Banned Books Week is a launchpad for an ongoing focus on factors that precede book bans or curricular restrictions, and implications for researchers and academic writers.

Listen to this conversation with Dr. Stu Shulman for discussion of implications of current developments for academics.

This post, with links to open-access research articles, seems particularly relevant when the USA is in the midst of a tight mid-term election.

Research and writing can be solitary activities. This post from Natalia Reinoso Chávez follows one by Janet Salmons about how two independent researchers have found value in collaborative friendship.

The Director and Assistant Director of the Bass Connections program at Duke University share lessons learned and open access resources for team success in interdisciplinary collaborative research.

SAGE MethodSpace partnered with Prepared to Zoom into the meeting and hear selected delegates provide statements on the difficulties of research during global crises and suggestions on how stakeholders can work together better in the future. View the recording!

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

SAGE Publishing offered a free webinar during Banned Books Week. View the recording here.

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.

The Methodspace focus for September 2022 was on culture and research. Find a collection of original posts, media, and open-access research from diverse perspectives.

Interested in cultural issues for researchers in global settings? Watch an interview with Safary Wa-Mbaleka and a webinar panel with Arceli Rosario.

Explore researchers' roles and practices for developing trust in this collection of open access articles.

This post offers research examples in open-access articles about ethical, respectful, research with Indigenous people and communities.

Ethical research practice does not stop with the conclusion of the study. Importantly, ethical research practice comes to fruition in academic writing.

Emma Geen, Matthew Lariviere, and Helen Manchester discuss speculative storytelling workshops as a way to use creativity and collaboration to study attitudes towards ageing.

Conditions in the world are changing, so researchers need to be responsive to participants. Find a practical, thoughtful post from Dr. Sharon Ravitch.

This month on Methodspace we will take a new look at ways to use traditional methods for collecting and analyzing data and consider innovative methods now emerging in the field.

On a day when Americans reel from yet another school shooting, find a collection of studies about such violence and its aftermath.

How are scholarly journals changing? See interviews with editors and exemplary articles.

Andre Samuels reflects on his experiences as a Black doctoral student and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.