This workshop will examine how qualitative researchers USE emotion, rather than a focus on what emotion is. Qualitative data (as sometimes with quantitative) is a…
This course will introduce students to the logic and application of time-series analysis, as well as the necessary data structure for time-series analysis. Students will…
This half-day workshop provides an introduction to critical realism and realist evaluation and synthesis theory and methods. The realist approach is important because it takes…
This will be an informative and hopefully useful and interactive session looking at what funders are, how they operate and more.
How can my research be picked up by policymakers? How do governments and parliaments use research? Can I engage with policy without being 'political'? Does…
This session is for anyone who sometimes finds it difficult to keep on track with their PhD. You will have the opportunity to try out…
Are you a master of quizzes? Do you have a wealth of general knowledge? If the answer is yes, then the SGSSS Summer School Quiz…
Claire Pembleton (Edinburgh Innovations/ University of Edinburgh) and Dr Anna-Marie Linell (SGSSS) Do you want to explore working with external organisations and industry but are…
In this session we will look at the opportunities and challenges presented to academics through the use of social media in their doctoral studies and…
This training course provides doctoral students with the necessary methodological tools for structural equation modelling (SEM). The course will be at an introductory level but…
This session will address conducting academic research in industry and policy settings. It is intended to offer key guidance and advice about approaching industry and…
In this session, Catherine Owen will introduce the techniques and practice of modern ethnography with a candid look at how PhD candidates and early career…
This workshop focuses on the process of making research documentary and extending research horizon. It outlines the benefits of using visual methods and making a…
This Q&A session will address any questions or issues you would like to share regarding imposterism. We can interrogate together feelings of alienation and inadequacy,…
This session will give researchers a chance to hear from a PhD alumni who is now working in the Scottish Human Rights Commission. Dr Alison…
This session will be a live interview and Q&A with Margaret Laurie, who recently completed her online viva, and her examiner Dr Katie Cebula. Find…
This session will be of interest to any doctoral researchers considering applying for Postdoctoral Fellowships. It will offer an informal introduction to different kinds of…
Multilevel models are composed of fixed and random effects components and are used extensively in social sciences to analyse either hierarchical structured data that involve…
Aimed at those entering 2nd and 3rd year, this session will provide a space to think through the challenges of project planning in uncertain times.…
Feeling emotional? Us too. This two-day workshop wants to harness the power of emotions to rethink the University to work for us, and put people…
The training programme will combine a mix of synchronous and asynchronous activities with inputs from academics across social sciences and arts and humanities active in…
When fieldwork is unexpectedly cancelled or postponed, how can researchers build trust and engage with research participants in a positive, meaningful, and ethical manner? The…
The proliferation of smartphone technologies has considerably expanded social scientists’ methodological repertoire. Although widely recognised as flexible and powerful research tools, smartphone technologies in social…
IE approach is considered as an alternative sociology, a sociology from the standpoint of participants. The workshop will provide an overview of institutional ethnography, an…
Join Michelle Jamieson and Tawnya Renelle for an exciting session on integrating creativity into your research. This workshop will cover some theory of reflexivity, the…
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