Three years on, how we've grown...

Kandy Woodfield is one of our NSMNSS network leaders, she's based at NatCen Social Research and you can contact her on Twitter @jess1ecat

I was delighted to be able to present the work of the #NSMNSS network to a roundtable event today hosted by the ESRC and the Indian Council of Social Science Research. The event, supported by the Newton Fund, aimed to bring together academics working in social media research in both the UK and India to explore shared interests and opportunities for collaboration. It was a lively discussion and provided an opportunity for me to reflect on how far the network has come in the three years we have been building our community. Here's the presentation:

NSMNSS event January 12th, London: Using social media for academic work - opportunities and challenges - book now

NSMNSS knowledge exchange event: Using social media for academic work - opportunities and challenges

Following on from the successful launch of our book of blogs on social media research, we will be holding a new knowledge exchange event on January 12th at NatCen in central London with two of the blog authors sharing their experiences of using social media for research. We're delighted to be joined by Dr Deborah Lupton, Centenary Research Professor at the University of Canberra, who is making a flying visit to the UK and also by Dr Luke Sloan from the COSMOS team at Cardiff University.

As well as the two main presentations there will be an opportunity for networking, lunch and the chance for you to share your research experiences in an open space forum where you can ask for advice and input on challenges or dilemmas you may be facing with your own research projects.

A draft agenda for the event is below; places are free but limited to 25 people so please book your place by clicking this link as soon as possible. 

If you would like to share your challenges, dilemmas or experiences on your own research during the informal open space session then email Kandy Woodfield at kandy.woodfield@natcen.ac.uk. You won't need to prepare a presentation but we will ask you to talk about your research project or proposal and the issue you'd like input on for about 5 minutes.

Using social media for academic work - possibilities, benefits and risks

January 12th 2015, NatCen Social Research, 35 Northampton Square, London EC1V 0AX

10am             Arrival, tea & coffee and networking

10.30am       Using social media for academic work

Dr Deborah Lupton (@DALupton), University of Canberra

11.40am       Q&As

Midday         Open space forum

1pm              Lunch

1.45pm:         Investigating Social Phenomena Through COSMOS: A Case Study
                      of the  Horsemeat Scandal

Dr Luke Sloan, COSMOS team, Cardiff University

2.45pm:         Q&As

3pm:              Finish

Digital Sociology PhD/ECR Workshop @ Goldsmiths University of London February 19th 2014

Are you a PhD student or Early Career Researcher doing work in digital sociology? The BSA Digital Sociology Group has organised a PhD/ECR Workshop where a limited number of participants can get feedback on their work from peers and established academics in a supportive environment.

The event will take place between 11am to 4pm on February 19th at Goldsmiths College in South London. Confirmed academic respondents are Emma Uprichard (Warwick) and Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths) with one or two more TBC soon.

If you would like to register then please e-mail mark@markcarrigan.net with a short bio and 200 to 300 word abstract. The exact format of the day hasn’t been finalised yet but the intention will be to allow substantial time for discussion of each presentation so places will be extremely limited.