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What do I need to do and know before a qualitative research interview?
Research interviews

What do I need to do and know before a qualitative research interview?

When I’m helping researchers prepare to conduct research interviews for the first time, there is a variety of attitudes. Some start with under-estimating the complexity of research interviews. Others are almost paralysed by the fear of the “what if”s. Most experience the more usual mild anxiety...

  • Cathy Gibbons
Cathy Gibbons Oct 11, 2021 • 4 min read
Practical advice for your safety in the field
Field safety

Practical advice for your safety in the field

So, you’ve arranged some interviews; you’ve had some professional email exchanges and perhaps a pleasant introductory call. Now you’re in the meeting place, the door has closed. You’ve planned for this and you have strategies to keep you safe, haven’t you?

  • Cathy Gibbons
Cathy Gibbons Jul 22, 2021 • 7 min read
Lone researchers - balancing safety against the reproduction of vulnerability
Ethics

Lone researchers - balancing safety against the reproduction of vulnerability

As a researcher and someone who advises researchers I have an ethical responsibility to warn you about the threats to your safety. But I also have a responsibility not to make my perceptions about my vulnerability into perception of your vulnerability.

  • Cathy Gibbons
Cathy Gibbons Jul 2, 2021 • 6 min read
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