Handbook of digital and computational research methods : in the social sciences and humanities / edited by Anders Koed Madsen, (Professor of Data, Democracy and Digital Urbanism) and Anders Kristian Munk, (Professor of Computational Anthropology, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Madsen, Anders Koed, editor.

Munk, Anders Kristian, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qualitative research.

Quantitative research.

Social sciences--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2026]

Summary:

"This comprehensive Handbook presents an examination of recent changes to data and methods in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). Contributors explore this heterogeneous and multidisciplinary landscape while focussing on the cross-cutting discussions and infrastructures that underpin them. Drawing on epistemological and methodological perspectives, case studies reveal how the emergence of digital and computational methods has altered disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, media studies, psychology and history. Insights into core debates are provided, including the role of theory in empirical work, the hope for objectivity, and the divide between qualitative and quantitative methods. The Handbook critically discusses the risks and ethical complications accompanying the convergence of digital and computational methods, as well as in delegating analytical power to algorithmic systems. It also provides a unique tool-makers perspective on the institutional set-up around digital and computational methods labs within SSH. This Handbook is an invaluable resource for students and scholars in the fields of information systems, knowledge management and research methods. It is also an essential resource for researchers and decision-makers in SSH looking to further their understanding of digital and computational research methods and their disciplinary implications"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. After the trench wars: Heterodox research practices in digital and computational ssh (Introduction to the handbook of digital and computational research methods) / Anders Koed Madsen and Anders Kristian Munk

Part I: Disciplinary perspectives

2. Archaeology / Iza Romanowska

3. The digital historian's craft / Martin Grandjean

4. Computational anthropology / Samantha Breslin and Kristoffer Albris

5. Economic sociology: Using agent-based modelling to study financial markets / Christian Borch and Nicholas Skar-Gislinge

6. Four guiding principles for rethinking organizational charts / Dario Rodighiero

7. The digital turn in food studies / Tanja Schneider

8. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in behavioural psychology for complex human-environment systems / Jens Koed Madsen

9. Situating digital data in media and communication research / Sharon Meraz

10. Objectivity in/through partial perspectives / Laura K. Nelson

Part II: Epistemic trouble

11. Bias in machine learning as a multi-dimensional problem / Mascha Kurpicz-Briki

12. Online groundedness / Richard Rogers

13. Theoretical heuristics in digital social research / Hjalmar Bang Carlsen

14. Beyond the quant and qual divide / David Moats

15. The vanishing micro/macro divide and the politics of computational interactionism / Tommaso Venturini

16. Gatekeeping: The case of digital archives / Johan Heinsen

17. Representation and visualization / Michele Mauri

18. Mapping with care: Data feminist principles for participatory visual practices / Gabriele Colombo and Sabine Niederer

19. Privacy in digital and computational ssh / Nicholas Proferes

Part III: Making the instruments of social sciences and humanities

Introduction to Part III:

20. Toolmaking is science by other means / Mathieu Jacomy, Bernhard Rieder, Erik Borra, Guillaume Plique, Kenneth Christian Enevoldsen and Nees Jan van Eck

21. Meet the dcssh toolmakers / Mathieu Jacomy, Bernhard Rieder , Erik Borra, Guillaume Plique, Kenneth Christian Enevoldsen and Nees Jan van Eck

22. Why do dcssh toolmakers make tools? / Mathieu Jacomy, Bernhard Rieder, Erik Borra, Guillaume Plique, Kenneth Christian Enevoldsen and Nees Jan van Eck

23. The lifecyle of dc tools for ssh / Mathieu Jacomy, Bernhard Rieder, Erik Borra, Guillaume Plique, Kenneth Christian Enevoldsen and Nees Jan van Eck

24. Valuing toolmaking in academia / Mathieu Jacomy, Bernhard Rieder, Erik Borra, Guillaume Plique, Kenneth Christian Enevoldsen and Nees Jan van Eck

25. In defense of the researcher-toolmaker figure / Mathieu Jacomy, Bernhard Rieder , Erik Borra, Guillaume Plique, Kenneth Christian Enevoldsen and Nees Jan van Eck.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781802208993 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.