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The latest news about research, events, staff and students from the Sheffield Methods Institute.
SMI Narrative - Using Research to tacke the big social science challenges

Our research has real world impact!

Here at the SMI we use research to tackle the BIG social science challenges - from understanding food poverty to the impact of lowering the voting age.

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Blurring The Edges - Using Research & Creativity to Bring Communities Together

A new film documenting the impact of an on-going research project which highlights how a creative response to research has helped bring people together, changing perceptions and started new initiatives in Rotherham.

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Have Conservative councils started placing more children in care each year than Labour councils?

For The Conversation, SMI Lecturer Calum Webb & Paul Bywaters from University of Huddsersfield look at how party politics influence the number of children in care in England.
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New Book by Professor Kate Reed - Understanding Baby Loss.

SMI Director - Professor Kate Reed, has published her new book 'Understanding baby loss - The sociology of life, death and post-mortem'. The book follows on from Kate's ESRC award winning 'Remembering Baby' research project and exhibition.

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Sheffield Methods Institute Partnership Day: New Directions in Collaborative Research Partnerships

In early September, The Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI) hosted their first partnership day to celebrate the culmination of collaboration beyond the university and to celebrate leading research and methodological innovation.
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Towards joyful ways of learning

Dr Lauren White, along with colleagues from the SMI, Library and SU are working on a project to consider how the process of creative learning can be a joyful & transformative educational experience. Read Lauren's reflective blog on joyful learning.
Animated representation of young disabled people supporting with the development of robotics

Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) with Disabled Young People (DYP)

‘Reimagining TAS with DYP has been an interdisciplinary and collaborative project using methods of co-production and makerspaces (collaborative workspaces for making, learning, exploring and sharing) to explore TAS.