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Online via Microsoft TeamsThis series is made up of two half-day workshops, led by the University of St Andrews’ doctoral researcher Ann Gillian Chu. The first workshop focuses…
This series is made up of two half-day workshops, led by the University of St Andrews’ doctoral researcher Ann Gillian Chu. The first workshop focuses…
This series is made up of two half-day workshops, led by the University of St Andrews’ doctoral researcher Ann Gillian Chu. The first workshop focuses…
Building rapport is essential to ethical and methodologically-sound research. This workshop will explore practical techniques for effective verbal and non-verbal communication with research participants. Whether conducting research online or in-person, participants will come away with evidence-based strategies for building trust and setting boundaries to safeguard their own well being and that of participants.
Climate-related mental health challenges are increasingly widespread, and researchers are at higher risk of negative well being outcomes. This interactive, virtual workshop aims to address diverse experiences of climate-related distress, exploring theoretical frameworks and practical tools for cultivating emotional resilience in the face of a warming planet.
Corpus analytical software are versatile tools that provide users with an easy-to-use means for analysing qualitative and quantitative data. In this two-part session, first, an overview of Corpus Linguistics and its applications in Social Sciences will be presented. Then, an opportunity to gain practical experience using corpus tools is provided.
This is a 2-day workshop event on “Working with Survey Data: Creating and Analysing Survey Instrument”. The workshop will combine lectures, group practice, whole-class discussion, and QnA. This workshop focuses on how to turn research questions into a set of survey instrument and why analysing survey instrument is important when working with survey data.
A three-part interactive workshop series to introduce and compare agent-based modelling and system dynamics modelling, focusing on their applications in social science and public health.
This training will introduce time series analysis for associative studies using distributed lag non-linear models and how to conduct it in R/RStudio. This method provides an elegant framework to study the 3-dimensional relationships between the predictor, its lags and their effects on the outcome.
The overall aim of this training event is to provide a comprehensive overview of the application of the classic version of grounded theory methodology.
I plan to record 3 x 30 mins to an hour podcasts with a guest and then teach 3 x 30 mins to an hour interactive session with students where I will invite them to ponder on some questions and use the podcast as a point of reflection.
This interactive training will cover a range of trauma-informed theories and approaches to research. Activities will be specifically focused on developing trauma informed research tools to promote the safety and collaboration of both participants and researchers.
This event aims to share the experience of cross-countries data collection under the influence of Covid-19. Many aspects are involved, including different fieldwork methods used by these two ongoing research projects and challenges of data collection in terms of in-person fieldwork and online research.
In a two-part workshop on R (Studio), you will create your personalized character in the virtual space of Gather town and start from the very basics of setting up R, continue to explore ways to upload and sort data, dive into eye-pleasing plots, and learn about the best practices in data analysis.
This event is a 2.5-hour training session on some of the key benefits and challenging issues when implementing a mixed-methods design in social research.
Are you going to collect your own data using in-depth interviews, surveys, and/or focus group discussion? Wondering how to plan and monitor your data collection progress? This is a 2-hour webinar event on “Managing data collection: Preparation and monitoring”. The webinar will combine presentation, small-group discussion, and whole-class reflection. This workshop focuses on how to plan, organise, manage, and monitor data collection.
The event explores the benefits of bringing mindfulness to postgraduate research, for the benefit of the researcher and the research project. Through group discussions, writing exercises, and mindfulness practices, the attendees will consider the “emotional labour” of research, such as writer’s block, procrastination, perfectionism, and imposter syndrome.
This training focuses on designing and conducting efficient interviews. Attendees are expected to: 1) understand the nature of conducting various interviews; 2) know how to design interviews; 3) share and discuss their interview plans; 3) understand the key factors of engaging various interviewees; and 4) conduct mock interviews in different circumstances.
Stata has varied and powerful data visualisation capabilities which can be hard to master. Participants will receive training on how to create data visualisations that aid in every stage of the research process, analyse the purpose of visualisation critically, and employ a streamlined and logical workflow using the Stata software.
This interactive workshop helps you 1) learn NVivo on your own or with your peers, 2) use the software for qualitative as well as mixed methods research, 3) employ it to save time and effort in your everyday tasks of reading and research-based writing.
This event suits students interested in collecting cross-country data online and considering employing an online co-creation workshop. The event is entirely virtual and will provide participants with the foundational knowledge necessary for designing and conducting co-creation workshops using Miro.
Using Jupyter Notebook, this training event will provide quantitative researchers with the tools necessary to streamline and improve current research workflow by integrating comments, data analysis, visualization, and write-up within one system all within an open-science environment.
This training will provide an advanced training and workshop around Critical Discourse Analysis and its applications in PhD research. Attendees will learn about varied CDA approaches, practice analysis with these methods, and consider the theoretical and logistical practicalities of applying them to their own research projects.
This training will provide an advanced training and workshop around Critical Discourse Analysis and its applications in PhD research. Attendees will learn about varied CDA approaches, practice analysis with these methods, and consider the theoretical and logistical practicalities of applying them to their own research projects.
This workshop will offer background information on e-cigarette use among young people and ask participants to engage in discussions relating to working with young people using innovative qualitative approaches (e.g., photo-elicitation).
This online workshop aims to provide the principles behind fundamental concepts of programme monitoring and evaluation.
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