podcast, we discuss the secondary analysis of large-scale qualitative data as a new research met...
Remember your body: a somatics toolkit for ethnographers (NCRM) - Eline Kieft
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A researcher’s physical sensations are widely understood to contribute to their insights into people and culture. Yet there ar...
A short introduction to the Timescapes Archive (NCRM) - Kahryn Hughes
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We introduce the TimeScapes Archive, an archive designed to enable the sharing and re-use of datasets that have been generated u...
Food for thought: using fitness bracelet technology to tackle poor nutrition in low-income countries (NCRM) - Giacomo Zanello
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us use fitness watches to get fitter, but could the technology behind these devices help the millions of people across t...
Transforming lives with storytelling (NCRM) - Joanna Wheeler
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Getting participants to tell their stories can be both moving and powerful, but can it transform lives? In this episode of the ...
Mind the gap: why skills are key to data re-use (NCRM) - Richard Welpton
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to making more data from government departments more readily available to researchers, there has for some time bee...
Using satellites to slash survey costs (NCRM) - Marco Haenssgen and Ern Charoenboon
15 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Carrying out surveys on hard to reach populations in far flung parts of the world can be challenging and expensive. But research...
Diary of a participant: using apps for qualitative research. (NCRM) - Laura Radcliffe and Leighann Spencer
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers have been using diaries to capture the experiences and thoughts of their participants for some time, but the advent ...
Changing the world with mixed methods (NCRM) - Donna Mertens
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From climate change to water security - there are some problems facing the world that often seem unsolvable. So how can research...
Understanding poverty using visual participatory methods: can it work? (NCRM) - Daniel McCulloch
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Actively engaging study participants in research to give them a voice is a method that has grown in popularity in recent years. ...
Digging deep! The archaeological metaphor helping researchers get into Big Qual (NCRM) - Susie Weller
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Working across qualitative data sets is a relatively new but nevertheless exciting proposition, but can it be done well and with...
Multi-sited ethnography: a researcher’s story (NCRM) - Pauline von Hellermann
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Travelling to different locations to undertake ethnographic research undoubtedly provides some interesting and exciting opportun...
Having a family: what can our genes tell us about fertility? (NCRM) - Melinda Mills
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers have access to a fantastic array of information about people and their lives. Large scale household and biological s...
Using mobile devices to understand spending (NCRM) - Annette Jackle
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The development of mobile technology has brought with it some exciting opportunities for those interested in collecting data fro...
Telling a longitudinal story (NCRM) - Vernon Gayle
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Across the social sciences, there is widespread agreement that quantitative longitudinal research designs offer analysts powerfu...
Questions of disclosure: a synthetic answer (NCRM) - David Martin
15 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a rapidly changing linked data environment, there is much excitement about its potential, but still plenty of concern around ...
How are we influenced by the information we are exposed to? (NCRM) - Iulia Cioroianu
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The media environment, including the way we consume our news has been radically changed by the advent of the Internet. What does...
Reproducing social science research: give up your code (NCRM) - Vernon Gayle
06 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
While there is now an unprecedented amount of large-scale social science data suitable for sociological research, in reality it ...
Introduction to time use diaries (NCRM) - Jonathan Gershuny
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How we spend our time has long been of interest to researchers around the world. How we can most accurately capture that informa...
Using visual diaries to capture the everyday lives of people in mid to later life (NCRM) - Wendy Martin
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The use of visual methods in research on ageing has become increasingly popular. Not a great deal of it, however, has looked at ...
'Statistics Anxiety' A Fairy Tale For Our Times? (NCRM) - John MacInnes
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It is typically assumed that social science students are anxious, confused or intimidated by numbers. However this is far more '...
Visualising social trends in 3D (NCRM) - Jon Minton
21 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Data visualisation has become synonymous with simple infographics in recent years, but for researchers this isn't necessarily a ...
Researching the oldest old and those living and dying with dementia in care homes (NCRM) - Claire Goodman
03 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There are many uncertainties surrounding end of life care for people with dementia living in care homes. From who is responsible...
Inquiry into the 2015 British general election opinion polls (NCRM) - Patrick Sturgis
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The night of the General Election 2015 was a surprising one in more ways than one! A series of opinion polls had led us all to b...
Is it possible to use creative methods to research migration and citizenship (NCRM) - Umut Erel
21 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to use creative methods such as theatre work shops to research important topics such as migration and citizenship...
Shared understanding between improvising musicians (NCRM) - Michael Schober
02 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We often assume that great musical partnerships are just that - relationships built on a mutual understanding, intensive practic...
Data linkage: challenges and opportunities (NCRM) - Peter Elias
19 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The growth of digital information provides social scientists with unprecedented opportunities to access the personal data of peo...
Care.data: the challenges of linking health service data (NCRM) - Neil Serougi
19 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Linking data for the benefit of individuals and wider society is an important research area, not just for social scientists, but...
Teaching and learning social research methods (NCRM) - Melanie Nind, Daniel Kilburn and Rebekah Luff
26 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is a joint podcast by the NCRM and the International Journal for Social Research Methods (IJSRM). There is little research ...
Using Skype in qualitative interviews with young people (NCRM) - Susie Weller
28 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The way we communicate in our professional and personal lives has changed dramatically in recent years. We can now Skype our ban...
