The Methodological Innovations (MI) Research Group have been running conferences and seminars since 2005 and Methodological Innovations Online was founded by members of the group. The group is focused on supporting and improving the understanding and application of contemporary approaches to the research of the social world. We draw upon techniques/methods used across the health and medical professionals, natural sciences, social sciences and humanities and our membership has extensive discipline specific and inter-disciplinary researchers.
Our conferences offer a unique opportunity to debate current and future issues of methodological relevance, with delegates drawn from different disciplines and professional areas.
See below for some examples and quotations from the site content about each event.
See our events page here, which will take you to content from the June 2021 conference and the June 2023 conference.
Also, click on the buttons below to find out more about the conference co-organisers and their contact information:
Methodological Innovations (MI) 2021
Welcomed by a Ping
Poem by Beth Moran
(Conference Delegate and Lecturer in Social Work at University of Plymouth)
A reminder of long-gone vendors of wares As the ping welcomes those who arrive. Listening to worlds shared with care and with love Performing can help us to thrive. Positions, permissions to chat with our fingers The memories shaped and recorded now linger. The impact stays with us, emotions connected Creative solutions by which we’re affected.
See other comments and contributions from delegates:
“The emphasis on making a difference and amplifying the stories of sufferers was something I found particularly inspiring”
– Reflection from the plenary
See other reflections from the 2021 conference:
Disrupting Normative Methodologies (DNM) 2023
The event had a live scriber who created two brilliant illustration images for us
– Rflection from the ‘post-conferece outputs’ page
Our informal two episode podcast features a series of reflections from Harriet, Juliet and Cheralyn, three postgraduate students, on our experiences leading up to and succeeding the event. The episodes are available for you to listen to on Spotify and Spotify for Podcasters.
– Excerpt from the ‘Reflections’ page