Gorilla’s webinars: End of year roundup
by Kasia Figiel, Sage Research Methods Community Manager
Gorilla, winner of the 2023 Sage Concept Grant, is a powerful tool that enables researchers to run flexible online experiments. It allows you to easily create custom online environments where participants can engage in tasks and games that produce rich cognitive and behavioral data.
As part of their ongoing partnership with Sage, experts from Gorilla have delivered a series of six webinars throughout 2024, aimed at helping researchers get the most out of online research. Here’s a quick roundup of those webinars to help you dive deeper into what Gorilla has to offer - whether you are just getting started, teach behavioral methods, or are a seasoned researcher looking for advanced tools.
1. Online Research for PhDs and PIs - New Possibilities
If you’re new to online research or to Gorilla itself, this webinar is a great starting point. It walks you through the basics of setting up simple experiments that allow you to gather behavioral data from participants.
2. Teaching Research Methods in a Digital World with Gorilla
For methods educators, this webinar focuses on how to incorporate Gorilla into your methods teaching. It offers practical strategies for using the platform to demonstrate key methods, provide hands-on learning experiences for students, and show how online behavioral experiments can be integrated into the curriculum.
3. Online Research Advanced Tools: Social Media and Website simulations
This webinar dives into the Gorilla advanced features for experimental psychologists - from creating more complex simulations to analyzing social media data. As a case study, guest speaker Max Mawby explains his online randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted to explore the threat posed by election disinformation ahead of the 2024 UK general election.
4. Online Research Advanced Tools: Multiplayer, gamified experiments and shopping simulations
Part two of the advanced tools series takes a deeper dive into even more sophisticated techniques and features. Here, you’ll learn how to integrate external tools, collect more nuanced behavioral data, and handle multiplayer experimental designs.
5. Teaching Research Method to Prepare Students for Career in Behavioral Science
In this webinar, Johanna Tomczak, Research Specialist at Gorilla, shares insights into the most cutting-edge approaches and practical examples for teaching research methods, illustrating where and how these techniques can be applied. She discusses how online research has enabled both staff and students to reach larger samples and gather data more quickly, positively impacting both teaching and career preparation.
6. Gorilla Grants for Research and Teaching
Finally, this webinar explores how you can secure funding for psychology and social science research with Gorilla’s $2,000+ grant packages. Hear from past grant winners and get insider tips on crafting a standout 2025 application for fields like psychology, linguistics, behavioral science, and more.