A reminder that the call for submissions for the 2026 Methods Fair is open 😀! This years Fair “Methods for Change: Connecting People, Places, and Purpose” takes place on 27 May at UoM. Submit your abstract for a lightning talk or poster here: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/T6x3...

m@m are holding a Summer School Taster session for the Digital Methods course. Meet the Digital Humanities Team, learn more about different digital methods, and how the course could benefit your research. 🗓️ 5 March ⏰ 12pm - 1pm 📍Online Sign up here!: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-me...

Join the first of our Summer School Taster sessions to learn more about Mixed Methods in Social Network Analysis! Meet the team and see if the course can benefit your research. 🗓️ 26 February ⏰ 12pm - 1pm 📍Online Sign up here!: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mixed-meth...

📢There are a number of taster sessions scheduled for our 2026 Summer School courses! In these sessions you will meet the course leads, learn more about the full Summer School in July, and see if it would benefit your research. Register here! www.methods.manchester.ac.uk/events/works...

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. Sign up! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-a...

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. Sign up 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researchin...

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...

Minding the Gaps in Translation: How can translation studies help us navigate the realities of cross-language research? 🗓️ Thursday 5 February ⏰ 10am-1pm Join the first workshop in the Lost & Found In Translation Series! Sign up now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lfit-mindi...

🎧Listen to @meghanetinsley.bsky.social discussing the ethics of researching the far right on the latest episode of the #EthicsUnboxed podcast @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social www.podbean.com/media/share/...

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🧵

Are you an early-career researcher in the arts & humanities with bold ideas? Apply for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and join a world-class research community. 👉Develop your vision 👉Access tailored support 👉Shape the future of your field Apply: www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...

The next round of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships will open in February 2026, with a deadline in June 2026. For more info and details of how to apply, visit our Funding Opportunities page: www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...

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...

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...

🎄 Wrapping Up 2025 with Skills & Spark! Before we swap research papers for mince pies, we’ve got a few final workshops to help you finish the year strong: 🎁 Make the most of these last sessions before the Christmas break – book your spot and end the year on a high!

Another blog post - from one of my #AcWriMo workshops. All about using Zines to help with your academic writing stephaniezihms.blog/2025/12/02/c... @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social @roseychang.bsky.social @drhelenkara.bsky.social

What a day at the Co-created Futures Conference! 🌍✨ Congratulations to Tetyana Solovey, Topo Mokokwane & Dwica Wulandari for winning the poster competition 👏 Thanks to our speakers & attendees for making it a collaborative experience. 🚀 #CoCreatedFutures #Innovation #Collaboration #FutureThinking

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.

Writing & Researching Differently through Fictocriticism 🗓️ TODAY ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online @markgatto.bsky.social (Northumbria Uni) will be exploring gender, work & care through dystopian #fictocriticism to challenge patriarchal norms + inspire inclusive change Sign up 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1963287905...

Join us today at 10am for our Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods workshop. Please use the following link to view the livestream:

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...

Less than a week until this fantastic seminar on #Fictocriticism! There is still time to get a ticket to this online session - just follow 🏃 the link below and join us on Thursday.

Join me next week to discover #Fictocriticism as a way to write differently in academia.

There's just a few more days to finish your #PhD application to join our #PhDProgramme here in #Manchester! Apply to a wide-range of #CancerResearch projects, with extensive training, support, facilities & funding All the info you needs is on our website: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/phd-student-...

Would you like to improve your coding skills in a fun way? Join the #adventofcode this December! Join researchers from across the University in solving a series of daily puzzles in whatever programming language you're most comfortable using. Details of how to join are on CaDiR buff.ly/jfFvy7D

It's exactly 🚨 1 WEEK 🚨 until our online seminar with @markgatto.bsky.social Join us next Thursday for Fictocriticism - a different way to research, explore and write. Mark will be talking about his work on masculinity, gender, work and care. Don't miss out - sign up now on the link below!

Proud doesn’t even cover it! 💜 The University of Manchester has retained its place in the global top 10 for sustainability in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings. 🔗 Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...

Join this Methods North West Lunchtime Seminar 'Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism' with Dr Mark Gatto (Northumbria University) @methodsmcr.bsky.social 🗓️ Thursday 4 December ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online Sign up now! 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1963287905...

The second part of Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences is underway - thank you Simon Rudkin for hosting this hands-on workshop! What's great about these sessions is the wide range of disciplines our attendees are from, and the different data they are working with.

