Ranked #1
Understanding poverty using visual participatory methods: can it work? (NCRM) - Daniel McCulloch
Understanding poverty using visual participatory methods: can it work? (NCRM) - Daniel McCulloch
Actively engaging study participants in research to give them a voice is a method that has grown in popularity in recent... Read more
6 Mar 2018
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10mins
Ranked #2
Mobile research tools for social sciences: Integrating genetic, environmental and behavioural data (NCRM) - Alex Kogan
Mobile research tools for social sciences: Integrating genetic, environmental and behavioural data (NCRM) - Alex Kogan
The NCRM funded project 'Integrating emerging smartphone and genetic initiatives to produce cost-effective, innovative m... Read more
20 Feb 2014
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7mins
Ranked #3
Diary of a participant: using apps for qualitative research. (NCRM) - Laura Radcliffe and Leighann Spencer
Diary of a participant: using apps for qualitative research. (NCRM) - Laura Radcliffe and Leighann Spencer
Researchers have been using diaries to capture the experiences and thoughts of their participants for some time, but the... Read more
11 May 2018
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17mins
Ranked #4
Reverse engineering Chinese censorship: social media and research (NCRM) - Gary King
Reverse engineering Chinese censorship: social media and research (NCRM) - Gary King
Chinese social media censorship constitutes the largest selective suppression of human communication in history. It is o... Read more
23 May 2014
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17mins
Ranked #5
Methodological innovation in digital arts and social sciences (NCRM) - Carey Jewitt
Methodological innovation in digital arts and social sciences (NCRM) - Carey Jewitt
It has become widely accepted that it is both worthwhile and necessary for researchers from different disciplines to wor... Read more
10 Jun 2014
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13mins
Ranked #6
Changing the world with mixed methods (NCRM) - Donna Mertens
Changing the world with mixed methods (NCRM) - Donna Mertens
From climate change to water security - there are some problems facing the world that often seem unsolvable. So how can ... Read more
17 Apr 2018
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14mins
Ranked #7
Food for thought: using fitness bracelet technology to tackle poor nutrition in low-income countries (NCRM) - Giacomo Zanello
Food for thought: using fitness bracelet technology to tackle poor nutrition in low-income countries (NCRM) - Giacomo Zanello
Many of us use fitness watches to get fitter, but could the technology behind these devices help the millions of people ... Read more
6 Aug 2018
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11mins
Ranked #8
Communicating chronic pain: Interdisciplinary methods for non-textual data (NCRM) - Dr Jen Tarr
Communicating chronic pain: Interdisciplinary methods for non-textual data (NCRM) - Dr Jen Tarr
Chronic pain affects nearly 10 million Britons and can result in time off work and poor quality of life for many of them... Read more
18 Jun 2014
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14mins
Ranked #9
Mind the gap: why skills are key to data re-use (NCRM) - Richard Welpton
Mind the gap: why skills are key to data re-use (NCRM) - Richard Welpton
When it comes to making more data from government departments more readily available to researchers, there has for some ... Read more
25 Jun 2018
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13mins
Ranked #10
The 'Thing-ness' problem of mixed methods research (NCRM) - Sharlene Hesse-Biber
The 'Thing-ness' problem of mixed methods research (NCRM) - Sharlene Hesse-Biber
Is mixed methods research a turbulent environment and is innovation being stifled by an overly tightly bound concept of ... Read more
13 May 2014
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11mins
Ranked #11
Using satellites to slash survey costs (NCRM) - Marco Haenssgen and Ern Charoenboon
Using satellites to slash survey costs (NCRM) - Marco Haenssgen and Ern Charoenboon
Carrying out surveys on hard to reach populations in far flung parts of the world can be challenging and expensive. But ... Read more
15 Jun 2018
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12mins
Ranked #12
What is inclusive research? (NCRM) - Melanie Nind
What is inclusive research? (NCRM) - Melanie Nind
What is inclusive research? How do we recognize it, understand it, do it, and know when it is done well? It’s a much-tal... Read more
15 Apr 2014
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14mins
Ranked #13
Digging deep! The archaeological metaphor helping researchers get into Big Qual (NCRM) - Susie Weller
Digging deep! The archaeological metaphor helping researchers get into Big Qual (NCRM) - Susie Weller
Working across qualitative data sets is a relatively new but nevertheless exciting proposition, but can it be done well ... Read more
19 Dec 2017
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11mins
Ranked #14
Multi-sited ethnography: a researcher’s story (NCRM) - Pauline von Hellermann
Multi-sited ethnography: a researcher’s story (NCRM) - Pauline von Hellermann
Travelling to different locations to undertake ethnographic research undoubtedly provides some interesting and exciting ... Read more
15 Nov 2017
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13mins
Ranked #15
Having a family: what can our genes tell us about fertility? (NCRM) - Melinda Mills
Having a family: what can our genes tell us about fertility? (NCRM) - Melinda Mills
Researchers have access to a fantastic array of information about people and their lives. Large scale household and biol... Read more
2 Oct 2017
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15mins
Ranked #16
Using mobile devices to understand spending (NCRM) - Annette Jackle
Using mobile devices to understand spending (NCRM) - Annette Jackle
The development of mobile technology has brought with it some exciting opportunities for those interested in collecting ... Read more
10 Aug 2017
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15mins
Ranked #17
Telling a longitudinal story (NCRM) - Vernon Gayle
Telling a longitudinal story (NCRM) - Vernon Gayle
Across the social sciences, there is widespread agreement that quantitative longitudinal research designs offer analysts... Read more
6 Jun 2017
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15mins
Ranked #18
Questions of disclosure: a synthetic answer (NCRM) - David Martin
Questions of disclosure: a synthetic answer (NCRM) - David Martin
In a rapidly changing linked data environment, there is much excitement about its potential, but still plenty of concern... Read more
15 Mar 2017
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14mins
Ranked #19
How are we influenced by the information we are exposed to? (NCRM) - Iulia Cioroianu
How are we influenced by the information we are exposed to? (NCRM) - Iulia Cioroianu
The media environment, including the way we consume our news has been radically changed by the advent of the Internet. W... Read more
19 Dec 2016
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12mins
Ranked #20
Reproducing social science research: give up your code (NCRM) - Vernon Gayle
Reproducing social science research: give up your code (NCRM) - Vernon Gayle
While there is now an unprecedented amount of large-scale social science data suitable for sociological research, in rea... Read more
6 Dec 2016
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9mins