Spark: a centre for social research innovation
Spark: a centre for social research innovation
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Many students of statistics and econometrics express frustration with the way a problem known as “bad control” is treated in the traditional literature. The…
A Crash Course in Good and Bad Controls with…
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Come learn about the power of partnerships to foster empowering research and action! Although universities should catalyze empowerment, frequently they instead…
Empowering Indigenous Research-Action…
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In this talk, Hardin will introduce her duo-ethnographic work with a group of friends and colleagues who part of a collaborative group, Nutrire CoLab. She will introduce…
Doing-Duo: A Collaborative and Feminist Method as…
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A critical barrier to generating cumulative knowledge is the inability of researchers to observe the results from the full set of research designs. Studies that produce…
Learning from Null Effects: A Bottom-Up Approach…
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Understanding the gaps and connections across existing theories and findings is a perennial challenge in scientific research. To encourage systematic, replicable, and…
Mapping Literatures with Networks with Adeline Lo
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"I review ethnographic methods that allow researchers to assess distress in a culturally sensitive manner. I focus on describing the development of reliable and…
Ethnographic Methods for Identifying Cultural…
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Canadian philanthropic foundations are increasingly engaged in reconciliation-focused activities with Indigenous peoples. However, like other good intentions, this too…
Remaining Unreconciled: Philanthropy and…
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Arguments about how causal qualitative and quantitative research are “usually” or “mostly” done abound. In our workshop, we summarize the results…
Does the tale of two “methods…
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I review methods for handling missing data in empirical studies in the social sciences. I define missing data, and provide a taxonomy of main approaches to analysis,…
Handling Missing Data in Social Science Studies…
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The talk will present an automated content analysis method based on supervised machine learning (SML) and recent advances in transfer learning. The method will be…
The "Augmented" Social Scientist: Using…
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Research is too often a process done to participants, but what if participants were viewed as co-investigators at every step of the research process? We will highlight…
Centering Positive Change in Research using…
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How much should ethnographers involve themselves with the people, places, and processes they study? One answer has become increasingly popular: invert participant…
Participant Observation, Observant Participation…
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1 – Most social work interventions are not well-supported by research. This situation is not likely to change. Although guided by good intentions this may result…
How can practitioners assess the value of social…
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Predictive policing is a tool used increasingly by law enforcement agencies around the world, but legal scholars, critics, and community activists have argued that such…
Identifying racism in predictive policing with…
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The overarching mission of many social science researchers is to understand “what works” for improving life outcomes. However, mounting evidence suggests…
Moving from What Works to What Replicates with…
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In their talk, Vassenden and Mangset answer to a recent interactionist/situationist critique of qualitative interviews. This critique holds that because interviews are…
Turning critique into promise: How situationalism…
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What happens when hundreds of researchers investigate the same research question with the same data? Answer: almost anything goes. Observing researchers in such a task…
A Hidden Universe of Uncertainty with Nate Breznau
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Give up Your Mic: Exploring Capacity Building in…
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an equity-focused research method that seeks to involve and empower community partners in collectively developed…Give up Your Mic: Exploring Capacity Building in CBPR Partnerships with Joy Kaufman and Keisha April
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In this talk, Dr. Collen Renihan and Dr. Julia Brook will discuss their SSHRC- and CFI-funded research project on accessible music theatre for older adults, which they…
Research Creation as Responsive Design with Julia…
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In this talk, Paul Bakker, Credentialed Evaluator, will provide an introduction to the practice of impact evaluation. Topics will include: what is evaluation, how it…
Introduction to Impact Evaluation with Paul Bakker
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This Spark Talk will discuss considerations of qualitative approaches to “research” involving topics of “mental health” among immigrant…
Constructing “mental health research”…
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This talk will introduce audience members to the "the biggest lie on the internet" (known as "I agree to the terms and conditions"). Online consent…
Privacy and "The Biggest Lie on the…
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Transparency and Reproducibility: Doing Open…
Increasing the transparency and reproducibility of scientific research has received considerable attention over the past decade. Takeup of this call has varied…Transparency and Reproducibility: Doing Open…
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In this talk, Dr. Hatzifilalithis will give an overview of her postdoctoral research that focuses on how age-based stereotypes influence digital technologies. She will…
Ageism in Tech: Using an online survey as a…
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