Decolonisation is not a peripheral but central concern to social research for change. Learn more from Caroline Lenette, author of Participatory Action Research: Ethics and Decolonization.

AI is here to stay and clearly has an impact on the practice of qualitative data analysis. Christina Silver explains!

Ideas about active learning help students develop the questioning skills needed to be a researcher.

In this research conversation with Janet Salmons, Julianne Cheek and Elise Øby discuss the importance of an iterative, design-thinking approach to research.

Causal Map is a web app dedicated to causal qualitative data analysis. Learn more about this open-access tool, winner of a Sage Concept Grant.

What is autoethnography? How do researchers study their own experiences? See this post for definitions and open-access articles that explore this qualitative method for collecting data.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month - a good time to pay attention to wellbeing. Given the stresses on academia, it is more important than ever to find time for self-care.

Looking for instructional materials you can use or adapt? These open-access and library resources can be used to learn new qualitative research skills, or to share with students.

What ethical issues face researchers who study online comments? Paul J. Reilly offers explanations and an open-access research case.

Learn about participant observation and read open-access articles that explore this approach to collecting data online or in the field.

Focus groups allow us to hear and learn from what participants say to each other. We can conduct focus groups in-person, or online. In this post, find a collection of open-access articles about focus group methods for collecting data.

It is Right to Read Day! In addition to the right to read the books we choose, what about the rights to teach and discuss, research and write?

Looking for instructional materials you can use or adapt? Here are materials for teaching quantitative data collection.

Critical appraisal of research papers is a component of everyday academic life, whether as a student as part of an assignment, as a researcher as part of a literature review or as a teacher preparing a lecture. Learn more from this post.

Missed the Methodspace webinar “Analyzing Published Literature Across Paradigms and Disciplines”? View it here and find related resources.

Researchers who use mixed methods collect both qualitative and quantitative data. In this collection of open-access you will find articles that show how researchers collect two or more types of data.

Researchers who want to collect both qualitative and quantitative data with mixed methods will find this conversation of interest. Drs. Linda Bloomberg and Merle Werbeloff walk through the process of designing and conducting mixed methods studies.

Interviewing participants in difficult or emotional situations? Learn from Bethany Morgan Brett and Katy Wheeler.

Methodspace welcomes insights and practical recommendations for research with and about Indigenous and culturally-diverse communities. These posts, interviews, and recorded webinars offer a wide range of perspectives from experienced researchers.

Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, co-researcher for “The impact of algorithmically driven recommendation systems on music consumption and production - a literature review,” offers insights about the literature review process.