List members may be interested in this upcoming course by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM):
Course: Methodological issues in re-studies
Date and venue: 10 June 2015, University of Edinburgh
Presenter: Ann Oakley, Professor Sociology and Social Policy at the Institute of Education, University College London
Fees: Fees: £30 for UK registered postgraduate students; £60 for staff at UK academic institutions, ESRC funded researchers and registered charity organisations; £220 for all other participants.
Further info and booking: http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=5323
This course examines the opportunities and challenges of returning to a study conducted at some point in the past to undertake a re-study. It will consider the definition of a re-study, the rationales for undertaking re-studies, the selection of cases for re-study and decisions about the timing of re-studies, the position of the researcher or researchers conducting the re-study, and the issue of making allowance for the context in which the original study was undertaken. Lessons relating to working with archived data, to the use of methodological innovations, and to theoretical developments will also be considered. The course will conclude with reflections on what re-studies can tell us about the cumulative character of social science.
For further information and to book your place please go to http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=5323
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