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Events
The Cathie Marsh Institute organises various events throughout the year. From seminars and conferences to workshops and short courses, our events reflect our research themes.
Short courses
We run introductory, intermediate to advanced courses on all aspects of the research process, including research design, data collection and data analysis.
Courses from our centres
As well as those events listed here, we also run seminars, courses and workshops at:
- The Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis
- National Centre for Research Methods
- Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity
- UK Data Service Events
Next courses and events
Social Data Science Week: Introduction to QGIS
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you the tools to make use of free and open-source software, and techniques from the cutting-edge new discipline of social data science. This course will introduce at..
CMI Seminar by Dr James Laurence (UoM) "Together and Apart: the Dynamics of Ethic Diversity, Segregation and Social Cohesion among Young People and Adults"
The Cathie Marsh Institute welcomes James Laurence from The University of Manchester who will be speaking on the topic: Together and Apart: the Dynamics of Ethic Diversity, Segregation and Social Cohesion among Young People and Adults Abstract forthcoming. Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. ALL WELCOME! No registration needed.
CoDE Seminar: Diane Abbott, misogynoir and the politics of Black British feminism
This seminar presents Dr Lisa Palmer's paper that argues that we cannot understand the acute intensification of white supremacist politics in contemporary Britain without paying close attention to how this racism is also explicitly and inherently gendered and sexualised. The paper will examine the misogynoir experienced by the British Member o..
Social Data Science Week: Machine Learning with Python
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you the tools to make use of free and open-source software, and techniques from the cutting-edge new discipline of social data science. This intermediate course in M..
Social Data Science Week: Social Media Data Analysis
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you the tools to make use of free and open-source software, and techniques from the cutting-edge new discipline of social data science. This course describes how to..
Structural Equation Modelling Using Mplus
Structural Equation Models (SEM) amalgamate regression analysis, path/mediation analysis and factor analysis, allowing for more richly detailed statistical models to be specified and compared to data than by using these techniques individually. Historically, SEM models were confined to the analysis of continuous observed data, limiting their..
2021 Census: What is planned and how will you use it? A UK Data Service users update
The UK Census agencies will be conducting new Censuses of population in each of the countries of the UK on 21 March 2021. With this in mind we would like to invite you to a short UK Data Service user update webinar. The UK Data Service already provide access to, and support for, users of the 1971-2011 Censuses of Population and related resour..
CMI Seminar: Prof Paul Smith "Population size estimation with covariates having missing values and measurement error"
The Cathie Marsh Institute welcomes Paul Smith from The University of Southampton who will be speaking on the topic: Population size estimation with covariates having missing values and measurement error Abstract forthcoming. Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. ALL WELCOME! No registration needed.
NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis
This course introduces NVivo as a data management tool. The structure of the training session will be a combination of formal presentation alongside the practical application. Those attending the training session will have access to data sets for practical sessions and can also bring their own data to use in the practical parts of the session..
Webinar: Investigating religion in the UK - what data can I use?
This free webinar, jointly organised by Understanding Society, CeLSIUS, the SLS-DSU is designed for anyone who would like to know more about sources of survey data available for investigating religion in the UK. Dr Yassine Khoudja, Goethe University Frankfurt, will talk about the data on religion that is available via Understanding Society a..