Methodology Institute

Welcome to the Methodology Institute (Mi) for postgraduate study in social research methods. The Mi has two key functions:

• To provide training for PhD and MSc students and LSE staff in the design of social research and in qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• To host degree programmes for MSc Social Research Methods and MPhil/PhD in Social Research Methods

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/PIC/scholarship.htm|

ESRC 1+3 quota studentships

We have three ESRC 1+3 |quota studentships to pursue our MSc and MPhil/PhD programmes in the 2010/2011 session. For further details please see here| or contact Dr Jonathan Jackson: j.p.jackson@lse.ac.uk|

News and Events

How far can we go? Experiments with visual methods
Methodology Institute Seminar Series
|Date: Monday 15 March 2010
Time: 5-6.30pm
Venue: B813 Columbia House
Speaker: Dr Nina Wakeford, Reader in Sociology and ESRC Research Fellow, Goldsmiths College, University of London

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Research Activities in the Mi

The Mi has a thriving research culture|. There are a number of major research projects located in the Institute:

• FP7: Scientific Indicators of Confidence in Justice (JUSTIS)
• FP7: Sensitive Technologies and European Public Ethics (STEPE)
• ESRC: Survey Resources Network
• Wellcome Trust: Voices on Identity, Childhood, Ethics and Stimulants