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Innovative methods
The development of new and innovative research methods is a major strength in our School.
Current projects
British Election Study
Explaining Britain's electoral behaviour for over 50 years.
Which fathers are involved in looking after their children?
Explore the characteristics that shape father involvement in child upbringing.
Deaf camera South Africa
We explore issues of vulnerability and resilience that deaf children and youth face in South Africa.
Dormant things
Exploring 'dormant things' and the implications for understanding memories, life and relationship changes.
Girlhood and later life
We study young women from different backgrounds in Britain from 1954 to 1976, and how it shaped their lives.
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Knowledge gaps and the role of the BBC in the era of fake news
Examine how those with different levels of prior knowledge rely on BBC news and what the effects are.
Affiliates
We have research centres and initiatives that highlight Manchester's strength in social sciences research methods, such as:
- The Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMI), a centre for excellence in quantitative social science which provides a focal point for the application of quantitative methods in interdisciplinary social science research.
- The Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives, that has developed toolkits on different qualitative methods as part of Real Life Methods, an ESRC National Centre for Research Methods.
- The Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (that sits in our Social Anthropology department), focuses on ethnographic methods and experimental methods in visual, sensory and aural anthropology.
- Methods@manchester, funded by the Faculty of Humanities, promote and facilitate methods-related events across the University.