National Centre for Research Methods Phase 3, 2014-19

The National Centre for Research Methods is a Centre funded by the Economic and Social Research Council focused on methodological development and training in the social sciences. It is a partnership between the Universities of Southampton, Manchester, and Edinburgh, led from Southampton. In 2014-19 the partners delivered:

A programme of methodological research to develop innovative ways of collecting and analysing new and traditional forms of social science research data. This comprised a set of inter-related work-packages undertaken by the collaborating partners and also a set of commissioned projects to complement and integrate with the Centre's research work-packages. There was an International Visitor Exchange Programme, further collaborative projects and centre-linked PhD students.

A programme of face-to-face training events in advanced areas of methodological practice, delivered by leading national and international experts at locations accessible to social scientists throughout the UK. The centre organized the Research Methods Festivals 2016 and 2018, held at the University of Bath.

An expanded Centre website, including an extensive directory of training events, a research methods document repository and the ReStore repository, offering a huge range of resources to enable social scientists to learn about new and emerging research methods.