Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - cultural sensitivity
Discover why methods need to be culturally meaningful and sensitive to the experiences of the children taking part in research...Transcript.
Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - interviews and focus groups
Discover how researchers use interviews and focus groups to get an in depth understanding of people’s experiences...Transcript.
Science, Maths & Technology
Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
...Research one solution has been to hold an annual Science in the Cinema event as part of National Science Week. Each event comprises a film screening and a Q&A session, with an expert panel addressing issues precipitated by scientific ideas that arise from a given movie. Last week, the film up for discussion was Blade Runner which, 30 years after its release, is still...
Society, Politics & Law
Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial
...research (cognitive psychology, social psychology, and individual differences) to unlock the processes behind the decisions jurors reach. The aim of our recent review was to bring together different areas of psychology to identify potential sources of bias that may influence how jurors make decisions. [Autopsy of a Crime Lab | An Interview with Itiel Dror] The big three...
Society, Politics & Law
Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
...research project on ‘Conspiracy and Democracy’ in CRASSH (the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) in Cambridge, where he is a Senior Research Fellow. John recalls “In 2013-2015 David Runciman and I ran a small project on Technology and Democracy which in 2020 led to the establishment of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy in...
Education & Development
Connecting unseen dots
...research being undertaken around interdisciplinarity in Welsh schools (Mathew) and ongoing research around STEAM education and Transdisciplinarity, with a particular emphasis on the role of the Arts (Carolyn). During the session we explored definitions of interdisciplinarity as activities which are a little like a stew – you can still identify some of the different...
Money & Business
Stories from our Black students
...research project into Black students’ experiences on a peer mentoring scheme, we interviewed four first-year students. During these interviews, they talked broadly about the challenges they faced in balancing their lives and their study at The Open University...Listen to their inspiring stories below. In these, they share how having a long-term vision of achieving a...
Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - sampling
Like the babies in Laura Schultz’s experiments, discover why researchers take care over the generalisations they make. ...Transcript.