Methods Minute Newsletter March 2022

Apr 4

March Spotlight: Be Courageous: Studying Sensitive, Political, or Hot-button Issues

As researchers, how can we be sensitive when interacting with traumatized participants or find appropriate and reliable sources of data? In this month's series, Methodspace will offer practical suggestions from experienced researchers.

March Mentor-in-Residence

Meet our Mentor-in-Residence, Dr. Sharon Ravitch, Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, and author of Qualitative Research: Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological. To bring in the voices of emerging researchers, she is generating a series of posts in collaboration with a diverse group of current and former students. Dr. Nathan Durdella, author of the new Conducting Research with Human Participants, will discuss issues for researchers who study vulnerable populations and need approval from an IRB or ethics board. Dr. Ravitch had a conversation with Janet last year about multimodal qualitative research with a focus on visual methods.

Upcoming webinars

Tutorial: Analysing Online Networks with VOSON Lab Tools

Speaker: Professor Robert Ackland, Francisca Borquez, and Bryan Gertzel
Date: March 17^th 2022
Time: 9am (GMT)

Understanding Cultural Issues in Research Design

Speakers: Dr. Rebecca Bayeck, Dr. Spencer, P. Greenhalgh, Dr. Arceli Rosario and, Dr. Tutaleni Asino
Date: March 24^th 2022
Time: 1pm (GMT)

Related online resources from SAGE

Our Pedagogical Approach

SAGE Campus always has the learner in mind when designing the courses. Learn more in detail about the pedagogical approach and course learning design crafted into a suite of self-paced, online courses.

I Will Conduct Research on a Sensitive Topic. What Should I Do to Prevent Psychological Harms?

Read chapter 17 from 100 Questions (and Answers) About Research Ethics and identify methods to reduce the possibility of psychological harm, by Emily E. Anderson & Amy Corneli. Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

Unapologetic Educational Research: Addressing Anti-Blackness, Racism, and White Supremacy

In this paper, the authors unapologetically discuss what it means to conduct qualitative research from a standpoint that honors Black lives in the research process while also disrupting racism and white supremacy. (N.B. this article will be freed up from 28^th February to 31^st March).

Watch Our Webinar: Making Qualitative Analysis Constant, Comparative and Collaborative

Dr Daniel Turner, founder and director of Quirkos, will show how to do Constant Comparative Analysis and Grounded Theory for teams of researchers small and large, and working together in real time with the simple qualitative data analysis software, Quirkos. Use discount code SAGE25 for 25% off a Quirkos subscription.

Related SAGE Books