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SAGE Methods Minute December 2021

In the digital age, researchers need to go a step further to find new readers and achieve impact. Methodspace will show you how to create engaging visual messages that stand out amidst the information overload.

December Spotlight: Blogs, Comics, Games: New Ways to Share Research

In the digital age, researchers need to go a step further to find new readers and achieve impact. In this month’s series, Methodspace will show you how to create engaging visual messages that stand out amidst the information overload.

December Mentors-in-Residence

Meet our December Mentors-in-Residence, Dr Tullio Rossi, founder and director of Animate Your Science, who will show how to create and use infographics, creative posters, and animation to share findings and elements of study, and Lydia Wysocki, of Applied Comics, etc. who will discuss using comics as both research methodology and research communication. Join us this month for video interviews, guest posts, and links to resources you can use.

Tullio Rossi

Lydia Wysocki

What’s coming up in 2022 on Methodspace

The overarching focus for 2022 is on research relevance. In these changing times, what problems should we study? Why and with whom? With what methodologies and methods? With attention to what ethical issues? With what intentions for impact and change? Why is empirical research relevant in an era of disinformation and what are our responsibilities as researchers?

In January we will begin by considering relevance in the context of journals. You will find interviews with editors and members of editorial boards, examples and suggestions so you can make or refine your own publication goals. Explore what’s coming up in 2022 on Methodspace.

Related online resources from SAGE

Getting Started on Twitter

Holly Powell-Jones discusses how to set up a Twitter account to share your research findings in this video from SAGE Research Methods. Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

Comics-based research: The affordances of comics for research across disciplines

In this article, the authors define and document comics-based research as an emerging, interdisciplinary field of methodological practice. Available for free until 5th January.

A beginner’s guide to doing interviews

Dr Helen Kara, SAGE Campus instructor of the new online course ‘Do Your Interviews’ launching in January, created a quick guide to help learners identify if interviews are the most suitabe research method for their research project.

Related SAGE Books

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SAGE Methods Minute January 2022

In this month series, the focus was on Research<>Relevance. What critical problems merit study? Who decides? These overarching questions guided original posts, interviews and webinars on a range of topics.

January Spotlight: Be Relevant in 2022!

In this month’s series, Methodspace will focus on Research<>Relevance. What critical problems merit study? Who decides? These overarching questions will guide original posts, interviews and webinars on a range of topics.

January Mentors-in-Residence

When we want to gain a larger view, we might venture into the literature of a new methodology or discipline. How do we understand new areas of scholarship? We need to be able to evaluate research. Our Mentors-in-Residence, Francis Dane, and Elliot Carhart, co-authors of a new edition of Evaluating Research: Methodology for People Who Need to Read Research will explore these questions and discuss how to evaluate research.

Francis Dane

Elliot Carhart

Related online resources from SAGE

How to Create Valid, Reliable and Actionable Metrics in the Fight Against COVID-19

Professor Michael A. Stoto, an epidemiologist, statistician, and public health policy analyst, discusses how to create valid, reliable, and actionable metrics in the fight against COVID-19, including strengths and weaknesses of data sources (toll-free link available until 31^st March). Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

'Grey areas’: ethical challenges posed by social media-enabled recruitment and online data collection in cross-border, social science research

In this article, the authors reflect on their research experience and outline the existing ethical challenges posed by online and social-media-disseminated data collection, particularly in cross-border circumstances. (N.B. this article will be freed up from 14^th Jan-25^th Feb).

Where to Start With a Dissertation?

Rachel Crookes shares five skills needed to write a winning dissertation, adding to the launch of SAGE Campus four new online courses in research and critical reading and writing skills, all part of a new learner pathway on mastering a dissertation.

Making Qualitative Analysis Constant, Comparative and Collaborative

Join a session with Dr Daniel Turner, the founder and director of Quirkos, a qualitative data analysis software.
Date: February 22^nd 2022 | Time: 4-5pm (GMT)