The goals for this collaborative feminist research project were to bring together scholars who had critical methodological lenses, focusing our study through a collaborative feminist methodological lens to explore and address gender-based inequities in higher education institutions. Find the open-access book and toolkit the co-authors created.

Decolonisation is not a peripheral but central concern to social research for change. Learn more from Caroline Lenette, author of Participatory Action Research: Ethics and Decolonization.

In this Methodspace interview Dr. Joel Thurston and Dr. Cesar Montalvo tell us about how data science can be used for social good, and how their program for young scholars is cultivating a next generation of data scientists.

For researchers interested in incorporating equity into their work, it all starts at the very beginning with designing the study. Learn more in this guest post!

It seems more important than ever to know how and where to access materials on women’s/gender studies, since they may not be available as course readings or in libraries. Find links to some open-access archives.

In this collection of open-access articles, researchers consider ways Critical Race Theory can be used to frame studies that look at the intersection of race and other societal, cultural, economic, and or political factors.

The Equity Working Group of the CTE Research Network (CTERN) has published a new framework for any researcher in social or education fields on using an equity lens to do their research. Find a link to The Equity Framework for CTE Research and information about a free webinar.

The new open-access Protests Against Racism Web Archive from the Library of Congress contains a selection of websites documenting protests against racism and police brutality against Black people. Also find resources about using archival data in your research.

Dr. Cindy Veldhuis discusses the need for attention to researcher safety for those who study LGBTQ+ issues.

This collection of open-access articles offers examples of creative thinking about methods selected for studies that engage Black participants.

As researchers, what do we need to know about Black history in order to design studies that will have a meaningful impact and improve pubic understanding?

On International Women's Day, March 8, 2023 you can join us in updating the public profiles of scholars doing critical work at the Women in Social & Behavioral Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Learn more and register!

Our context and identities influence how we think about our writing practice, our beliefs about time and boundaries, and so many other factors that have a real effect on us as academic writers.

Interested in Indigenous methods? Find the webinar recording and related resources in this post.

Researchers often collaborate with community partners, as discussed in this guest post from PhD candidates from Duke University’s Cultural Anthropology and African American Studies programs.

This posts discusses a explanatory sequential mixed methods study to examine the uni-directional nature of teaching western-based leadership courses, the associated knowledge transfer, and the cultural factors.

An interview with authors of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, who discuss how to use statistical techniques to understand pressing social issues.

“Women’s Equality Day,” honors the August 26, 1920 passage of the US Constitutional Amendment allowing women to vote, the 1965 US Voting Rights Act that enabled Black women to vote, the 1928 UK Representation of the People Act that entitled everyone over the age of 21 to vote, and legislation for gender equality everywhere.

In this collection of posts, Dr. Sharon Ravitch and her colleagues explore the need for “Flux Methodology” in changing times.

This collection of open-access articles offers examples of studies by researchers with intellectual disabilities as well as studies that explore new ways of thinking about research with participants who have intellectual disabilities.