Methodological developments in the academic sector

Angela Dale, of the Economic and Social Research Council, outlines the methodological developments in the academic sector, with specific exploration of the themes of the Research Methods Programme, that can have relevance to researchers in the non-academic research community.
  

Methodological developments in the academic sector

Angela Dale Economic and Social Research Council

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has made a number of strategic investments to promote methodological advancement and improve the standards of research methods across the UK social science community. Firstly, the Research Methods Programme, which began in October 2002 and runs for five years.

The Programme's key aims are to:

  • support substantive research that poses interesting or novelmethodological issues;...

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