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Methods Minute Newsletter April 2022

Research occurs in many settings by people with a wide range of backgrounds; from empirical studies conducted in research institutes or NGOs to marketing and product research and development within businesses.

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April Spotlight: Be Expansive: Research Outside Academia

Research occurs in many settings by people with a wide range of backgrounds; from empirical studies conducted in research institutes or NGOs to marketing and product research and development within businesses. In April, Methodspace will explore research outside academia to find diverse research examples, discover tips, and to learn potential career opportunities.

 

April Mentor-in-Residence

Dr. Helen Kara, a regular contributor to Methodspace, is a leading independent researcher, author, teacher, and speaker specializing in research methods, particularly creative methods and research ethics. Her new book Qualitative Research for Quantitative Researchers is out now.

 

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SAGE Concept Grants

Applications now open!

We are offering funding of up to £15,000 ($20,000) for innovative software solutions that support the adoption, development and application of established and emerging research methods in the social sciences. Get ready – applications open until June 05, 2022.

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Upcoming webinars

 

Pedagogy and Learning Design at
SAGE Campus

Speakers: Rachel Crookes, Amy King and Katie Beck from SAGE Campus

Date: April 20th 2022

Time: 10am (GMT) & 6pm (GMT)

 

Webinar Tutorial:How to screen and assimilate scholarly literature in a more systematic way

Speakers: Emma Warren-Jones

Date: April 28th2022

Time: 4pm (GMT)
 

 

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The Research Lifecycle: A Look Inside the Pew Research Center

Watch Lee Rainie and Dr. Cary Funk explain the type of research they do with the Pew Research Center, as well as how the center chooses what projects to tackle. Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

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Zining as artful method: Facilitating zines as participatory action research within art museums

In this article, the authors resent zines as a potential research tool for action researchers who are working within organisational contexts. (N.B. this article will be freed up from 11th April to 11th May).

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Do Your Interviews

Do you need to discover people’s thoughts, feelings, knowledge or experiences? Dr. Helen Kara is a SAGE Campus instructor for the research skills course Do Your Interviews, and has created a beginner’s guide with an overview of the first course’s module.

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Online Tutorial: Analysing online networks with VOSON Lab tools

This session provided an overview of methods and research used to study online networks of political discussion on social media (Twitter, Hyperlinks, Reddit), using data collected with the VOSON Lab suite of open-source R tools: vosonSML, VOSON Dashboard and voson.tcn.

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Understanding cultural issues in research design

In this Methodspace webinar from March an experienced panel of researchers shared practical tips and key questions to consider when planning a cross-cultural study.

 

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Methods Minute Newsletter March 2022

As researchers, how can we be sensitive when interacting with traumatized participants or find appropriate and reliable sources of data? In this March 2022 series, Methodspace offers practical suggestions from experienced researchers.

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March Spotlight: Be Courageous: Studying Sensitive, Political, or Hot-button Issues

As researchers, how can we be sensitive when interacting with traumatized participants or find appropriate and reliable sources of data? In this month's series, Methodspace will offer practical suggestions from experienced researchers.

March Mentor-in-Residence

Meet our Mentor-in-Residence, Dr. Sharon Ravitch, Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, and author of Qualitative Research: Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological. To bring in the voices of emerging researchers, she is generating a series of posts in collaboration with a diverse group of current and former students. Dr. Nathan Durdella, author of the new Conducting Research with Human Participants, will discuss issues for researchers who study vulnerable populations and need approval from an IRB or ethics board. Dr. Ravitch had a conversation with Janet last year about multimodal qualitative research with a focus on visual methods.

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Upcoming webinars

Tutorial: Analysing Online Networks with VOSON Lab Tools

Speaker: Professor Robert Ackland, Francisca Borquez, and Bryan Gertzel
Date: March 17th 2022
Time: 9am (GMT)

 

Understanding Cultural Issues in Research Design

Speakers: Dr. Rebecca Bayeck, Dr. Spencer, P. Greenhalgh, Dr. Arceli Rosario and, Dr. Tutaleni Asino
Date: March 24th 2022
Time: 1pm (GMT)

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Our Pedagogical Approach

SAGE Campus always has the learner in mind when designing the courses. Learn more in detail about the pedagogical approach and course learning design crafted into a suite of self-paced, online courses.

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I Will Conduct Research on a Sensitive Topic. What Should I Do to Prevent Psychological Harms?

Read chapter 17 from 100 Questions (and Answers) About Research Ethics and identify methods to reduce the possibility of psychological harm, by Emily E. Anderson & Amy Corneli. Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

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Unapologetic Educational Research: Addressing Anti-Blackness, Racism, and White Supremacy

In this paper, the authors unapologetically discuss what it means to conduct qualitative research from a standpoint that honors Black lives in the research process while also disrupting racism and white supremacy. (N.B. this article will be freed up from 28th February to 31st March).

