ICOSS building in the evening, at the University of Sheffield

Sheffield Methods Institute

Committed to excellence in interdisciplinary teaching and research. We employ innovative research methods to address the major challenges facing societies today.

Study with us

Undergraduate study

Students in a discussion viewed through glass

Postgraduate study

city skyline with networked globe at night time

Research

PhD training

Careers

News

Students round a computer — Dr Aneta Piekut teaching students in the Sheffield Methods Institute

2 October 2020

Enhancing teaching in reproducing data analysis

Senior Lecturer Dr Aneta Piekut has been awarded a prestigious Fellowship by Project TIER to enhance the teaching of replicability in the training of social scientists.

6 March 2020

International Women's Day 2020

Celebrations for International Women’s Day are happening around the world and across the University. The SMI male academics are reflecting on the contributions made by female researchers to their own areas of interest.

14 February 2020

Making Sense of Data in the Media

We exist in a world surrounded by data and not a day goes by without something data related is in the news headlines, from 50,000 new nurses to greenwashing carbon emission claims, but what does it all mean?

View all Sheffield Methods Institute news