Is it brilliant or crazy? It can be hard to know whether your new ideas make sense, so ask a trusted colleague for honest feedback. Find an example and tips in this post.

Find tips you can use to build a bridge between familiar methods and the new approaches you want to use in your study.

Juneteenth is a uniquely American holiday, with a rich history relevant to those fighting for equity and justice today. Find original source materials and learn how to use them in your research.

Ryan Burns explains ways to use open data in digital ethnography. Find an open-access link to the related article in the Qualitative Research journal.

Tom Chatfield and Janet Salmons discuss critical and creative thinking in this updated post from the archives. Both kinds of thinking are crucial for research, especially when the study uses new methods.

New research ideas must typically be approved before the study can begin. Don’t hit a brick wall! Use these suggestions from Dr. Nathan Durdella.

Gjoko Muratovski, author of Research for Designers, discusses innovation in a research context.

Janet Salmons and Trena Paulus discuss trends in online qualitative research and their new books, Doing Qualitative Research Online and Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World.

The definitions laid out in the post “What are “Emerging” Methods?” are used as a springboard for discussing open-access articles from the journal, Methodological Innovations.

Let’s define “emerging methods” and look at an example.

Find a collection of readings and cases about LGBTQ+ researchers and research.

This month on Methodspace we will take a new look at ways to use traditional methods for collecting and analyzing data and consider innovative methods now emerging in the field.

This collection of open-access articles offers a range of strategies for evaluating your research project and process.

On a day when Americans reel from yet another school shooting, find a collection of studies about such violence and its aftermath.

In a spirit of self-evaluation, Aqueelah Ellzy reflects on the transformational learning her practitioner research and professional inquiry have evinced. She offers suggestions for Practitioner-Researchers.

Want to learn more about evaluation? Looking for resources for students? Check out these articles, videos, and a free webinar series from Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton.

In this interview one of co-authors of Evaluation: A Systematic Approach discusses evaluative practices.

Find over 100 resources on evaluation: books, cases, and videos, on SAGE Research Methods.

Open-access articles about cultural issues and implications for evaluative studies.

What ethical issues arise in evaluation? Find examples and recommendations in this collection of open-access articles.