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Call for presentations – SRA annual conference 2017
This year’s annual conference of the Social Research Association (SRA) is on 6 December at the British Library in London. As in recent years we hope to attract an audience of 200+ researchers in national and local government, research agencies and institutes, academia, and the independent and voluntary sectors, representing the full range of research methodologies.
The conference theme is ‘Social Research in a Sceptical Age’.
The current climate of scepticism towards ‘experts’ has put many research practitioners and users on the defensive. Is it enough simply to assert the value of rigorous methods, or should we be checking, sharpening and improving our tools? If ‘post-truth’ carries real meaning then the pressure is on researchers to find a positive response – such as clearly communicating our findings and why they matter; and demonstrating how high standards in design, conduct and analysis are built in to our research.
We are looking for abstracts of up to 500 words to describe and explain what you’d like to present – with a focus on one or more of these topic areas:
• Getting the message across
• The value of narratives
• Policy evaluation
• Embedding quality assurance
• The value of quality in evidence
• Qualitative innovation
• Quantitative innovation
• Involving research participants
• Dealing with the unexpected
Abstracts and other details must be submitted using the template Word doc that can be downloaded on our website here: www.the-sra.org.uk/events
The deadline for submissions is Monday 7 August. The SRA Events Group will assess all entries and aim to let you know the outcome in late September/October.
Presentations will be in parallel workshop sessions, with two paired presentations of 20 minutes each per session (followed by a 10 minute Q&A). One presenter per submission will pay a reduced delegate rate of £55.
Please feel free to share this call with colleagues and networks.
With best regards,
Social Research Association
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