Spring into Methods: Green Freeport Hackathon Challenge

University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness 1, Inverness Campus Inverness, Highlands IV2 5NA United Kingdom University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness 1, Inverness Campus Inverness, Highlands, Inverness, United Kingdom
Attendance: 8 / 30

led by the University of the Highlands and Islands Aim: to develop co-created community projects securing local socio-economic benefits from major infrastructure development, specifically, the…

Creative Methods in Research: A Hands-on Learning Experience

Learning and Teaching Centre, Strathclyde University Level 6, 49 Richmond Street, Glasgow
Attendance: 30 / 30

Let’s have a play date! Stella and Arushi invite you to play with LEGO® and walk around the University to reflect on our PhD journeys.

This hands-on learning workshop will offer the participants the opportunity to explore positionality and reflexivity in research along with two creative methods, namely: LEGO® building and map-making.

Autumn Internships Q&A

Attendance: 32 / ∞

This virtual Question & Answer session will be hosted by the SGSSS Research Impact and Partnerships Team. The event will start with an overview of…

Utilising Social Capital Within and Through Research

Online via Collaborate
Attendance: 34 / 100

Online workshop examining the various positions of social capital in research. The purpose of this workshop is to develop and deepen understanding of the interdisciplinary influences of social capital and create a ‘Special Interest Group’ to support further discussion and collaboration.

Data preparation using STATA: Tips and practices

Online
Attendance: 13 / 20

This online workshop will equip researchers who are planning to use STATA to conduct quantitative analysis with the knowledge and tools required to effectively prepare and document their data.

Scottish Government Evidence in Policy Training

Practice Suite 1.12. 1st Floor, Chrystal MacMillan Building, 15A George Square, The University of Edinburgh, EH8 9LD 15A George Square, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Attendance: 20 / 20

Join social researchers from the Scottish Government’s Office of the Chief Researcher (OCR) to learn more about applied social research outside of academia. This three-hour…

Regime Switching Models: Theory and Applications

Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Attendance: 12 / 20

Regime switching is widely prevalent in economic and social data and knowing how to interpret and analyse the phenomena is at the heart of economic or public policy debates and design. This course offers advanced PhDs analytical tools to study these processes and analyse real world data.

Co-creation, Creative Methods and the PhD

Room CEE13, Glasgow Caledonian University Centre for Executive Education, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Attendance: 25 / 25

This half day workshop is for any students interested in creative methods and co-creation in their PhD research design. The first session will focus on defining co-creation and discussing common questions around methodology, rigour, ethics and analysis. The second session will involve a mini workshop to build attendee confidence in gathering and reflecting on co-created or creative data.

Survey and Questionnaire Construction: the Shiny Package in R

Room 1.40, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
Attendance: 25 / 36

This event will train users in the Shiny package using R to create their own open-source survey and questionnaire instruments for their own research needs and interests. Unlike alternative survey creation tools, Shiny allows the researcher complete fluid control over their survey creation. This training is suitable for both quant and qual researchers alike that wish to provide greater flexibility and control over their survey/questionnaires.

Transformative Storytelling for Research

Online via Zoom
Attendance: 30 / 30

At this training, you will experiment with how to tell stories using creative techniques and learn about why storytelling is important for research. Based on this experience, you will decide how to apply storytelling to your research. This training is for current and future qualitative and quantitative researchers.

SGSSS ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Q&A

Online via Zoom
Attendance: 51 / ∞

This live session will be hosted by SGSSS Associate Director, Professor Kathy Hamilton, who will be available answer any questions you may have around applying…

Understanding Education: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee Old Hawkhill, Dundee
Attendance: 35 / 50

The two-day event will expose doctoral students to different perspectives (educational, philosophical, sociological, psychological, political) and theories that have influenced educational policy, practice and research. The event will include a keynote speech, lectures, workshop, Q&A session and networking opportunities.

Unlocking Success with Miro: How to Design and Execute Online Co-Creation Workshops

Online via Teams
Attendance: 20 / 50

Have you thought about the idea of conducting a co-creation workshop with remote participants from around the world, using tools like Miro to facilitate the process? This workshop aims to sharing the experience of organising and running an online co-creation workshop by Miro from the very beginning.

Qualitative analysis projects with NVivo – Going Further

LG.07, 40 George Square, Edinburgh 40 George Square, Edinburgh
Attendance: 21 / 20

led by Dr Alasdair Stewart, University of Glasgow, and Dr Katy Keenan, University of St Andrews This one-day in-person workshop is designed for those with…

Summer Internships 2025 Q&A

Attendance: 32 / ∞

This virtual Question & Answer session will be hosted by the SGSSS Research Impact and Partnerships Team. The event will start with an overview of…

Embracing the mess with the messiness: Doing ethnographic research as a PGR student

Campus Central Room CC304 The Atrium, Cottrell Building, University of Stirling
Attendance: 23 / 31

This face-to-face workshop is about ethnography and the wonders, dramas, and challenges of doing an ethnographic PhD project. Our hope is that you will be able to experience some of this in the workshop and leave feeling better equipped to embark on your own ethnographic project.

Multimodal Photovoice and Co-Analysis with Young People

Room D145, University of the West of Scotland High Street, Paisley
Attendance: 31 / 30

An introduction focused on arts-based data creation using an adapted photovoice methodology. This session will provide an overview of photovoice and discuss how other arts-based methods can be incorporated. A hands on element will provide attendees with the opportunity to engage with the co-analysis process using the systematic visuo-textual analysis framework.

Practical Computational Methods for Social Scientists

Room 1.40, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
Attendance: 44 / 44

In this three-day course you will learn how to apply computational methods for the collection, management and analysis of textual data.

Introduction to the UK Data Service

Online via Teams
Attendance: 17 / 80

The UK Data Service provides access to the UK’s largest collection of social and economic data. This online training event offers an interactive introduction to the data,…

Introduction to Qualitative Analysis Projects with NVivo

Room 1.60, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Attendance: 31 / 25

This is a one-day in person training event to learn about the basics of the NVivo qualitative analysis software.