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Turning critique into promise: How situationalism can aid qualitative interviewing with Anders Vassenden and Marte Mangset.

In their talk, Vassenden and Mangset answer to a recent interactionist/situationist critique of qualitative interviews. This critique holds that because interviews are social encounters with…

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Centering Positive Change in Research using Photovoice with Dr. Andrea Belgrade and Dr. Joy Agner

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 the ways social scientists can…

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Participant Observation, Observant Participation and Hybrid Ethnography with Josh Siem

How much should ethnographers involve themselves with the people, places, and processes they study? One answer has become increasingly popular: invert participant observation into observant…

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How can practitioners assess the value of social work interventions? with Knut Sundell

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 in poor or even harmful…

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Identifying racism in predictive policing with Andrea DaViera

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 technologies are inherently…

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Moving from What Works to What Replicates with Bryan Cook and Vivian Wong

The overarching mission of many social science researchers is to understand “what works” for improving life outcomes. However, mounting evidence suggests that results from many studies do…

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Turning critique into promise: How situationalism can aid qualitative interviewing with Anders Vassenden and Marte Mangset

In their talk, Vassenden and Mangset answer to a recent interactionist/situationist critique of qualitative interviews. This critique holds that because interviews are social encounters with…

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A Hidden Universe of Uncertainty with Nate Breznau

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 reveals so many minute…

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Give up Your Mic: Exploring Capacity Building in CBPR Partnerships with Joy Kaufman and Keisha April

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an equity-focused research method that seeks to involve and empower community partners in collectively developed research, but initiatives often fail…

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Research Creation as Responsive Design with Julia Brook & Colleen Reihan

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 transformed from a face-to-face…

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Introduction to Impact Evaluation with Paul Bakker

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 differs from other types of…

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Constructing “mental health research” among (im)migrant communities with Zoha Salam

This Spark Talk will discuss considerations of qualitative approaches to “research” involving topics of “mental health” among immigrant communities. Issues of the limitations…

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Privacy and "The Biggest Lie on the Internet" with Dr. Jonathan Obar

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 is fundamental to privacy law…

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Qualitative Research Methods 101 with Allison Van - Spark Talk

Allison Van is the Executive Director of Spark: a centre for social research innovation at McMaster University. She specializes in mixed-methods complex systems analysis, community/academic…

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Security Options for Sensitive Data with Lily Wang

Data security is becoming increasingly important in today's research climate.  In this talk, led by Lily Wang, Manager of the Securie Empirical Analysis Lab (SEAL), we will discuss…

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Reproducibility of 1,000 articles; Lessons Learned with Lars Vilhuber

Toolkit #6: Research QualityThe American Economic Association's Data Editor has reviewed more than 1,000 empirical articles since July 2019, and worked with authors to improve the…

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Linguistic Challenges of Fieldwork for First-Generation Ethnic Researchers with Shirin Khayambashi

This presentation explores my challenges as I tried to navigate the qualitative fieldwork as a first-generation ethnic researcher. While exploring linguistically compatible communities, I encounter…

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Social Science Methods in Meta Research with Dr. Zacharias Maniadis

Meta-research is a new discipline that assesses the quality of research for society.  A new area of interest is how reproducible social interventions translate to efficacious public policy. Social…

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Building a Digital Space for Qualitative Research Collaboration with Dr. Kim Fortun

In this talk, Dr. Kim Fortun will walk participants through the Platform for Experimental, Collaborative Ethnography (PECE, pronounced “peace”), an open-source, freely accessible digital…

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Intro to Data Management in Research with Data Champions

In this talk Moyo Sogaolu and Mohamed Fathalla will discuss research data management (RDM) in the social sciences. They go over what data management looks like, the "reproducibility…

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What to Expect in Grad School with Allison Van – Spark Talks

Starting graduate school? No matter what program or school you're in, this video will help you orient yourself to this big change. Allison Van will talk about how grad school is different from…

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White Supremacy and Statistical Regression Models with Dr. Mosi Adesina Ifatunji – Identity In Research

Dr. Ifatunji's talk and workshop will focus on the theoretical and practical considerations for using public datasets such as census data or large-scale opinion surveys to measure identity,…

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Ethics in Contact-Based Research: Standing Out vs. Blending In with Dr. Carolyn Holmes – Spark Talks

In this talk, Carolyn will explore the ethical considerations of contact-based research and ask how the identities of researchers and research participants shapes the ethics of research in…

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Wins and Losses: Measuring Protest Effects with Dr. Kimberly Turner – Spark Talks

How can we comparatively assess the “successfulness” of mass protests? I develop an expanded typology of protest outcomes to score protest campaigns on their effectiveness in…

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