@methodsnorthwest.bsky.social
A regional hub for research methods innovation, celebrating the collective strength, depth and breadth of methodological expertise across the participating Universities of Manchester, Liverpool, Lancaster, Lancashire and Keele.
Interested in the Creative Approaches to Qualitative Research Summer School course?
This MNW seminar is a taster session where you will get the opportunity to learn more about the course and how the summer school course could benefit your research.
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Join us for the 2026 Methods Fair!
An annual one-day event in collaboration with Methods North West, it brings together researchers and PGRs to explore research methods across the humanities and social sciences.
🗓️ Wednesday 27 May
👉 Call for submissions: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/T6x3...
Researching with care: The importance of flexible methods in research with disabled and/or chronically ill people (and beyond)
🗓️ Thursday 29 January ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online
This MNW seminar draws on care-full research with young people with an ostomy.
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Researching with care: the importance of flexible methods in research with disabled and/or chronically ill people (and beyond)
🗓️ Thursday 29 January ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online
This MNW seminar draws on care-full research with young people with an ostomy.
Sign up 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researchin...
Mixed & Mutable Extremism Research: Methods, Ethics & Safeguarding
🗓️ Thursday 18 December ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online
This MNW Seminar will discuss the strategies that researchers utilise to navigate emotional, psychological and personal safety risks.
Sign up now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mixed-muta...
We are still accepting applications to the Neil Ker Memorial Fund 2026, open to both early career and established scholars of any nationality. Awards are tenable for a maximum of 12 months. Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/4hO0Oo1
11.12.2025 16:13 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 2Researching mixed & mutable extremism, where hate speech and violence are encouraged and supported, comes with challenges.
Dr Laura Naegler (Liverpool) will discuss the strategies used to navigate emotional, psychological & personal safety risks
Sign up 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975743481... 2/2🧵
Methodological, Ethical & Safeguarding Challenges of Researching Mixed & Mutable Extremism
🗓️ Thurs 18 Dec ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online
Are you researching Incels, misogyny, far right ideology or conspiracy theory groups online?
#ResearchMethods #Methodology #Methods #ResearchingExtremism #ResearchingHate 1/2🧵
There is still time to get a ticket for our MNW Seminar this lunchtime! Registration closes at 11am
Looking forward to seeing you there!
📢 THIS WEEK 📢 Join us on Thursday as Dr Witold Bahr reviews mixed methods research in #SupplyChainManagement
#Methodology #Methods #ResearchMethods #LSCM
FAIRsharing is a widely adopted, curated platform that connects users w trusted standards, repositories & policies across all disciplines.
This session for researchers+research support staff will empower you to make confident decisions in managing your data by exploring the platform’s core features
UKRN FAIRShare Training
🗓️ Thursday 18 December ⏰ 9:30-1pm 🌐 online
Discover how FAIRsharing can simplify and enhance your research data management in an engaging workshop to be delivered by Dr Abhishek Behl, Associate Professor at Keele Business School
Sign up 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/keele...
🚨 There's still time to submit your paper for our Crime Surveys User Conference 2026!
This free online conference is an ideal place to present your work if you do crime-related research using data from the UK Data Service.
The deadline is 18 December:
Did you miss our @methodsnorthwest.bsky.social Lunchtime Seminar last week?
You can now watch Dr @markgatto.bsky.social talk about Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism on our YouTube channel
Watch now 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=d67Q...
📢 THIS WEEK 📢 Join us on Thursday as Dr Witold Bahr reviews mixed methods research in #SupplyChainManagement
#Methodology #Methods #ResearchMethods #LSCM
Today I'm at Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism, a @methodsnorthwest.bsky.social Thursday Lunchtime Seminar.
@markgatto.bsky.social is giving us a great introduction to the history of #fictocriticism and current attitudes to fatherhood in the workplace.
Excited for this MNW Lunchtime Session today with Mark Gatto! There's still time left to join us - sign up in the post below.
04.12.2025 09:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mixed Methods in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research
🗓️ Thur 11 Dec ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online
Dr Witold Bahr (Keele Uni) will present a review of mixed methods research to provide suggestions for LSCM researchers to benefit from using mixed methods.
Sign up 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1969203626...
We will follow a guided schedule of quiet writing periods and short breaks to maintain focus and productivity. An ideal opportunity to settle in, write alongside like-minded colleagues, and build positive writing habits.
This session is open to PGR students and staff from any University.
Writing Retreat
🗓️ Wed 17 Dec ⏰ 2-4pm 🌐📍 hybrid, online & Keele
Join our Writing Retreat, for PGRs+staff who want to dedicate focused time to writing. We offer a structured & supportive environment to help you make progress on your thesis/article/research
Sign up now 🔗 keele.libcal.com/event/4458343
- Differentiate between types of literature reviews and their methodologies.
- Select an appropriate review type for your research question.
- Recognise expectations for transparency and reproducibility in literature reviews. (2/2)
Sign up now 👉 keele.libcal.com/event/4458348
Types of Literature Reports - PGR Session
🗓️ Wednesday 17 December ⏰ 10-11am 🌐 online
In this virtual session, we will help you understand the characteristics and purposes of different review types, including systematic, scoping, narrative, and meta-analyses.
In this session PGRs will: (1/2)
In this seminar Dr Laura Naegler (Uni of Liverpool) will discuss the strategies that researchers utilise to navigate emotional, psychological and personal safety risks - especially in environments where hate speech and violence are endorsed (2/2)
Sign up now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975743481...
Methodological, Ethical & Safeguarding Challenges of Researching Mixed & Mutable Extremism
🗓️ Thursday 18 December ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online
Researching (online) mixed and mutable extremism such as Incel, misogynistic, far right ideologies and conspiracy theories comes w/ several risks and challenges (1/2)
Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism
🗓️ Thurs 4 Dec ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 Zoom
This week's MNW Lunchtime Session is with @markgatto.bsky.social (Northumbria University) - exploring gender, work & care through dystopian fictocriticism
Sign up now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1963287905...
When ethics and research methods vary so widely between departments and Institutes, it's natural to feel confused and overwhelmed. But with a PGR Social Media Methods Network, we can help each other.
Big shout out to our organisers Nadine Shanahan, Holly Dean and Dr. Allysa Czerwinsky! (2/20
Thank you to everyone who made it to our PGR Social Media Methods Network talk yesterday!
We heard from a range of students and researchers at different research stages, subjects areas and Universities, and their experience and difficulties in researching this new and dynamic topic. (1/2)
UKRN - Beyond the Journal Article
🗓️ Tues 16 Dec ⏰ 11-12pm 🌐 online
Research outputs can come in different forms. Find out about what are diverse research outputs and explore emerging strategies and models for making them openly accessible to research communities
www.tickettailor.com/events/keele...
We’re very proud to have three research initiatives shortlisted for major awards this evening! 🎉
The KE Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in knowledge exchange across the UK and beyond. (1/5)
#KnowledgeExchange | #KEAwards25
🚨 THIS WEEK - PGR Social Media Methods Network 🚨
Looking forward to lots of discussions of social media research this Thursday with Nadine Shanahan, Holly Dean and Dr. Allysa Czerwinsky. This is a great opportunity to tell us what you want from a Social Media Methods Network!
