Centre for Research in the Social Sciences

Current and Recent Projects

Doing Research with Perpetrators of Sexual Violence, Jeff Hearn

Concerted Action on Human Rights Violation, Jeff Hearn, EU Framework 6

Priority Measures for Policy and Practice in Relation to Men in Working Against “Domestic Violence” Perpetrated by Men, Jeff Hearn, Council of Europe

History Writing in the 19th and 20th centuries (NHIST), Andrew Mycock, National European Science Foundation

Past Research Projects include:

Identity

Emotions and Crime: A mixed methods approach, Abigail Locke in collaboration with Dr Cromby, Prof Brown & Prof Gross) ESRC (2008-9), £76,000

Britishness, History Teaching and Identity, Andrew Mycock, Innovation Funding, University of Huddersfield (2008-9), £4,950

Britishness, Identity and Citizenship conference volumes, Andrew Mycock, Innovation Funding University of Huddersfield (2008-9), £4,000

Britishness, History teaching and Identity, Catherine McGlynn, Innovation Funding University of Huddersfield (2008-9), £4,950

Britishness, Identity and Citizenship conference volumes (2008-9), Catherine McGlynn, Innovation Funding, University of Huddersfield, £4,000

A research project around the work of the centre, alongside exploring issues of ethnicity, identity, faith and cohesion (2006-8), Santokh Gill, Joseph Rowntree Foundation with West Bowling Youth Initiative in Bradford

‘Threatened identities? Difference and diversity in contemporary Britishness’ (2007-2010), Christopher Gifford with Dr Paul Watt, Prof. James W. McAuley, Dr. Peter Woodcock, University of Huddersfield, £63,395

Orange Order Membership Survey, Andrew Mycock, ESRC (ref RES-000-23-1614)

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Multiple Personality, Joanne Woodiwiss

Citizenship

Community Cohesion (PREVENT) Pilot Evaluation

Ethics and Integrity in British Politics. Dr Surya Monro provided consultancy on this project in July 2010.

Abandoning historical conflict: Former paramilitaries in Northern Ireland (2006-8), Jim McAuley, Jon Tonge & Pete Shirlow, Leverhulme Trust, £79,000

The Political and Social Attitudes of Orangeism in Contemporary Ireland (2006-8), Jim McAuley & Jon Tonge, ESRC, £65,000

Community Cohesion and Multiculturalism in Northern England (2006-8), Jim McAuley, University of Huddersfield, £55,000

Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement (2002-4), Jim McAuley, ESRC, £15,000

The roles of extra-constitutional parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly (2001-2), McAuley & Jon Tonge, ESRC, £15,000

Devolution and Politics in Northern Ireland (1999-00), Jim McAuley & Jon Tonge, ESRC, £20,000

Ulster Unionist Identity and Politics (2000-03), Jim McAuley, University of Huddersfield, £45,000

Education

Raising awareness of citizenship-related competences in Higher Education (2005-8), Christopher Gifford, Working group of the European Thematic Network Children’s Identity and Citizenship in Europe (CiCe), EU Socrates , €86,598.

National Teaching Fellow (Higher Education Academy) Higher Education Academy (2006), Graham Gibbs, Higher Education Academy, £10,000

Working with Schools: Active Citizenship for Undergraduate Students.’ (2005-06), Christopher Gifford, Subject Centre for Sociology Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP), 14,043

Online support for QDA and CAQDAS and Evaluation of Learning Needs (2003), Graham Gibbs & Prof. N. Fielding & Ann Lewins, Univ. of Surrey), ESRC Research Methods Programme Phase 2, £97,736

Motivation and Student Attrition in Politics and Sociology (2003), Graham Gibbs & U. W. of England & U. of Swansea, LTSN Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics, £7,270

Using a chatbot conversation to enhance the learning of social theory (2001), Graham Gibbs, A Teal, C Cameron & R van Kemenade, - University. of Huddersfield, J Phillips – U. of Manchester Met.), LTSN Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics. University of Manchester Met £4,000 and University of. Huddersfield £5,000 (total £9,000).

Qualitative Research Methods

Climbié Inquiry Data Corpus Online (2008), Graham Stone, Antony Osborne, Andrew Teal, & Chris Hall, Graham Gibbs, Jisc (Enhancing Digital Resources), £96,001

Consultancy on Qualitative Innovations in CAQDAS (QUIC) (2008), Graham Gibbs, Nigel Fielding, Jane Fielding, & Ann Lewins, University of Surrey), ESRC, £13,500.

REQUALLO: Reusable Qualitative Learning Objects: Resources to support the learning of methods of qualitative data analysis in the social sciences (2007), Graham Gibbs, Ann Lewins, U. Surrey & Colm Crowley, U. Greenwich, NTFS Project (Higher Education Academy), £221,140.

Co3: the implementation of IMS specifications to achieve interoperability between COSE, CoMentor and Colloquia, Graham Gibbs with Univ. of Bangor and Staffordshire Univ.), HEFCE JISC, JCIEL, £100,000