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Facilitating qualitative data analysis and CAQDAS use outside the classroom
Much of the work of learning to conduct qualitative research and to use technology for QDA happens outside the classroom. In this presentation, I discuss an approach to facilitating qualitative data analysis by asking researchers questions about ...
Post · June 28, 2022
Extremism, Pride, Security, and Democracy: In the aftermath of the Oslo shooting
Cancelling Pride events due to security threats deals a blow to the LGBTQI community. Across the democratic world, approaches to policing Pride vary remarkably, and security concerns are sometimes used to obstruct Pride celebrations by conservativ...
Post · June 28, 2022
“Girls can’t do physics!” and other damaging stereotypes
I’ve been trying to work out how to respond to the BBC headline “Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told” since it was published on their website on the 19th May. My initial response was anger over the headline which reinforces gender s...
Post · June 27, 2022
Visit to CNR Messina and presentation by Falko Schmidt
Falko Schmidt is visiting the CNR Messina and the research group around Onofrio Marago specializing on optical trapping and active matter.
Falko Schmidt will give a presentation about his previous work on optofluidics.
Title: Optofluidic Manipul...
Post · June 22, 2022
Presentation by Falko Schmidt on "Integrated Photonics for single photon microscopy"
Falko Schmidt is presenting preliminary work on integrated photonics at the Humboldt-meets-Leibniz (HmL) networking meeting in Hannover, Germany.
The HmL meeting takes places between the 11th till 13th of June at the Xplanatorium at Herrenhäuser...
Post · June 22, 2022
Science Corner: Preeclampsia Awareness and Practicing Faith Over Fear
During the last two years, “Faith over Fear” has become a guiding philosophy, and for some people a battle cry, for dealing with the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and everything else going on in the world. All in all, faith over fear is a good mantr...
Post · June 21, 2022
Introducing the Brain Time Toolbox
We've just published the paper accompanying the Brain Time Toolbox in Nature Human Behaviour (page; PDF). This post serves to give a brief introduction to the toolbox, explaining its raison d'être and how it works. In a sentence, it transforms ele...
Post · June 20, 2022