Events
The Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMI) hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including seminars, conferences, workshops, and short courses.
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Introduction to the UK Data Service
10:00 - 11:30 7 November 2024
The UK Data Service holds the UK’s largest collection of research data. This introductory workshop is for anyone with an interest in social research who wants to hear about the vast array of resources we offer. Participants will learn about the different types of quantitative and qualitative data we hold, how to find those data collections using...
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Computational social science drop-in
13:00 - 14:00 12 November 2024
Join our free UK Data Service data drop-in to get or give some help on computational social science projects. This event will take place on Zoom. There will be a data expert from the UK Data Service present to chair the session. Feel free to join for general advice on getting data, learning to code and much more. Stuck on a project? Not sure...
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Social Statistics Seminar Series - Lorraine Dearden
14:00 - 15:30 12 November 2024
The impact of violence on partnered women’s labour market outcomes: evidence from Australia Longitudinal survey data measuring domestic violence (DV) is very rare which makes looking at the short- and medium-term impact of the economic implications of DV in a reliable way difficult. One exception is the paper by Adams-Prassl, Huttunen, Nix and...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Prof Rob Black
14:00 - 16:00 18 November 2024
Join Digital Futures and Prof Rob Black for a free event on 18th November to explore the concepts of a proactive cyber defence strategy, through weaponising their trust and utilising deception techniques, and taking tactics from other domains to create more challenging defences for our attackers to face. This event invites participants from all...
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Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data
10:00 - 11:30 19 November 2024
Researchers are often at a crossroads on how to share data collected from human participants ethically while complying with the rigorous standards set by UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act. Whether you're looking to refine your data management strategy or ensure your research practices are in strict alignment with...
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Finding and accessing data from the UK Data Service
10:00 - 11:30 20 November 2024
This introductory workshop is intended for anyone who wants to hear about finding data from the UK Data Service and contains interactive elements throughout. Participants will be given a practical overview of the tools that the service provides, particularly our data catalogue to help you make the most of your data searches. We will discuss best...
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Best practices for documenting social sciences research data
10:00 - 11:30 26 November 2024
Data documentation is essential to make sure that well-organised and well-documented research data can be produced from our research projects. This workshop provides an overview of different types of documentation depending on data type (e.g. primary or secondary, survey or transcripts), as an essential part of implementing good data management...
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Social Statistics Seminar Series
14:00 - 15:30 26 November 2024
Friedrich Geiecke Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science, London School of Economics Conversations at Scale: Robust AI-led Interviews with a Simple Open-Source Platform (joint with Xavier Jaravel) The advent of large language models (LLMs) provides an opportunity to conduct qualitative interviews at a large scale, with thousands...
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Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks
10:00 - 11:30 28 November 2024
Are you wanting to understand how the world works? Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Want to know about and how to access data from the IMF, World Bank, IEA, UN or OECD? This free 90-minute online workshop will introduce you to the international time series data held by the...
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Survey data drop-in
12:00 - 13:00 4 December 2024
This free online drop-in is for anyone working or thinking of working with survey data who are looking for help and advice with their project or research. It is targeted at academic and non academic researchers, as well as students, and anyone with an interest in survey data, whether absolute beginners or more seasoned users. Come along to discuss...
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