Welcome

The launch of MeRC marks the re-vitalisation of the e-social science research programme at the University of Manchester. More ...

News

Analysing Social Media

MeRC is exploring new methods and tools to analyse data produced by users of social media platforms such as Twitter. Our approach combines computer-based tools to explore and discover structure in large volumes of data with conventional methods for media analysis. One project is a collaboration with the Guardian newspaper on a study of the August 2011 riots. Some results of our work are published read more . . .

NCeSS

Information about the National Centre for e-Social Science Nodes is available here

Events

Call for Participation

UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2011

26th-29th September 2011, York.

Registration for the 2011 UK e-Science All Hands Meeting is now open.

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