Forum: Qualitative Social Research  

Jan K. Coetzee,Florian Elliker,Asta Rau

It is widely accepted that the humanities and social sciences in South Africa have stagnated since the end of the anti-apartheid struggle in this country. This article argues that a programme in The Narrative Study of Lives provides a platform for establi... see more

Paul G. Dempster,David K. Woods,John Wright

This article reflects on the development of Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) briefly before describing how the software can be harnessed to aid the process of research. It shows how data from a multi-user project looking at go... see more

Cigdem Esin,Corinne Squire

This article reports on how a study of visual autobiographical workshops, conducted with social diverse groups in East London, provides us with insights about the narrative nature of still images, and the co-construction of narratives across a number of c... see more

Valerie Anne Featherstone,Anna Sandfield

This article presents a fraction of an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) of people's seizure (ictal) experiences. In addition to undertaking individual analyses and across case analyses, a poetic interpretation (SZTO, FURMAN & LANGER, 2005) o... see more

Nora Gaupp

In this article I illustrate and reflect on the development of a model of transitions to employment on the basis of a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in the context of a study of school-to-work transitions among lower educated young ad... see more

Jochen Gläser,Grit Laudel

Qualitative research aimed at "mechanismic" explanations poses specific challenges to qualitative data analysis because it must integrate existing theory with patterns identified in the data. We explore the utilization of two methods—coding and qualitativ... see more

Stefanie Graefe

In this article research results are presented of an interview study using grounded theory methodology, in which the social experience of aging in contemporary Western societies was explored. Against the historical background of a new socio-political appr... see more

Benno Herzog

Social exclusion has become a key concept in European social sciences in the last decade. However, the concept has evoked several important criticisms which have cast doubts on its usefulness. The aim of this article is to present discursive exclusion as ... see more

Kip Jones,Lee-Ann Fenge,Rosie Read,Marilyn Cash

The emerging recollections, perceptions and storied biographies of older lesbians and gay men and their experiences in rural Britain are presented in the article, alongside consideration of the multiple qualitative methodologies used in a unique multi-met... see more

Hanspeter Mathys,Lina Arboleda,Valérie Boucsein,Michael Frei,Marie-Luise Hermann,Marc Luder,Marius Neukom,Brigitte Boothe

A detailed understanding of the patient's concerns as presented to the therapist in her first psychotherapeutic interview is of crucial importance regarding its quality and a possible decision to begin psychotherapy. From a psychodynamic perspective, of i... see more

Hemma Mayrhofer,Anna Schachner

In non-university evaluation research, the use of elaborate qualitative methods often proves difficult, as both content-related and structural resources are usually limited. Furthermore, this research context, as a rule, brings with it difficulties in the... see more

Gabriela Rubilar

From the beginning of professional training in social work, qualitative approaches to research have been represented in the curriculum, as they are an important element of the methodological repertoire. In this article, I argue that the instruments and te... see more

Yukari Seko

The advancement of Web 2.0 technologies has drastically extended the realm of self-expression, to the extent that personal and potentially controversial photographs are widely shared with public viewers. This study examined user-generated photographs of s... see more

Elizabeth Sharp,Genevieve Durham DeCesaro

Responding to the need for detailed descriptions of analytical practices in transdisciplinary projects and to showcase a way to use qualitative data in secondary analysis, the authors delineate their respective analytic processes. The social scientist use... see more

Zoran Slavnic

The article considers current policy trends and academic controversies related to qualitative data preservation and re-use. In the first part of the article, the epistemological/methodological, ethical/legal, ideological/political, and practical/technical... see more

Frank Sowa,Ronald Staples,Stefan Theuer,Rajiv Althaus

Recently, qualitative research that explores job placement processes have given participant observation a larger role within the mixed methods of semi-structured interviews and document analyses. Specifically, analyses of job counselling interviews betwee... see more

Gregor Wiedemann

Two developments in computational text analysis may change the way qualitative data analysis in social sciences is performed: 1. the availability of digital text worth to investigate is growing rapidly, and 2. the improvement of algorithmic information ex... see more

Wolff-Michael Roth

In an increasingly globalized world of research, communicating with scholars in the same language and culture and with scholars from other cultures and linguistic background is a sine qua non in/of all sciences, including those using qualitative social re... see more

Massimiliano Tarozzi

Language is a non-neutral, but powerful research tool. This article focuses on two issues: 1. methodological suggestions ensuing from the translation of the founding text of grounded theory methodology (GTM) in the light of the recent literature regarding... see more

Michael Siegfried Grüttner

In her book on the justification of economic action, Lisa KNOLL provides one of the most extensive and ambitious empirical applications of the Economy of Conventions so far available in the German language. The book focuses on the practical treatment of "... see more

Marcus Knaup

Since the mid-20th century, psychologists and philosophers have increasingly debated the validity and future prospects of the assumption that human behavior can be understood without reference to our desires, intentions, and imaginations. This raises the ... see more

Katharina Manderscheid

This volume, edited by Iris DZUDZEK, Caren KUNZE and Joscha WULLWEBER and published as part of the transcript series Sozialtheorie [Social Theory], can be read as an attempt to combine materialistic critical social theory with poststructuralist thinking. ... see more

Dirk vom Lehn

Ruth AYAß and Christian MEYER have edited an engaging collection of articles to honor Jörg BERGMANN, who has recently retired from his chair at the University of Bielefeld. In 700 pages, the edited collection provides an overview over recent developments ... see more

Christina Silver

Nestled on the banks of the river Lahn in central Germany, the 15th CAQD conference was held at Marburg. A beautiful provincial town, it is one of very few that was spared the bombings of WWII; now providing the perfect backdrop for meeting to discuss dev... see more