Talks and Workshops

Methods@Manchester hosts a variety of talks and workshops.

methods@manchester offer a range of workshops which offer in-depth training in particular research methods, or discussion around cutting-edge issues related to research methods.

We also partner with Methods North West to offer a range of online seminars - these run in a regular slot on Thursdays 12-1pm.

Upcoming Events 2024/25

Using NVivo for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Analysis - A Summer School Tastert

Tuesday, 13 May, 12.30pm - 1pm

Are you considering joining the Using NVivo for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods summer school at The University of Manchester between 30 June and 4 July? If so, join this free 30 minute taster session with Dr Haleema Sadia & Dr Pauline Prevett to learn more about their course, who is it for, and what it offers you.

AI-Driven Analytics - A Summer School Taster

Tuesday, 27 May, 12pm - 1pm

Are you considering joining the AI-Driven Analytics summer school at The University of Manchester between 30 June and 4 July? Join this free 45-minute online taster session with Dr. Ali Hassanzadeh to learn more about what the course offers, who it’s for, and how it can benefit your research or professional development.

Working with Qualitative Interview Data: Themes and Beyond

Thursday, 29 May, 2pm - 5pm

Join Dr. Andrew Balmer from the University of Manchester's Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives to explore how to work with qualitative data in an ‘everyday’ fashion.

Staff Training

R Markdown for the Humanities - A Practical Intro to Reproducible Writing

Wednesday, 28 May

This hands-on staff training workshop introduces R Markdown, a powerful tool for academics that enables seamless integration of text, code, and citations into dynamic, reproducible documents.

Methods North West - Lunchtime Sessions

Finding and analysing secondary data

Thursday, 5 June

A wealth of quantitative and qualitative secondary data is available - that is, data that has already been collected and made available for research purposes.  This can mean that data good quality data and/or large amounts of data can be collected relatively quickly and cheaply.  There are of course pitfalls to relying on secondary data but this should be balanced against the benefits.  This session will discuss the advantages and pitfalls of using secondary data and introduce the data and facilities that are available via the UK Data Service 

Agent-based modelling of transmissible behaviours

Thursday, 12 June

Trends in behaviours that can be communicated, such as political attitudes and ways of speaking, are often difficult to anticipate. As a taster for a day-long workshop to run later in the year, we present an overview of how experiment and theory can be combined to provide a framework for making such predictions. Main topics include: agent-based modelling, behavioural experiments and social norms. The session and forthcoming workshop are relevant to a range of applications, but social and behaviour change relating to environmental sustainability is a primary motivation.

Affect Theatre: Creative methods for enlivening ethnographic research

Thursday, 19 June

Affect theatre draws together insights from anthropology and the performing arts to offer a new method for engaging with empirical research material. In this Methods North West seminar, we introduce the method, reflecting on a recent workshop held at the University of Manchester. Attendees will have the opportunity to experiment with the method themselves, ask questions, and participate in a broader discussion about using creative methods to engage the affective force of our research material.