Social Sciences Research Exchange Group

About us

Welcome to the Social Sciences Research Exchange Group (SSREG)!

We are here to create a supportive, non-judgemental interdisciplinary community for PhDs and ECRs in social sciences interested in sharing and learning about research, particularly about research methods and data collection.

We aim to foster peer-to-peer exchange and learning around new trends, possibilities, and practical experiences of conducting research in and across social science disciplines.

In the academic year 2024-2025, we plan to organise monthly face-to-face sessions concerning a specific topic of research. We also plan to have group discussions to showcase and learn about approaches to data collection in different disciplines. Each session with focus on one approach, with researchers sharing their experiences and data examples. Finally, we also welcome researchers to initiate a session with us.

Upcoming events

For more information about past and upcoming sessions, visit our events page.

📅 2025-Session 3:

Mapping your research practices: Places, disciplines, and interdisciplinarity

📅 Date: TBD

⏲ Time: TBD

📍 Venue: TBD

👥 Audience: PhDs and ECRs

Find out more and register on our events page.

Get in touch

If you have any questions or suggestions or want to sign up for our mailing list and keep up to date on any upcoming events, please contact us hereLink opens in a new window.

You can also reach out to us, the group co-founders and organizers, directly. We'd love to hear from you:

Natsumi Shiino, PhD researcher, Politics and International Studies

Meifang Zhuo, PhD researcher, Department of Applied Linguistics

Nusrat Gulzar, PhD researcher, Department of Applied Linguistics

Marianna Patrick, Research Fellow, Department of Applied Linguistics

Past events & meetings

For more information about past and upcoming sessions visit our events page.

📅 2025-Session 2: 29th April 2025 | R0.04 | Navigating Field Complexity

📅 2025-Session 1: 14th March 2025 | R1.03 | Research Psychology: the bright and the dark sides

📅 2024 Session: 18th November 2024 | R0.03 | SSREG Inaugural Meeting and Networking