Geo-Refer 2: meeting community-specific research needs in geographical referencing
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: School of Geography
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Fielding, Nigel G.; Lee, Raymond.M.; Blank, Grant
(2008)
The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods
Samantha Cockings (author)
(1900)
Geo-refer : geographical referencing resources for social scientists
| Description | This project was an extension to an earlier award which generated a series of online learning materials for researchers who are not trained geographers and find themselves needing to use geographically referenced data, for example for mapping or data linkage purposes. It provided additional materials particularly focused on researchers with interests in census analysis, local government and health care. |
| Exploitation Route | These materials have been designed for users from any sector who need to handle geographically referenced social science data. This project particularly focused on the needs of practitioners and researchers working with census data, in local government and healthcare contexts. All the online materials generated by this and the predecessor project are freely available through the ESRC's ReStore repository. Individual pages can be used as a reference source or a user can provide profile information and receive a customised tutorial. |
| URL | http://www.restore.ac.uk/geo-refer/ |
| Description | The online workshops and training materials created for this award were aimed at the social science research user community, with a particular focus on users in health, local government and the broader census user community. This award built on the work of PTA-035-25-0029 which had already begun to address the training needs of these groups. Detailed advice on specific projects was given to attendees at the training events and advice by correspondence with users of the online training materials, which continued to received over 50,000 pageviews from February 2011 and March 2014. All the online materials generated by the project are now freely available through the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods ReStore repository. The material has also been used extensively by others in the academic community to support training activities which are open to researchers from any sector. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2008 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Description | Geographical referencing (georeferencing) issues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Workshop session on geographical referencing issues presented in "changing geography masterclass" workshop Guidance provided to individual participants - referrals and increased use of ESRC Geo-Refer and Census Programme online resources |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Geographical referencing : a practical workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Joint workshop between Geo-Refer 2 project and SASPAC Consortium - aimed particularly at local authority and academic census researchers Detailed advice provided to researchers regarding their own research projects - promoted use of Geo-Refer online resources and SASPAC software |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.restore.ac.uk/geo-refer/files/London%20GeoRefer-SASPAC%20Dec08FINAL.pdf |
| Description | Geographical referencing and census data workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Geo-Refer contributions to workshop convened by ESRC Census Portal Follow-up guidance to workshop participants, referrals to ESRC Census Programme specialist staff and increased use of ESRC Census Programem online resources |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | https://www.census.ac.uk/MB/Bristol_May08.aspx |
| Description | Geographical referencing concepts and techniques |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Contribution to workshop convened by ESRC Census Portal Methodological guidance to participants - increased use of ESRC Geo-Refer and Census Programme online resources and data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Linking and mapping geographically referenced data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Workshop contribution to ESRC National Centre for Research Methods Autumn School Discussions among participants - some follow-up enquiries about how to use methods and data introduced at workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |