Social science perspectives on climate change and development

University of Copenhagen

Xaquín S. Pérez-Sindín López

Tag: social media for academics

  • Bringing together research and teaching in a blog

    I like the way this blog functions. It was created as an outlet for the work of her undergraduates. They bring together research and teaching, and in the process are building a substantial community of interest. This methodology could perfectly works out for other subjects like sociology or research methods, publishing the working class discussions, case…

  • El éxito de facebook y el uso de investigación cualitativa

        Me ha gustado esta explicación de Zygmunt Bauman sobre el éxito de Facebook (en realidad de las redes sociales en general) recogida en esta entrevista: El éxito del invento de Zuckerberg consiste en haber entendido necesidades humanas muy profundas, como la de no sentirse solo  nunca (siempre hay alguien en el planeta que puede ser…

  • #ethnography: Trends, Traverses and Traditions

    Call for Papers – deadline extended to 1 May 2014 ESA midterm conference, Research Network on Qualitative Research (RN20) #Ethnography, @Amsterdam #August_27-29_2014 http://aissr.uva.nl/ethnography Ethnography is often seen as one of the principal approaches in qualitative methodology in general. The ESA midterm conference for the Research Network on Qualitative research (RN20) will be on trends, traverses and…

  • Social Media in Social Research 2014 – 4th annual conference

    The SRA is pleased to announce the 4th annual conference on Social Media in Social Research. This one-day event at the British Library in central London will feature these presentations: Uninformed consent and social media research.  Dan Nunan, Henley Business School. In social media research, is informed consent possible without limiting access to the most valuable…

  • 4 crucial things to bear in mind before undertaking your own research project

    There are four things all researcher must bear in mind when formulating a research topic. 1º Being open to find unexpected things. In the 1960s 3M research scientist, Spence Silver, was trying to enhance the adhesive used in tapes. However, he discovered something quite different, since the resulting adhesive was not enough strong to stick…