Building Your Own Computational Workflow – A Course for Social Scientists

Clarice Pears Building 90 Byres Road, Glasgow
Attendance: 14 / 25

Join this half day training to explore resources to support best practice in making your research Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reproducible (FAIR). This software carpentry course offers guided and hands-on learning of the building blocks to design your own scalable and reproducible scientific workflow using Nextflow.

A Practical Overview of Systematic Reviews for the Social Sciences

Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee Old Hawkhill, Dundee
Attendance: 20 / 20

There are a lot of ways to conduct a systematic review. This full day workshop will provide participants with the information to engage with the varied research methods involved in conducting a systematic review, as well as to get hands on experience with every step of the process from designing a search prompt to synthesising the findings.

Voices in Colour: Exploring Stories Through Art and Narratives

Room 4.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) 1 Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Attendance: 30 / 30

The training event will provide hands-on experience in engaging with arts-based narrative inquiry research—a creative approach that blends storytelling and various art forms to study lived experiences. The research approach is ideal for studying complex, emotional, or marginalised perspectives. The training will also explore innovative ways to collect research data and disseminate findings using this approach.

Let the Imagination Run Wild: Arts-informed Inquiry in Community Contexts

Room 237C, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Attendance: 12 / 20

These two half-day workshops are designed to unleash your creativity and expand your understanding of arts-informed inquiry. The event is ideal for beginners who consider arts-informed methodology or those eager to explore the power of imagination in social science research and community contexts.

Critical Realism Unpacked: From Philosophical Puzzle to Research Toolkit

Online via Teams
Attendance: 1 / 12

This event offers a hands-on, engaging approach to unpacking Critical Realism (CR) using the analogy of a jigsaw puzzle. Attendees will break down complex philosophical ideas into manageable "pieces," helping them understand how CR can be applied in a practical and accessible way.

Listening to Children’s Voices in Research: Applying Lundy’s model into practice 

Doctoral School Room, Technology & Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde 99 George Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Are you interested in listening to children’s voices?
This workshop will offer you the opportunity to explore how to apply the four elements of Lundy’s model - space, voice, audience, and influence – to meaningfully involve children in your research.