The Festival aims to engage social scientists across a wide range of disciplines and sectors and at different points in their research careers. The Festival aims also to stimulate interest, raise issues, highlight opportunities and showcase new developments.






Themes running through the festival include:

* Resources for research

* Research impact

* Substantive themes

* Ethical and Philosphical issues

* Survey methods

* Development in Qualitative methods

* What is?

* Support for PhD students, researchers and teachers

* Developments in Quantitative Methods

* Methodological innovation

* Mixed methods






There will also be a workshop on The Processes of Methodological Innovation: Successful Development and Diffusion.