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Watch Our Webinar: Making Qualitative Analysis Constant, Comparative and Collaborative

Dr Daniel Turner, founder and director of Quirkos, will show how to do Constant Comparative Analysis and Grounded Theory for teams of researchers small and large, and working together in real time with the simple qualitative data analysis software, Quirkos. Use discount code SAGE25 for 25% off a Quirkos subscription.

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Methods Minute Newsletter February 2022

In this February 2022 series, Methodspace explores how to cross disciplinary boundaries and think like designers to conduct relevant and innovative research.

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February Spotlight: Cross Boundaries with Multi, Inter, or Transdisciplinary Research

In this month’s series, Methodspace will explore how to cross disciplinary boundaries and think like designers to conduct relevant and innovative research.

February Mentor-in-Residence

Meet our Mentor-in-Residence, Gjoko Muratovski, an award-winning designer, researcher and innovation consultant working with a wide range of universities and author of Research for Designers. In an interview with Janet, Gjoko will encourage us to think like designers, and cross disciplines as needed to develop innovative approaches.

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Upcoming webinars

Making Qualitative Analysis Constant, Comparative and Collaborative

Speaker: Dr Daniel Turner
Date: February 22nd 2022
Time: 4pm (GMT)

 

Analysing online networks
with VOSON Lab tools

Speakers: Professor Robert Ackland, Francisca Borquez, and Bryan Gertzel
Date: March 17th 2022
Time: 9am (GMT)

Related online resources from SAGE

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Strategies for Conducting Interdisciplinary Research

Watch Leslie Gonzales, from Michigan State University, explains the concept of interdisciplinary research, offering advice on how to conduct such investigations. Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

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Sensoria: An exploratory interdisciplinary framework for researching multimodal & sensory experiences

In this paper, the authors discuss their development of an innovative interdisciplinary approach, Sensoria, that combines methods from social science and performance to address the methodological challenges of researching sensory/multimodal experiences. (N.B. this article will be freed up 18th March).

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New Online Courses on Research Methods

SAGE Campus has launched four new courses, carefully designed to support teaching and learning effectively, covering different stages of a research project, all part of a new learner pathway on mastering a dissertation. All courses are live and available on our demo hub.

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Upcoming webinar: Understanding Cultural Issues in Research Design

This webinar will offer a global perspectives about how to think through cultural issues at the research design stage. The cultural context is essential for researchers whether you are studying your own community, or others’ communities. 

Speakers: Dr Rebecca Bayeck, Dr Spencer Greenhalgh, Dr Arceli Rosario, and Dr Tutaleni Asino
Date: March 24th 2022
Time: 1pm (GMT) 

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SAGE Methods Minute January 2022

In this month series, the focus was on Research<>Relevance. What critical problems merit study? Who decides? These overarching questions guided original posts, interviews and webinars on a range of topics.

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January Spotlight: Be Relevant in 2022!

In this month’s series, Methodspace will focus on Research<>Relevance. What critical problems merit study? Who decides? These overarching questions will guide original posts, interviews and webinars on a range of topics.

January Mentors-in-Residence

When we want to gain a larger view, we might venture into the literature of a new methodology or discipline. How do we understand new areas of scholarship? We need to be able to evaluate research. Our Mentors-in-Residence, Francis Dane, and Elliot Carhart, co-authors of a new edition of Evaluating Research: Methodology for People Who Need to Read Research will explore these questions and discuss how to evaluate research.

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How to Create Valid, Reliable and Actionable Metrics in the Fight Against COVID-19

Professor Michael A. Stoto, an epidemiologist, statistician, and public health policy analyst, discusses how to create valid, reliable, and actionable metrics in the fight against COVID-19, including strengths and weaknesses of data sources (toll-free link available until 31st March). Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

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'Grey areas’: ethical challenges posed by social media-enabled recruitment and online data collection in cross-border, social science research

In this article, the authors reflect on their research experience and outline the existing ethical challenges posed by online and social-media-disseminated data collection, particularly in cross-border circumstances. (N.B. this article will be freed up from 14th Jan-25th Feb).

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Where to Start With a Dissertation?

Rachel Crookes shares five skills needed to write a winning dissertation, adding to the launch of SAGE Campus four new online courses in research and critical reading and writing skills, all part of a new learner pathway on mastering a dissertation.

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Making Qualitative Analysis Constant, Comparative and Collaborative

Join a session with Dr Daniel Turner, the founder and director of Quirkos, a qualitative data analysis software.
Date: February 22nd 2022 | Time: 4-5pm (GMT)

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