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National Centre for Research Methods 2014-2019

国家研究方法中心 2014-2019

基本信息

批准号：
ES/L008351/1
负责人：
Patrick Sturgis
金额：
$ 672.6万
依托单位：
University of Southampton
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2014 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL008351%2F1
关键词：
National Centre Research Methods 2014

项目摘要

Social science forms and transforms our understanding of the world we live in, underpins the development, delivery and evaluation of public policy, as well as commercial and business practice, and informs national and international debate on matters of social, economic and political controversy. Research evidence from the social sciences permeates our lives, from the production, analysis and interpretation of economic indicators, through documenting stability and change in social attitudes, to understanding the factors which lead to educational attainment, community cohesion, national well-being, and inter-state conflict, to select just a few pertinent examples. It is essential, therefore, that social scientific research is as robust as that produced in any other area of scientific endeavour, and that research carried out under the banner of social science is of the highest possible standard in the academic sector and beyond. While the quality of research depends on a number of different factors, the most important is methodology; the ways in which social scientists collect, analyse and interpret social and economic data.The proposed new National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) will address long-recognised problems relating to under-capacity in the UK social science research community. It will build on the successful programme of work that has already been undertaken in the Centre's first ten years. However, much has changed since NCRM was founded in 2004, including the emergence of new types and volumes of data to be handled, new modes of communication and networking (such as Facebook, and Twitter), as well as new perspectives on data accessibility and the use of various kinds of administrative data (such as tax records and GP patient records) for research purposes. The sorts of questions that social scientists are seeking to address have also changed, reflecting important shifts in the national and global environment. For instance, social scientists are now addressing questions relating to climate change, food security, online behaviour and identity, international terrorism and the costs of higher education, all of which were either low priority or non-existent issues when NCRM was established a decade ago.The new Centre will be a partnership between three institutions with leading international reputations in undertaking methodological research and training in the social sciences: the Universities of Southampton, Manchester, and Edinburgh. Together the partner institutions will deliver three core activities: 1. A programme of methodological research which will develop innovative ways of collecting and analysing new and traditional forms of social science research data. The programme will comprise a set of inter-related work-packages to be undertaken by the collaborating partners and also a set of commissioned projects to complement and integrate with the Centre's research work-packages. 2. A programme of face-to-face training events in advanced areas of methodological practice, delivered by leading national and international experts at locations which are accessible to social scientists throughout the UK.3. Develop and expand NCRM's existing heavily used website to incorporate a range of new features and functions, such as tailoring presentation of material to user-specified interests and developing a range of new online resources to enable social scientists to learn about new methods at their own pace and convenience.The Centre will consult widely with organisations in the public and private sectors to ensure that the work it undertakes is in line with their needs and interests. It will collaborate with leading scholars and institutions from overseas to ensure that the Centre's work meets the highest international standards and to promote its work on the international stage.

社会科学形成并改变了我们对我们所生活的世界的理解，巩固了公共政策的发展、实施和评估，以及商业和商业实践，并为有关社会、经济和政治争议问题的国内和国际辩论提供了信息。来自社会科学的研究证据渗透到我们的生活中，从经济指标的产生、分析和解释，通过记录社会态度的稳定和变化，到理解导致教育成就、社区凝聚力、国家福祉和国家间冲突的因素，仅选择几个相关的例子。因此，至关重要的是，社会科学研究与任何其他科学领域的研究一样强大，在社会科学的旗帜下进行的研究在学术部门内外都是最高标准的。虽然研究的质量取决于许多不同的因素，但最重要的是方法；社会科学家收集、分析和解释社会和经济数据的方法。拟议中的新国家研究方法中心（NCRM）将解决与英国社会科学研究界能力不足有关的长期公认的问题。它将以中心头十年已经执行的成功的工作方案为基础。然而，自从NCRM于2004年成立以来，发生了很多变化，包括需要处理的新类型和新数量的数据的出现，新的通信和网络模式（如Facebook和Twitter），以及数据可访问性的新视角和用于研究目的的各种管理数据（如税务记录和GP患者记录）的使用。社会科学家正在寻求解决的问题种类也发生了变化，反映了国家和全球环境的重要变化。例如，社会科学家现在正在解决与气候变化、食品安全、在线行为和身份、国际恐怖主义和高等教育成本有关的问题，所有这些问题在10年前NCRM建立时不是优先级低，就是根本不存在。新中心将由南安普顿大学、曼彻斯特大学和爱丁堡大学这三所在社会科学方法论研究和培训方面具有国际领先声誉的机构合作建立。伙伴机构将共同开展三项核心活动：一个方法学研究方案，将开发收集和分析新的和传统形式的社会科学研究数据的创新方法。该方案将包括由合作伙伴进行的一套相互关联的工作包，以及一套受委托的项目，以补充和整合中心的研究工作包。2. 在方法论实践的先进领域，由领先的国内和国际专家在英国各地的社会科学家都可以访问的地点提供面对面的培训活动计划。开发和扩展NCRM现有的大量使用的网站，以纳入一系列新的特性和功能，例如根据用户指定的兴趣定制材料的呈现，开发一系列新的在线资源，使社会科学家能够按照自己的节奏和方便地学习新方法。中心会广泛谘询公营及私营机构的意见，确保所从事的工作符合他们的需要和利益。中心将与海外知名学者和机构合作，确保中心的工作符合最高的国际标准，并在国际舞台上推广中心的工作。