3 plenary speakers:

• Sir Adrian Smith, Director of the Turing Institute, will be speaking on what the new frontiers of data science and AI may mean for social researchers.   (keynote)

• Pamela Cox, Social historian at Essex University, author and presenter of the BBC2 series 'Shopgirls' and 'Servants': What makes for a successful interdisciplinary research project

• Lorraine Whitmarsh, Environmental psychologist at Cardiff University and Director of the new Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations: Why working beyond traditional research boundaries is crucial in tackling climate change

6 Workshops:  breakout sessions with paired presentations from researchers sharing their real-world challenges, insights and lessons learned.  Themes are:  

Realist and real world evaluation
Research in Austerity
Moving Online
6 degrees of participation
Innovation in disability research
The time dimension 

4 Masterclasses:  also in the breakouts, these in-depth learning sessions:

Using creative methods in qualitative data collection
 A taster in narrative inquiry: Exploring the power of stories in social research
What are complex systems evaluations?
Escaping the echo-chamber

Details and booking on the SRA conference website