🚨 TOMORROW - SPACES STILL AVAILABLE 🚨 Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences 🗓️ Tues 18 Nov ⏰ 10-3pm 📍 AMBS This free workshop introduces Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper algorithm as a model free tool for visualising data Book now 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1801610097...

NEW BLOG 📣 Innovating inclusion: Creative methods for non-speaking communities 💡 Last week we welcomed twenty researchers and practitioners interested in innovative and effective ways to research with non-speaking autistic individuals to Manchester. (1/3)

🚨 NEXT WEEK 🚨 Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences 🗓️ Tuesday 18 Nov ⏰ 10-4pm 📍 AMBS It's less than a week until this fantastic workshop with Dr Simon Rudkin, who will be taking us through the Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper algorithm. (1/2)

Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism 🗓️ Thursday 4 December ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online Mark Gatto (Northumbria University) will be exploring gender, work & care through dystopian fictocriticism to challenge patriarchal norms and inspire inclusive change.

💡 Meet our workshop lead Dr Simon Rudkin Simon is a member of the UoM's Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMI) & @socialstats.bsky.social 🪧 He has pioneered application of Ball Mapper in social sciences, focusing on the info which is held within data & using that info for societal benefit

TODAY 📢 PRE-SESSION: Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences 🗓️ Monday 10 Nov ⏰ 4-5pm 🌐 Online This pre-workshop session introduces Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper, a model free tool for visualising data. #DataAnalysis #ResearchMethods #DataVisualisation

⏰ Registration for this fantastic event closes tomorrow at 12 noon ⏰ Don't miss out on MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience this Friday.

It's just 🚨3 DAYS 🚨 until MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience With workshops from @talkingmats.bsky.social & Digital Stories & talks from @heasutherland.com, Verity Ward, Jill Bradshaw & Freddie Jones. 🗓️ Friday 7 Nov ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS Book now 🏃 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1683441712...

📢 Speaker announcement - Freddie Jones "Finding Voices Beyond Words: The landscape of Non-speaking research methods" Freddie is a PGR at UoM researching the experiences of non-speaking neurodivergent young people via creative and material methods. This event would not be happening without Freddie!

Our friends at @methodsnorthwest.bsky.social are now on BlueSky! MNW promotes methods research at Manchester, and our sister Institutes at Keele, Lancaster, Lancashire, Liverpool. Follow them for updates across the region.

📣 New Video: Visualising Multivariate Data with Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper In this seminar Dr Simon Rudkin introduces Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper, a method to visualise multivariate data without losing information. Watch now 🔗 youtu.be/Zl24vEufLFw?...

📢 Speaker announcement - Dr Holly Sutherland AuDHD researcher and postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge, Holly has worked with a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the #neurodiverse experience. We're excited to have Holly at MethodsLab on 7 Nov!

📢 Speaker announcement - Dr Jill Bradshaw Jill's session is titled "Talking Mats in research and practice" Consultant Speech & Language Therapist; RCSLT National Clinical Adviser for Learning Disabilities; Jill founded the @talkingmats.bsky.social Research Network Book your free space now 👇👇

📢 Speaker announcement - Dr Verity Ward Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and founding member of the Digital Stories research approach, Verity's talk is titled: Creating space for #neurodivergent young people's voices using Digital Stories We are so excited to have Verity join us on 7 November!

(1/2) Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences 🗓️ Tuesday 18 Nov ⏰ 10-4pm 📍 AMBS This workshop introduces the Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper algorithm as a model free tool for visualising data. See the full details 🔗 new.express.adobe.com/webpage/5Gf2...

MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience 🗓️ Friday 7 Nov ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS Bringing together academics, practitioners, parents, autistic young adults ♾️ to create ethical methods for including non-speaking neurodiverse people in research Sign up now 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1683441712...

Today I'm learning about Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper! This is a great way to visualise data with multivariate data without losing vital information. Dr Simon Rudkin is running us through the background, how the algorithm works, and why this method improves data visualisation.

You've got ⏰ 30 MINUTES ⏰ to sign up for the first Methods North West Lunchtime Seminar of the year Visualising Multivariate Data with Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper 📅 TODAY 🕛 12-1pm 🌐 online Sign up now 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualisin... #DataVisualisation #Methods #DataAnalysis

Methods Talk Episode 6: Designing research using a strength-based approach with Dr Amir Raki (University of Liverpool), Dr Ilma Nur Chowdhury (University of Manchester) and Prof. Judy Zolkiewski (University of Manchester) www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3TW...