by Policy Press
The Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone podcast features lively discussions with Bristol University Press author Karen O'Reilly as she chats with students, academics and professionals worldwide about how the toolkit approach can make navigating today’s complex world of qualitative research easier and more exciting.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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March 25, 2025
<p>The <strong>Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone</strong> podcast brings author and professor Karen O’Reilly into challenging conversations with students, academics and practitioners around the world. Together, they explore how the toolkit approach - a curated collection of expert skills, knowledge, procedures, tools and information - can help navigate the complex terrain of contemporary qualitative research methods. </p><br><p>For this final episode, I have the delightful company of long-term friend and colleague <strong>Professor Michaela Benson</strong>. Michaela is Professor of Public Sociology at Lancaster University and an expert in migration, citizenship and identity. She has vast experience in qualitative methods, project management and writing and communicating for diverse audiences. She is also the Chief Executive of The Sociological Review Foundation.</p><br><p>Focusing on <strong>Chapter 9, Communicating</strong>, we have an in-depth conversation about writing with style, writing for different audiences and producing different kinds of output.</p><br><p>Michaela shares an insightful example of one of her recent publications that has emerged out of stacking together (or building up) content from other outputs such as blogs, reports and podcasts. It is a neat example of higher-level analysis and the work that must go into preparing research for communication. This was based on her current research, Rebordering Britain and Britons after Brexit. You can check it out at **<a href="https://migzen.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://migzen.net</a>** — definitely worth a look if you are interested in different forms of research communication.</p><br><p>We also spend some time talking about how people read, listen and think in different ways, emphasizing the value of diverse communication methods for different audiences. I especially love that Michaela thinks calling the chapter “Communicating” was “a stroke of genius”. I will take that. </p><br><p>Special thanks to Bahar Celik Muller, Senior Marketing Executive and Martha Gleeson, Digital Marketing Executive, for their support, advice and expertise.</p><p> </p><p>Find out more about the book: <a href="https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/qualitative-research-methods-for-everyone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/qualitative-research-methods-for-everyone</a></p><br><p>Intro music: Good Times Are Coming by Bohdan Kuzmin from Pixabay.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 25, 2025
<p>The <strong>Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone</strong> podcast brings author and professor Karen O’Reilly into challenging conversations with students, academics and practitioners around the world. Together, they explore how the toolkit approach - a curated collection of expert skills, knowledge, procedures, tools and information - can help navigate the complex terrain of contemporary qualitative research methods. </p><br><p>This week, I am excited to welcome <strong>Lucy Dwyer</strong> as my guest. Lucy is a specialist nurse in urogynaecology at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and a final year PhD student at the University of Manchester, funded by Health Education England and the National Institute for Health Research. She is particularly passionate about research in women’s health, supported self-management and conservative management of pelvic floor dysfunction.</p><br><p>We focus on <strong>Chapter 8, Analysing and Interpreting</strong>. Lucy is in the thick of her PhD analysis as we speak and she kindly and openly shares her anxieties, self-doubt and moments of clarity.</p><br><p>I explain why I use the term ‘interpretive analysis’ in the book—highlighting that we do more than simply look for themes. We discuss how we work on interpreting our data for specific readers, aiming to produce something meaningful for our participants and our readers.</p><br><p>Lucy gives great examples from her own analyses—for example reflecting analytically on why one participant kept repeating that something “didn’t matter to her”. We discuss the importance of immersion, of listening to what is not being said as well as what is.</p><br><p>I outline the nine heuristics (or ways of thinking about analysis) and really enjoy listening to Lucy’s interpretations of her data, including the typologies she is developing using iteration. </p><br><p>Special thanks to Bahar Celik Muller, Senior Marketing Executive and Martha Gleeson, Digital Marketing Executive, for their support, advice and expertise.</p><p> </p><p>Find out more about the book: <a href="https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/qualitative-research-methods-for-everyone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/qualitative-research-methods-for-everyone</a></p><br><p>Intro music: Good Times Are Coming by Bohdan Kuzmin from Pixabay.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 25, 2025
<p>The <strong>Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone</strong> podcast brings author and professor Karen O’Reilly into challenging conversations with students, academics and practitioners around the world. Together, they explore how the toolkit approach - a curated collection of expert skills, knowledge, procedures, tools and information - can help navigate the complex terrain of contemporary qualitative research methods. </p><br><p>My guest this week is <strong>Dr Brenda Herbert</strong>. Brenda is the recipient of the prestigious Sociological Review Fellowship for 2024/25. Her PhD research was a multimodal ethnography with children who had experienced domestic abuse and social work intervention. She is also a counsellor with over 15 years experience working with children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. Having worked in both social work and third-sector settings, she currently works for a local authority.</p><br><p>Brenda speaks passionately about the creative approach in <strong>Chapter 7, Being Creative</strong>. She outlines her own approach to multimodal ethnography and explains how similar it is to the perspective on creativity presented in <strong>Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone</strong>.</p><br><p>We emphasise how important it is to be responsive, ethical and caring, and also discuss the value of engaging in activities that don’t feel like research. Brenda’s creative approach included online methods, chats, playing Minecraft, playing virtual hide-and-seek, walks in the park and more. These approaches led to fascinating insights that always respect the child who has suffered trauma as first and foremost a child with a whole life, not (just) a victim.</p><br><p>We wrap up with a brief discussion on the transformative potential of research— and ask, transformative for whom? </p><br><p>Special thanks to Bahar Celik Muller, Senior Marketing Executive and Martha Gleeson, Digital Marketing Executive, for their support, advice and expertise.</p><p> </p><p>Find out more about the book: <a href="https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/qualitative-research-methods-for-everyone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/qualitative-research-methods-for-everyone</a></p><br><p>Intro music: Good Times Are Coming by Bohdan Kuzmin from Pixabay.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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