Category Archives: School of Social Sciences
Research Council requirements for data management – slides available
The slides for yesterday’s session focusing on the research data planning requirements of Research Councils are available below. Thanks to all who came along and stimulated a fair bit of discussion.
The request for a further workshop on selecting, documenting and sharing sensitive qualitative data has been duly noted – watch this blog for further details.
Managing your research data – forthcoming workshops
As part of our ongoing engagement with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) we have arranged the following workshops:
- Managing data through the research lifecycle
- Managing your PhD research data
- Research Council requirements for data management
All sessions will be led by experts in data management from the DCC.
Are you a researcher in the field of social sciences or the arts?
Two conferences are calling for papers from doctoral researchers and research students.
In the Arts “Re-Contested Sites/Sights” Research Conference”, organised by the University of the Arts in London, are calling for papers on the theme of spaces of re-contestation. The conference will be held on May 8th and submission deadline for papers is March 8th.
In the Social Sciences, the Portuguese Association of Economic and Social History conference entitled “State, Society and Markets in a Global World” are calling for papers on the theme of the State’s role in the economic and social system. The conference in Portugal is on 15th and 16th November and paper proposals should be submitted by 31st May.
Rewriting the Rules? Non-monogamies and other adventures in non-normative relationships
There will be a seminar on Wednesday 31st October from 3.30pm until 4.30pm in Cottesbrooke, C204 for staff and research students (although interested masters and undergraduate students are welcome too). The speaker is Meg Barker from The Open University and she will be talking about her research on non-monogamous relationships. Below is an abstract for her talk and a biography. I hope to see as many of you there as possible. Refreshments will be available.
Dr Helen Clegg
Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychology
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