Leveraging Data Science to Address Important Questions
This blog post is the first of nine in a follow-on to our “The future of computational social science is Black” series, about a Summer Institute in Computational Social Science organized by Howard University and Mathematica. It continues to bring the power of computational social science to the issues of systemic racism and inequality in America. This marks the third iteration of the successful SICSS model being hosted by a Historically Black College or University.
Design and Data Collection with Julianne Cheek and Elise Øby
Julianne Cheek and Elise Øby, co-authors of the book Research Design: Why Thinking About Design Matters, discuss how to make decisions about what qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods data to collect and how to do so. This post is the third of a three-part series of posts that feature ten author interviews.
Compassion, Community, Care and Collaboration in Research
Anna CohenMiller helps us drawing on the 4C's of research: Compassion, Community, Care and Collaboration into our research praxis to develop as individuals and researchers.
Conducting my Research From an Island
Doctoral student Sandra Flores discusses her research in Puerto Rico, and what she learned from the experience.
Approaches to Supervision
Sage Research Methods Community posts about mentors and mentoring
Design and Methodology with Julianne Cheek and Elise Øby
Julianne Cheek and Elise Øby, co-authors of the book Research Design: Why Thinking About Design Matters, discuss how to make decisions about methodology in this collection of video interviews. This post is the second of a three-part series of posts that feature ten author interviews.
Toward the Mainstream Teaching of Social Network Analysis
“Learning about networks, therefore, is to learn key intellectual and empirical skills for navigating through complexity – this descriptor that permeates the world of the 21st century.” Learn more in this guest post from Ion Georgiou.
Privileges Must Be Shared: Let's Stop Tokenizing the Wisdom of Practice
In this guest post Jane Shore and Sarah Singer Quast remind us of the importance of bridging research and practice, and give specific recommendations.
From Social Science to Data Science
How can you use data science in social science research? Find an interview with the Oxford Internet Institute’s Dr. Bernie Hogan and lots of useful resources in this post.
Thinking About Research Design with Julianne Cheek and Elise Øby
We need to think about research before we design and conduct it.
Julianne Cheek and Elise Øby, co-authors of the book Research Design: Why Thinking About Design Matters, discuss the first three chapters in these video interviews:
Chapter 1 – Research Design: What You Need to Think About and Why
Chapter 2 – Ethical Issues in Research Design
Chapter 3 – Developing Your Research Questions
Online Learning and Methods Instruction
The editor of The Sage Handbook of Online Higher Education, Safary Wa-Mbaleka, is joined by contributors in a lively roundtable about teaching and learning online.
DO, don't just quote, this MLK Day
This year we need to honor Martin Luther King's legacy with both reflection and action! In this post, find links to lots of original source materials, including documents and recordings.
Revive an Old Writing Project, or Let It Die?
Look candidly at your unfinished project. Is it a stepping stone, and completion will be allow you to move ahead? Or is it an obstacle that prevents you from moving forward? Find ideas to help you determine whether to revive that piece of writing or let it go.
Keeping Writing Projects Alive
Have a writing project that is languishing? Find practical tips for keeping it alive!
Methods Film Fest: Researchers Share Insights
Methods Film Fest!
We can read what they write, but what do researchers say? What are they thinking about, what are they exploring, what insights do they share about methodologies, methods, and approaches? In 2023 Methodspace produced 32 videos, and you can find them all in this post!
6 Ways to Teach and Learn Methods with Videos
How can we teach and learn research methods and academic writing skills using videos? Find 6 ways to use videos with students or to delve more deeply and build your own skills. Make sure to check out Methodspace videos freely available on YouTube.
Create a Research Agenda and Personal Academic Brand: Webinar and Q & A Part 1
Many questions were posed by attendees of the Sage webinar, Create a Research Agenda and Personal Academic Brand, with panelists Dr. Mark Carrigan and Dr. Jessica Sowa. Attendees posed many questions. This post is the first in a series - find responses to your questions and links to related resources.
Digital Workflows: Special Issue Roundtable 2
Jessica Lester and Trena Paulus co-edited a December 2023 special issue for the Sage journal, Qualitative Inquiry, “Qualitative inquiry in the 20/20s: Exploring methodological consequences of digital research workflows.” Read the articles and watch a roundtable with contributors. This is the second of two discussions of the special issue.
Digital Workflows: Special Issue Roundtable 1
Jessica Lester and Trena Paulus co-edited a December 2023 special issue for the Sage journal, Qualitative Inquiry, “Qualitative inquiry in the 20/20s: Exploring methodological consequences of digital research workflows.” Read the articles and watch a roundtable with contributors. This is the first of two discussions of the special issue.
Calling, Change, and Your Research Career
Thinking about research careers and calling: finding the right fit.