Surveying UK population's political attitudes – British Election Study (NCRM) - Jane Green
24 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How we vote and why we vote the way we do has become a key part of how we look at politics in the UK. One of the best resources ...
Predicting and understanding the 2015 General Election (NCRM) - Professor John Curtice
04 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Declining support for the main parties, allied with the rise of UKIP and the aftermath of the Scottish Independence Referendum m...
To probe or not to probe (NCRM) - Jouni Kuha
21 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
To probe or not to probe respondents' initial answers of "Don't know" is a key question when it comes to tackling the problem of...
The Collaborative Online Social Media Observatory (COSMOS): Beginnings, Emerging Findings and Possible Futures (NCRM) - Dr. Matthew Williams and Dr. Pete Burnap
19 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Matthew Williams and Dr. Pete Burnap from the NCRM funded Crime Sensing with Social Media project talk about the core ideas ...
Face 2 Face: Tracing the real and the mediated in children's cultural worlds (NCRM) - Liam Berriman
22 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Researching children's lives ethically in order to inform critical debates around child protection, and getting a better underst...
Using Social Media in Research (NCRM) - Jamie Bartlett
17 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
An increasing number of academics and researchers are seeking to exploit the rich data available on social media platforms such ...
Telling the untellable: researching emotionally sensitive and challenging topics (NCRM) - Denise Turner
11 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
There can be few more emotionally sensitive and challenging research areas than looking at the deaths of children. Following the...
Paradata in qualitative research (NCRM) - Rosalind Edwards
14 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A better understanding of paradata, or the by-products of the collection of survey data, could help researchers gain insights in...
The potential of crowdsourcing for research and funding in academia (NCRM) - Dr Andrew Hudson-Smith
04 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to the commercial world, crowdfunding has become a mainstream means of accessing money for anyone with a great ide...
Communicating chronic pain: Interdisciplinary methods for non-textual data (NCRM) - Dr Jen Tarr
18 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Chronic pain affects nearly 10 million Britons and can result in time off work and poor quality of life for many of them. Diagno...
Methodological innovation in digital arts and social sciences (NCRM) - Carey Jewitt
10 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It has become widely accepted that it is both worthwhile and necessary for researchers from different disciplines to work togeth...
Reverse engineering Chinese censorship: social media and research (NCRM) - Gary King
23 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese social media censorship constitutes the largest selective suppression of human communication in history. It is often ass...
The 'Thing-ness' problem of mixed methods research (NCRM) - Sharlene Hesse-Biber
13 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Is mixed methods research a turbulent environment and is innovation being stifled by an overly tightly bound concept of what it ...
What is inclusive research? (NCRM) - Melanie Nind
15 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What is inclusive research? How do we recognize it, understand it, do it, and know when it is done well? It’s a much-talked ab...
Mobile research tools for social sciences: Integrating genetic, environmental and behavioural data (NCRM) - Alex Kogan
20 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The NCRM funded project 'Integrating emerging smartphone and genetic initiatives to produce cost-effective, innovative methodolo...
Web surveys for the general population: How, why and when? (NCRM) - Gerry Nicolaas
22 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Cultural and technological change has made the web a possible and even desirable mode for complex social surveys, but the financ...
Narrative imagination and everyday life (NCRM) - Molly Andrews
25 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
From the challenge of envisioning our own futures to the storytelling skills of Barack Obama, a new book from the Professor Moll...
Ethnic diversity, segregation and the social cohesion of neighbourhoods in London (NCRM) - Patrick Sturgis
25 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The effect of ethnic diversity on communities has become an increasingly hot topic. Many academics and policy makers believe tha...
Simulation of daily patterns of commuting and social activity (NCRM) - David Martin
05 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A unique collaboration between two NCRM nodes - Talisman and the Hub is working on new methods for the simulation of 'social net...
Biosocial pathways to health (NCRM) - George Ploubidis
18 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Although the 20th century witnessed significant improvements in health in most countries including people living longer, older p...
How many interviews is enough? (NCRM) - Rosalind Edwards
05 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Just how many interviews is enough? That is a question that students conducting a piece of qualitative research frequently ask. ...
Relationship between employment transitions and mental health among British men (NCRM) - Fiona Steele
30 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The links between losing a job and and a person's mental health is of considerable interest not just to the individuals affected...
Big Data challenges for social scientists (NCRM) - Mark Birkin
08 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The advent of a wide range of new data sources and digital research methods has created a plethora of opportunities for social s...
Digital technologies in the operating theatre (NCRM) - Jeff Bezemer
08 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
How do surgical trainees learn to operate on real patients without increasing patient risks? How do surgeons come to make critic...
Digital Methods (NCRM) - Digital Methods Researchers
22 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In an era in which social life is increasingly played out online, innovative digital research methods are providing new ways of ...
Understanding support for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in general populations (NCRM) - Patrick Sturgis
13 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The appropriate place for Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) in modern healthcare continues to be a hot topic in poli...
What are Qualitative Research Ethics (NCRM) - Rose Wiles
29 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
From the arguments for and against undercover research to an explosion in interest in online research, these are exciting but c...
Evaluating and improving small area estimation methods (NCRM) - Adam Whitworth
28 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Small area estimation methodologies are widely used across a variety of disciplines and there is growing interest and demand fro...
Blurring the boundaries (NCRM) - Gareth Morrell
18 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Should social science researchers embrace social media and, if they do, what are the implications for our methods and practice? ...