[Commlist] Call for Contributions - ‘Methodological Innovations to Meet 21st Century Societal Challenges'

Call for Contributions - *‘Methodological Innovations to Meet 21^st 
Century Societal Challenges’* A Joint Conference organised by The Cathie 
Marsh Institute for Social Research and methods@manchester. June 10^th , 
2019 University of Manchester.

The Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research and methods@manchester 
are delighted to announce a joint conference, /Methodological 
Innovations to Meet 21^st Century Societal Challenges/, to be held on 
10^th June 2019 at The University of Manchester.  The conference aims to 
bring together national and international researchers from a variety of 
social science and associated disciplines. The focus of the conference 
is methodological innovation in social science research. What new 
methods are being developed and applied to understand major contemporary 
social challenges, and how are established research methods being 
re-thought and designed in new ways for this purpose? We request 
abstracts for presentations of 20 minutes. Submissions can centre on 
innovation at one or more key stages of the research process, i.e. from 
initial research design to data collection, the use of extant data 
sources, analysis, the presentation and dissemination of results, and 
engaging with the public. Presentations should aim to explain the 
rationale for the approach adopted, showcase and outline the methods 
used, as well as consider the benefits and challenges of the strategy. 
Possible topics may include (but are not limited to):

Collaborative research design (e.g. participatory action research methods)

Technological and other innovations in data collection (e.g. wearable 
technology, diary methods, biomedical approaches)

Using existing data sources (e.g. data held by non-government 
organisations, linking complex datasets)

Methods of data analysis (e.g. tools to analyse large datasets)

Presentation of findings and public engagement (e.g. data visualisation, 
creative ways of presenting data e.g. public debates and other events)

*NB*. A hackathon is planned as part of the conference. If you are 
interested in participating in it, please indicate this when you submit 
your abstract.

Abstracts of up to 300 words are due by *_17^th February 2019_* and 
should be sent to (methods /at/ manchester.ac.uk) <mailto:(methods /at/ manchester.ac.uk)>

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