Social Research Methods

John Clarke discusses our multiple current crises and considers how the term permacrisis reminds us just how multifaceted and unstable society currently is.…Read more

Participants in the Changing Realities project share their involvement in the book, A Year Like No Other, and reflect on the impact COVID-19 had on care givers and low-income families. …Read more

Kaz Stuart and Lucy Maynar examine the what, why, and how of participatory research and suggest that when people see social action as a result of their work, they are more likely to feel confident in their ability to influence.…Read more

Natasha Mulvihill examines the UK sex industry and highlights the importance of listening to firsthand accounts in order to implement policy that generates material social change. …Read more

The Global Agenda for Social Justice has been produced by Policy Press since 2016 in collaboration with the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). This article discusses how the publication aims to highlight the social problems faced across the Global North and Global South, with the aim of improving public policy and encouraging contributions from younger voices who share these goals. …Read more

Peter Beresford introduces a webinar which will offer an important chance to articulate and explore the issues around user involvement in mental health policy and provision.…Read more

“The mad yellow book” gives a voice through a graphic novel to the marginalised working-class experience. Lisa McKenzie of Working Class Collective reflects on how The Lockdown Diaries of the Working Class brought people together, through the solidarity it created virtually. …Read more

The Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People talk about their new survey, why they are running it, and how the previous survey helped shape Greater Manchester's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.…Read more

Sue Scott and Siddharth Mallavarapu, two of the co-editors in chief of the new non-profit, Open Access Global Social Challenges Journal, discuss the journal's mission, how it speaks to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how it will support researchers in low and middle-income countries.…Read more

In this episode, we speak to Jennifer Leigh, Jennifer Hiscock, Marion Kieffer and Larissa K.S. von Krbek about new ways to challenge the age-old issues of inequality and discrimination within the sciences.…Read more