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

Creative Approaches to Qualitative Research - A methods@manchester Summer School Taster

Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm (Online)

This session gives you a taster of the two-day summer school on creative approaches to qualitative research which is team taught by members of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.

Session Leads; Sophie Woodward; Petra Nordqvist; Robert Meckin; Laura Towers; Maisie Tomlinson; Hazel Burke.

Staff Training

Creative AI Methods
Thursday, 2 April 2025, 1-5 pm (Samuel Alexander Building)

This session is for UoM staff and will provide insights into the use of Creative AI methods in research. 

Methods North West - Lunchtime Sessions

Imposter Participants in Qualitative Research: Challenges and Potential Ways Forward
Thursday, 20 March

This seminar focuses on the seeming explosion of a recent phenomenon – so-called imposter participants. The increasing use of digitally assisted data collection and recruitment via social media informs the coming forward of participants who seemingly do not meet study recruitment criteria. There are challenges involved in accurately assessing participants’ eligibility for studies and the motivations to conceal ‘true’ identity are not fully clear, yet the potential adverse impacts for research studies are far-reaching.

  • L-earning: Rethinking Young Women's Working Lives 
    Dr. Lilith Brouwers, Prof Kate Hardy, Prof Kim Allen [University of Leeds] 
  • Transition to Parenthood in UK SMEs 
    Dr Bianca Stumbitz [Middlesex University], Dr Helen Norman [University of Leeds], Dr Amy Burnett [Middlesex University] 

The Ethics of Care: Online Research Involving Sex Trafficking Survivors, with Dr. Maria Turda, University of Central Lancashire
Thursday, 27 March

Maker Methods and Social Design Interventions, with Dr Phillip Brooker and Dr Laura Gutiérrez
Thursday, 4 April

This session will explore the potential for maker methods – manufacturing techniques such as 3D-printing, laser cutting and fabric printing that do not require the use of industrial infrastructure – to feature in the social science research methods repertoire.