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28/03/2024

Is there a place for generative AI in sociological research? The coming crisis of ‘the coming crisis of empirical sociology’

Generative Artificial intelligence has barely been out of the headlines in 2023. As we move into 2024, the expectation is that this is the year in which the rubber will meet the road, with hype and speculation either crystallising into a set of core use cases, business models, and designs, or alternatively collapsing entirely into another ‘AI winter’.

By Ben Collier
Lecturer in Digital Methods
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

20/02/2024

NCRM: How do you analyse large amounts of qualitative data? Try our step-by-step guide

This blog is a re-print of a blog originally published by National Centre for Research Methods on 12th February 2024, and is available here: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/news/show.php?article=5812’

"How to work with such large volumes of data and yet retain the depth and richness of analytic engagement that is the hallmark of rigorous qualitative analysis? This was the methodological question that motivated our team and led to our development of a breadth-and-depth approach to analysing large volumes of qualitative data, in our NCRM work package Working across qualitative longitudinal studies: feasibility study looking at care and intimacy (2015-2019)."

Image of Howalygmaa, a Tuvan shaman playing traditional instrument.

25/01/2024

Sensorial Ethnographies: Ethnography in Sound by Dr Mally Stelmaszyk

What does it mean to do and think things through sound? What kind of insides about the world can sound reveal when used as a method of inquiry?

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21/04/2023

Using survey research to decolonise the meanings of democracy

Dr Carin Runciman and Ms Boitumelo Matlala reflect on using surveys in a decolonial research design.