research communication
archive
Blog
Events
Featured
Videocasts
Making Sociology Matter Beyond the Academic Journal
Watch the panel discussion from The Sociological Review/Discover Society session at the European Sociology Association Conference in August 2019.
Read More
archive
Blog
The accidental cartoonist: learning the craft of the graphic essay
Dr Kate Carruthers Thomas My current research investigates gendered experiences of work and career within higher education (HE) and implications for normative linear career metaphors (pipeline, trajectory, ladder). This research has its particular challenges. I am conducting it within my own university, so grappling with the dilemmas of insider research, participant concerns over confidentiality and […]
Read More
Blog
Preparing to Think in Order to Prepare to Speak
By Mark Carrigan In the last couple of years, I’ve done around eighty talks on a variety of topics across a whole range of different settings. The biographical, professional and intellectual reasons why I’ve done so many are a topic for another post. What concerns me at the moment is how I prepare for them. […]
Read More
archive
Events
Using Graphic Novels to Communicate Your Research
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm, Thursday 8th June, 2017 Location: Manchester Digital Laboratory The Sociological Review Foundation invite applicants to take part in a Graphic Novel Workshop with Tony Lee. If your research involves incorporating graphic methods or you are simply interested is doing this to present future research this workshop will be of interest to you. Workshop […]
Read More
archive
Blog
What is Graphic Social Science?
By Mark Carrigan Earlier this month I co-organised an event exploring how graphic novels can be used to communicate research. My interest in research communication and love of the medium had long left me fascinated by this possibility, something which I began to explore more seriously when I attended a weekend masterclass by Tony Lee. This comprehensive introduction to […]
Read More
archive
Events
Make Your Own Sociological Research Game
Monday 11th March 2019, 09.30-16.30Salford, UK#TSRBoardGame A workshop funded by The Sociological Review Foundation and facilitated by Dr Alke Gröppel-Wegener (Staffordshire University) and Dr Katy Vigurs (University of Derby). Building on the success of this workshop which first ran as a shorter version at Undisciplining: Conversations from the Edges, BALTIC, Gateshead, 2018, TSRF is funding […]
Read More