QUEST runs events that bring qualitative researchers into dialogue with each other. The events welcome experts from across the University of Southampton, as well as research groups outside of the university.
Information about upcoming and past events, plus video and audio recordings, are available below. The resources available for each event are indicated with symbols: Video Audio Slides.
This online seminar takes place on Tuesday, 17 September between 13:00 and 15:00.
Three speakers will share their expertise on creativity and collaboration with creative industries. The speakers are: Dr Helen Johnson (University of Brighton), Professor Dan Ashton (Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton) and Dr Laura Harris (University of Southampton).
In this webinar, three speakers discussed the use of sound as a method in qualitative social research. The speakers were: Dr Rishika Mukhopadhyay (University of Southampton), Dr Elona Hoover (University of Brighton) and Dr Matilde Meireles (University of Oxford). It took place on 7 February 2024.
This webinar explored metaphor as a method in qualitative social research. The three speakers were Dr Mihaela Iorga of the University of Portsmouth, Dr Nicole Brown of University College London and Dr Andy Coverdale of the University of Southampton. It took place on 23 November 2023.
In this webinar, the speakers discussed the decolonisation of research methods in social research. The three speakers were Professor Ros Edwards of the University of Southampton, Dr Rachel Jane Liebert of the University of East London and Wanda Canton, of the University of Brightont took place on 4 July 2023.
Speakers at this webinar discussed discuss the interaction between memory and method in qualitative social research. The speakers were Professor Emily Keightley, Abigail Croydon and Dr Deborah Madden. It took place on 26 October 2022.
In this webinar, three speakers discussed issues related to the archiving of qualitative data. The speakers were: Rachel Ayrton, Carolynn Low, Susie Weller and David Zeitlyn. It took place on 23 June 2022.
Speakers at this webinar presented various approaches to ethnography. They were Rosalind Edwards, Katie Brailsford, Jesse Shipp and John Boswell. The event took place on 26 April 2022.
This event explored postcolonial and indigenous qualitative research. It took place on 6 November 2019. There are no recordings or slides available from this event.
This event explored mobility and temporaity in qualititative methods. It took place on 15 May 2019. There are no recordings or slides available from this event.
In this event, Oli Williams discusses ways of illustrating the reflexive embodiment of weight-based stigma, while Rachel Ayrton talks about how creative and multimodal methods can help researchers to theorise and design better research. The event took place on 19 March 2019.
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Presenters at this event discussed the topic of listening better in qualitative research. It took place on 20 June 2018. There are no recordings or slides available from this event.
At this seminar, Sarah Lewthwaite delivered the presentation Negotiating the Visible: Video Stimulated Dialogue in the Field. She was joined by Gillian Symon, whose presentation was titled After the Video Diary: Accounting for 'Unseen' Practices. The event took place on 11 December 2017.
The topic of this event was literary narrative methods. It took palce on 10 July 2017. There are no recordings or slides available from this event.
The presentations in this seminar were The Power of Institutional Ethnography: Ruling Relations in Privatized Services, by Orly Benjamin, and Participant Observation in Rural Mexico: What My Child Taught Me, by Laura A. Lewis. It took place on 16 March 2017.
In this seminar, presenters exchanged critical perspectives and reflections on the use of online comments in qualitative research. The event took place on 8 December 2016.
The presentations in this seminar were Framing interdisciplinarity how (not) to collaborate across the sciences by Kate Lyle, and Big data meets small data by Rebecca Eynon. It took place on 14 July 2016.
The presentations in this event were Grounded Theory and Big Data by Carl Miller and The Web Science Macroscope by Markus Luczak-Rösch. It took place on 18 March 2016.
This seminar featured a presentation from Helen Kara on creative research methods. It took place on 24 November 2015.
The topic of this event was documentary and archival research, with presentations from Anne-Marie Kramer and Christer Petley. It took palce on 17 May 2015. There are no recordings or slides available from this event.
The topic of this event was undertaking community collaborative research, with a presentation by Andrew Power. It took palce on 11 March 2015. There are no recordings or slides available from this event.
This seminar featured presentations on digital qualitative methods from Maggi Savin-Baden and Lisa Sugiura. It took palce on 14 January 2015.
The topic of this event was risks in qualitative methods, with presentations by Fernando Hernández, Juana Sancho-Gil and Ulrike Meinhof. It took place on 30 June 2014. There are no recordings or slides available from this event.
The topic of this event was psycho-social approaches to research, with a presentation from Andrew Cooper. It took place on 22 January 2014.
Speakers at this event discussed the topic of ethnography. They were Catherine Pope and Bella Dicks. The event took place on 11 December 2013.
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In this seminar, Mel Nind discusses participatory research methods. It took place on 9 October 2013.
This two-day event discussed qualitative longitudinal research. It was jointly organised by QUEST and CIRCY (Sussex), and featured seven speakers exploring interdisciplinary perspectives on continuity and change. It took place on 15-16 November 2012.
In this seminar, Martin Hammersley provided an introduction to qualitative research. It took place on 10 January 2012.