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 during term time.
Upcoming Events
Action-guiding for whom? Social movements and political theory of migration
Dr Clara Sandelind, 12pm - 1pm Thursday, 22 October 2026
In this Methods North West Lunchtime Seminar, attendees will be introduced to grounded normative theory and consider how empirical engagement with social movements can inform normative political theorising.
Staff and PGR Training: Critical Data Visualisation
With Dr Luca Scholtz; 12pm - 4pm, Wednesday, 11 November 2026
This session invites researchers from across the humanities and sciences to engage critically and creatively with data visualisation. Participants will learn to better recognise and critique biased, oversimplified, or misleading representations of data, and to develop their own visualisations to explore and communicate data that is relevant to their research.
This training will particularly appeal to researchers in the humanities and social sciences with no or limited previous experience in working with data, as well as more experienced researchers across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities who wish to better understand critical and creative approaches to data analysis and visualisation. There will be an opportunity for participants to work with their own (tabular) data, so please bring this to the session if you wish to. The session does not require any previous technical knowledge. Open to UoM staff and PGR students.
Collaboration, Creativity, and the Ethics of Care: Engaging arts-based methods to explore everyday inequalities
Dr Wren Radford, 12pm - 1pm Thursday, 28 January 2027
This Methods North West Lunchtime Seminar will talk through the creative arts-based and collaborative approaches used in the Embodied Everyday project, showcasing how ethical, practical, and creative elements work through each stage of the research process, from collaborative research design, through group workshops, and preparation of creative outputs.
Viral Memories: Understanding Gay Men’s Experiences of HIV and COVID-19 in the UK
Dr Sophie Atherton, 12pm - 1pm Thursday, 18 February 2027
This Methods North West Lunch Time Seminar will explore the methodology and methods used in more depth by discussing some of the benefits and limitations of conducting online semi-structured interviews.
Getting to know the unemployed: insights from 12 months of ethnographic research among Manchester’s Jobseekers
Dr John Foster, 12pm - 1pm Thursday, 6 May 2027
In this Methods North West Lunchtime Seminar, attendees will explore the challenges and benefits of immersive longitudinal research into social life alongside the personal challenges of the ethnographer in faithfully representing what they have experienced.