Promoting the Future of Data-Driven Skills in the Social Sciences

Thank you for registering for this UKRI-ESRC workshop aimed at informing how we promote the future of data-driven research skills among social scientists in the UK.

Promoting strong data-driven research skills is a fundamental pillar of social science research training and capability building across all stages of career (including doctoral, early, mid- and late-career stages). Data driven research skills span qualitative and quantitative methodological applications and require a grounded knowledge of core principles in both domains as well as complementary mixed-methods approaches and applications.

The primary objective of this workshop is to help highlight existing strengths and to identify gaps in the provision of quantitative and qualitative methods training across postgraduate, early career, mid-career and late-career social science communities. A second objective is to recommend capacity building strategies that will allow current and future research leaders to build and enhance methodological skills that maximise opportunities to promote data-driven engagement with the UK’s world-leading and wider international data infrastructures. The aim is to sustainably promote and enhance future data-driven skills and capacity building needs among UK social scientists.

Please note there is a maximum of 20 participants per workshop.

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