Thursday lunch online seminars
Lunchtime Seminar Sessions (12-1pm, Thursdays)
Our lunchtime sessions share fresh perspectives on a range of methods and methodological topics. Our sessions take place between 12pm and 1pm on Thursdays during University term time.
If you’d be interested in hosting a lunchtime session, please see our 2025-26 Call for Contributions.
They are designed for researchers adopting social science and humanities research methods & approaches, and attract an engaged audience from inside and outside academia to provide a forum to share and discuss the latest research techniques and methodologies.
2025-26 Sessions
Researching with care: the importance of flexible methods in research with disabled, chronically ill people, and beyond
Thursday 29 January 2026
12 – 1pm, online
Speaker: Dr Poppy Budworth (University of Liverpool)
This seminar draws on care-full research with young people with an ostomy, focusing on the importance of flexible methods when working with disabled and/or chronically ill people and demonstrating them as useful tools in qualitative research more broadly.
The Methodological, Ethical and Safeguarding Challenges of Researching Mixed and Mutable Extremism
Thursday 18 December 2025
12 – 1pm, online
Speaker: Dr Laura Naegler (University of Liverpool)
Researching (online) mixed and mutable extremism such as Incel, misogynistic, far right ideologies and conspiracy theories, and with this environments in which hate speech and violence are endorsed and promoted, comes with several risks and challenges.
In this seminar Dr Laura Naegler will discuss the strategies that researchers utilise to navigate emotional, psychological and personal safety risks.
