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Supporting effective policy making through qualitative and mixed methods research
Date: 24-25 May 2012
Venue: University Institute of Lison (ISCTE), Lisbon, Portugal

Summary: This highly interactive and cross-disciplinary event will bring together top policy researchers and practitioners to discuss best practices for delivering qualitative research for policy making. This year's main focus is: supporting effective policy making through qualitative and mixed methods research.

Learn and meet leading speakers and experts in the field of qualitative policy research. Topics that will be covered include: using mixed methods research to support policy making, convincing stakeholders the importance of using qualitative research in times of economic uncertainties, and developing strategies to communicate with policy makers of the validity of qualitative research findings. Below are the links:

Conference Agenda: http://www.merlien.org/qrpm2012/agenda-new.html
Speaker Panel: http://www.merlien.org/qrpm2012/speakers-new.html
Registration: http://www.eventbee.com/v/qrpm2012
 
 

Date: Monday 11th June to Friday 15th June 2012
Venue: School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University

The School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University invites you to a Qualitative Research Summer School that is aimed at qualitative researchers in healthcare, social sciences, business, education and related fields. The Summer School consists of ten workshops, each of which is conducted over one or two days. Each workshop will be led by an established figure in their field of qualitative research and attended by participants with a particular interest in that field. More information

Consider applying for a John and Pat Hume Research Scholarship at NUIM.  Details may be found here. 
 
Note: the deadline for applications is 8th May.
 
 

A recent addition to the Irish Qualitative Data Archive website (www.iqda.ie) is a dedicated page for the Growing Up in Ireland study. Since October 2011 the first wave of the Child Cohort from GUI has been available through the IQDA.

The IQDA is provides a space researchers and academics across numerous organisations to share information and experiencesof using the Growing Up in Ireland qualitative data. One of the aims of the IQDA is to create a space where users of the GUI qualitative data can share information, ideas and experiences.

To view research projects that are currently using the qualitative data from the Growing Up in Ireland study first wave Child Cohort, visit the Growing Up page.
 
 

The Research Scholarship Programme was established in 2001. The aim of the Programme is to develop research capacity in relation to children and, this year, to support research projects  directly relevant to the outcome areas of the National Strategy for Research and Data on Children's Lives 2011-2016

Under this Programme, successful applicants receive an annual maintenance grant of €16,000 and also have university fees paid in full by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

Subject to the receipt of suitable applications at least one of the scholarships will be awarded to a study whose central research question(s) are addressed through analysis of Growing Up In Ireland data.

More information
 
 
 

Title: Collecting Oral Narratives: Ethics, Best Practice and the Law

Date: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Time: 6pm sharp.  Coffee and tea will be served from 5.30pm.
Venue: Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Event Summary: There are ethical and legal issues involved in the collection, storage and use of recorded spoken memories of the past, and OHNI members consider that it would be useful to have these issues debated by people with relevant expertise in a public forum. While oral history can offer access to aspects of the past not available through other sources, when used without careful consideration of these issues it can present difficulties.

The network is bringing together a panel of experts to start the discussion, which will be chaired by Justice Catherine McGuinness.  The panel includes archivists, lawyers specializing in the law as it applies to the collection, storage and dissemination of oral narratives, and historians. OHNI is also assembling an invited audience with specialist expertise to help enhance the debate from the floor.  Places will also be available to other interested parties on a first come, first served basis.

RSVP: If you are interested in attending the seminar please contact either Mary Muldowney ( mmuldwny@oralhistorynetworkireland.ie) or Ida Milne ( milnei@oralhistorynetworkireland.ie) as soon as possible. We expect there to be a keen demand for places which are limited by the size of the venue.

See the Oral History Network of Ireland website for more information