Qualitative Interviewing: Innovations and Issues

Interviews are the most widely used qualitative method. Balancing the ability to gather a large amount of data without asking unreasonable commitment from participants, interviews help us understand the lived experience and social practices of people from all across society. 

For students using interviews, however, thinking about how to conduct them properly, ethically, sensitively, and insightfully is difficult. They can be emotional encounters, stressful for the participant and researcher, and require a deep level of planning and preparedness. 

This workshop is targeted at current doctoral students who are using or planning to use qualitative interviews as a substantial part of their research. The workshop will include four guest academic speakers, exploring various facets of interviewing in their current research. Speakers will give short presentations, before participants are invited to try these methods for themselves or enter discussion about how these ideas are relevant for their own work. 

Lunch and refreshments will be provided, and the event will aim to foster an inclusive atmosphere for participants to learn, and talk about issues they are facing in conducting their own interview-based research. The programme for the day can be viewed below.

This training session will be delivered in person at Sheffield Hallam University.

Bookings will close at 9am on Thursday 1st May.

As places are limited, please book a place only if you are sure that you will be able to attend.

When booking, you must use your institutional (.ac.uk) email address and complete all fields of the booking form. Your booking will otherwise be cancelled, and you will need to re-book (subject to availability). Thank you for your understanding.