You are thinking about the problems and questions you want to study, but how can you make a plan that works? Who will you need as collaborators or as your support team? How will you find readers and followers who are interested in your ideas?
Developing a research career can seem overwhelming! This webinar will focus on how to set priorities, make a long-range plan, and find others who can help you move forward.
Hosted by Sage’s Janet Salmons and featuring panelists Mark Carrigan and Jessica Sowa, the webinar will provide practical advice and key steps to help you move forward with confidence. Bring your questions!
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Dr. Mark Carrigan is pioneering digital sociologist. He is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Manchester where he is programme director for the MA Digital Technologies, Communication and Education (DTCE) and co-lead of the DTCE Research and Scholarship group. He’s the author of Social Media for Academics, published by Sage and now in its second edition. He is currently writing Generative AI for Academics which will be released next year. Learn more at https://markcarrigan.net.
Professor Jessica Sowa’s research focuses on public and nonprofit management, with an emphasis on the management of human resources (HRM) in public and nonprofit organizations, organizational effectiveness, and collaboration. Sowa’s work has been published in a number of public and nonprofit journals. Current projects include a textbook on public and nonprofit human resource management, research on public leadership, executive succession in nonprofit organizations, volunteer management in fire departments, and HRM in local government. She serves on the editorial board of a number of journals in public administration and public human resource management. She is the editor-in-chief of the Review of Public Personnel Administration.
Recent Methodspace Posts
This blog by Nur Şat, Associate Professor at Hitit University, Türkiye discusses a project which bridged a critical gap in Public Administration (PA) research by offering a free, online training program on qualitative methods. Master's students and academics honed their skills in areas like proposal development and data analysis. The program attracted strong interest, with a mobile-friendly website garnering nearly 2,000 visits. Participants reported high satisfaction and a significant improvement in their research abilities. This experience offers valuable insights for academics seeking to organize similar projects.
Listen to this interview, and check out Rhys Jones’ latest book: Statistical Literacy: A Beginner's Guide.
Find examples and guidance about collecting data on blogs or vlogs.
Explore the significance of Juneteenth in US history and reflect on inclusive research practices with us! We highlight the role that researchers can play in designing research that is ethical, community based and transformative.
This blog post is the eighth, and final, post in a follow-on to our 2021 “The future of computational social science is Black” series, about a Summer Institute in Computational Social Science organized by Howard University and Mathematica. It continues to bring the power of computational social science to the issues of systemic racism and inequality in America. This marks the third iteration of the successful SICSS model being hosted by a Historically Black College or University.
While some types of online research use communication tools to interact with remote participants, digital methods use online approaches to study online phenomena.
This blog is the seventh, and penultimate post, in a follow-on to our 2021 “The future of computational social science is Black” series, about a Summer Institute in Computational Social Science organized by Howard University and Mathematica. It continues to bring the power of computational social science to the issues of systemic racism and inequality in America. This marks the third iteration of the successful SICSS model being hosted by a Historically Black College or University.
Dr. Stommel brings clarity to the messy world of data collection on social media.
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Informed consent is the term given to the agreement between researcher and participant. In this post Janet Salmons offers suggestions about the intersections of the Internet communications, ethics and participants.