Making Mixed-Methods Work
Travel Behaviours Workshop, 20th June 2013, Leeds
The event is free and will be held in Leeds on 20th June 10-4pm.
It is well accepted that understanding our mobility decisions requires an active consideration of the interfaces between factors such as land-use patterns, work and leisure practices, family structures, and technologies. Such understandings can only be brought about through the application of different theoretical framings of the problem, different methodological responses to the problem, and the exploration of the problem and its contexts using different toolkits of methods. It is contended that unlocking critical policy understandings requires multi-pronged approaches. However, interlinking different theories, methodologies and methods creates real practical and intellectual challenges.
This workshop will seek to understand the variety of research methods that researchers are using to engage with communities and make sense of the processes that inform our travel practices. We would like to encourage submissions from project teams that both wish to give a presentation but also develop a paper for a Special Issue of a journal. All are welcome to attend although priority will be given to those presenting.
Submissions are invited that address questions related to interdisciplinary methodological practices and may address a variety of issues such as: novel methods, new methodological considerations; mixing of methods, the role of new technologies, crowd sourcing, when things go wrong and of course when things go right.
While the session seeks contributions in the traditional paper format, it also seeks to encourage other forms of audience engagement such as demos, audience participation activities and discussion.
If submitting a paper then please submit a title and abstract of up to 250 words to Jane Macdonald [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>  by 6th May 2013. Further information can be accessed via http://www.disruptionproject.net/events/making-mixed-methods-work-in-transport-research-workshop-20th-june-2013-leeds
Priority will be given to attendees involved in the papers but anyone is welcome to register an interest to attend with [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
This workshop is being organised by the Travel Behaviours Network (www.travelbehaviours.net<http://www.travelbehaviours.net>). The network is funded by the RCUK Energy Programme and aims to bring together a series of interdisciplinary, cross council research projects exploring how to reduce energy use from transport.


Professor Greg Marsden
Director of Institute
Professor of Transport Governance
Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT

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