Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research

Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks

10:00 - 11:30 8 December 2021
Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Want to know about and how to access data from the IMF, World Bank, IEA, UN or…

Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis

12 November - 10 December 2021
Longitudinal data is essential in a number of research fields as it enables analysts to concurrently understand aggregate and individual level change in time, the occurrence of events…

Webinar: Introduction to agent-based modelling for social scientists

13:00 - 14:00 19 January 2022
Social science seeks to understand and predict patterns involving human behaviour, many of which are large-scale and complex. However, social science explanations or predictions can…

Online workshop: Introduction to the Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey

09:45 - 14:30 26 January 2022
This free online workshop, organised by the UK Data Service, will give background information needed to work with LFS and APS data confidently. The workshop will be led by experts from…

https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labour-force-and-annual-population-surveys-user-conference-2022/

09:30 - 16:30 27 January 2022
The user conference brings data producers and data users together to share updates on the development of the surveys and to showcase research that is being carried out using the data.…

Webinar: Reproducibility: Collaborative working

14:00 - 15:00 15 February 2022
Working together on a software or data project is a challenge. You have probably heard of git and GitHub but do you know what they are? Join the UK Data Service for this free webinar…

Single-Case Designs

09:30 3 - 12:30 10 March 2022
This short course is an introduction to single-case designs (SCD) over two half-day workshops. In the first workshop, we will provide an overview of the different type of SCD and describe…

Geographical data visualisation of UK Census data

13:30 - 17:00 17 March 2022
A table of numbers is not always the best way to present census data, often we want to visualise information in some way to help people see patterns quickly. This free online workshop,…

Avant-garde and arts-based methods in qualitative research - Online

21 - 23 March 2022
This course will give you an overview of avant-garde and arts-based approaches of doing qualitative research and provide you with basic knowledge about creative methods in the social…

Introduction to Latent Growth Models using R

1 April 2022
Longitudinal data (data collected multiple times from the same cases) is becoming increasingly popular due to the important insights it can bring us.Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)…

Introduction to the UK Data Service

10:00 - 11:30 5 April 2022
The UK Data Service holds the UK’s largest collection of research data. This introductory workshop is for anyone with an interest in social research who wants to hear about the vast…

Finding and accessing data from the UK Data Service

10:00 - 11:30 11 April 2022
This introductory workshop is intended for anyone who wants to hear about finding data from the UK Data Service and contains interactive elements throughout. Participants will be given…

How to anonymise qualitative and quantitative data

11:00 - 12:30 21 April 2022
The past two years has involved a huge change in expectations for researchers in how they manage and share participants’ information. There are new legal obligations, such as the new…

Reproducibility Bootcamp - online

26 April - 24 May 2022
Ideally, research is collaborative, well-documented, sharable, and can be reproduced by others (or by the original researchers at a later point in time). Not only does this make a researcher’s…

Data management basics: Introduction to data management and sharing

11:00 - 12:30 28 April 2022
Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research projects. The introductory…

Data management basics: Ethical and legal issues in data sharing

10:00 - 11:30 29 April 2022
Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research projects. The introductory…

Depositing your data with ReShare

11:00 - 12:30 5 May 2022
This is a workshop designed to give participants a virtual tour of ReShare, where you will learn everything you need to know in order to archive data using our self-deposit repository.…

Consent issues in data sharing

10:00 - 11:30 13 May 2022
Does your research involve human participants? This means your research will require ethical approval. Do you know the different types of consent, for example consent for research participation…

Census 2021: What to expect and when

10:00 - 11:00 17 May 2022
2021 census data will start to be released in summer 2022. Join our webinar to find out what will be available and when. The webinar is intended for those interested in using data…

How to become a computational social scientist

10:00 - 11:30 19 May 2022
Scientific research and teaching are increasingly influenced by computational tools, methods and paradigms. The social sciences are no different, with many new forms of social data…

Introduction to copyright: Copyright and publishing

10:00 - 11:30 20 May 2022
This workshop is the first of two on ‘Introduction to Copyright’. The first session focuses on copyright considerations in the context of publishing while the second session focusses…

A Practical Introduction to Facet Methodology

23 May 2022
Facet Methodology is an approach developed by a team of colleagues at the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives, University of Manchester. It is a creative approach to mixing…

Getting started with secondary analysis

10:00 - 11:30 24 May 2022
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method. This introductory workshop will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data…

Introduction to copyright: Copyright issues in secondary data use

10:00 - 11:30 27 May 2022
This second session on copyright focuses on copyright considerations in the context of secondary data use. The first session, “Introduction to copyright: Copyright and publishing” provides…

Mapping crime data in R: An Introduction to GIS and spatial data

11:00 - 12:30 7 June 2022
Do you want to display crime data on maps but don’t know how? Crime data often contains spatial components. As a result, analyses of crime data can create patterns that are clearly…

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