Qualitative interviews from access to thematic analysis
This training is open to all ESRC and non-ESRC funded PhD and MA Social Research students within the WRDTP’s seven partner universities. PGRs from all seven interdisciplinary Pathways are welcome to attend.
The journey of conducting qualitative research is an exciting one- from finalising the research design to accessing the respondents to data analysis. This session is going to introduce some practical tips of how to access the respondents, conduct qualitative interviews and then process and analyse the data
Pre-reading
Mason, J. (2002) Qualitative Researching. 2nd Edition, Sage Publications, London.
Qu, Sandy & Dumay, John. (2011). The qualitative research interview. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. 8. 238-264. 10.1108/11766091111162070.
Madill, A. (2012). Interviews and interviewing techniques (pp. 249-275). In Cooper, H., Camic, P.M. , Long, D.L., Panter, A.T., Rindskopf, D., Sher, K.J. (Eds). American Psychological Association Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Brinkmann, Svend, Qualitative Interviewing, Understanding Qualitative Research (New York, 2013; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 Mar. 2015),
Dr Mahua Das
Lecturer in International Health, University of LeedsMahua has a background in Sociology and Social Policy and experience of working in this sector with NGOs. Trained as a qualitative researcher, she has developed skills in policy research and understanding complex health system issues and interventions in Asia and Africa. She has expertise in embedding participatory community-based mechanisms to monitor and evaluate community engagement interventions focusing on promoting and preventing healthy behaviour within the existing health system and service infrastructure in Low and Middle Income Countries contexts.
This training session will be delivered face-to-face at the University of Leeds. This event will not be recorded but slides will be uploaded to the VIRE shortly after the event.
