Department of Sociology Podcasts

Oxford University

Podcasts from The Department of Sociology. Sociology in Oxford is concerned with real-world issues with policy relevance, such as social inequality, organised crime, the social basis of political conflict and mobilization, and changes in family relationships and gender roles. Our research is empirical, analytical, and comparative in nature, reaching far beyond British society, to encompass systematic cross-national comparison as well as the detailed study of Asian, European, Latin American and North American societies.

  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Cees van der Eijk on “Contextualising Research Methods
    Cees van der Eijk gives a talk for the Sociology seminar series. Cees van der Eijk discusses teaching quantitative methods, focussing on the need in successful methods teaching to locate methods topics in (a) the context of substantive research questions and examples, but also (b) the context of a ‘repertoire’ of methodological tools and approaches, and (c) the context of alternative ways of structuring data.
    4 June 2015, 4:29 pm
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Chris Zorn on ’Big Data' in the Social Sciences
    Chris Zorn discusses teaching quantitative methods focussing on (a) integrating contemporary data science approaches into undergraduate instruction, and (b) using "big data" examples to generate and maintain students' interest.
    4 June 2015, 4:12 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    John Fox on R software for teaching quantitative methods to social science students
    John Fox discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially focusing on the choice of software with a demonstration of R and R Commander.
    28 July 2014, 12:36 pm
  • 51 minutes 11 seconds
    Robert Johns on SPSS and Stata software for teaching quantitative methods to social science students
    Robert Johns (Essex University) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, focusing on comparing the use of SPSS and Stata.
    28 July 2014, 11:39 am
  • 58 minutes 39 seconds
    Wendy Olsen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students
    Wendy Olsen discusses her experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially those in Sociology and Social Policy.
    28 January 2014, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Robert Andersen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students
    Robert Andersen discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially those in Sociology and Social Policy.
    28 January 2014, 11:55 am
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    Sean Carey on teaching quantitative methods to social science students
    Sean Carey (University of Mannheim, Germany) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students.
    18 November 2013, 10:07 am
  • 58 minutes 9 seconds
    Andrew Gelman on teaching quantitative methods to social science students
    Andrew Gelman (Columbia University, NYC) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students.
    18 November 2013, 10:06 am
  • 53 minutes 41 seconds
    Intergenerational relationships: Does grandparental childcare pay off?
    Intergenerational relationships: Does grandparental childcare pay off?
    21 October 2013, 12:49 pm
  • 57 minutes 59 seconds
    Andy Field on teaching quantitative methods to social science students
    Andy Field (University of Sussex) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially with mixed ability and low motivation students.
    9 September 2013, 1:23 pm
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    Anti-politics in action: Do European protesters hate formal politics more than the general public?
    Dr Clare Saunders (University of Exeter) presents her multi-staged surveys on European protests.
    28 August 2013, 3:24 pm
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