Graduate School for the Social Sciences Introduction to Social Science Research
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Graduate School for the Social Sciences Introduction to Social Science Research Jo Ferrie [email protected] Interim Director of Graduate Training
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Graduate School for the Social Sciences Introduction to Social Science Research. Jo Ferrie [email protected] Interim Director of Graduate Training. Social Science Research. What is it? What does it encompass? What do social science researchers do? What should they be doing?! - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Graduate School for the Social SciencesIntroduction to Social Science Research
Jo Ferrie
Interim Director of Graduate Training
Social Science Research
• What is it? • What does it encompass?• What do social science researchers do? • What should they be doing?!• Have a chat with your next door neighbour...
ESRC – What is social science?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kUApnFN2vGkn
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1DTRjAqC61s
Beyond ‘impact’ ...
• More /purely theoretical• Less obviously ‘high impact’, moving towards more
‘esoteric’ subject areas
Multi- / inter-disciplinarity
• What do we mean?– Multi-disciplinarity?– Inter-disciplinarity?– Trans-disciplinarity?
– Discuss briefly with your neighbour...
Inter-disciplinarity
• Significant influence on social science research• Carried out in the ‘spaces’ between disciplines• Scope for engaging with fellow social scientists and also
natural/physical scientists• Don’t be afraid to move beyond your disciplinary ‘home’• Key contemporary challenges e.g. University of Glasgow
– http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/rsio/researchstrategypolicies/researchnetworks/
Vulnerability framework
Overview of key elements of an emerging framework for analysis of vulnerability in coupled nature-society systems
