Dr Ibrar Bhatt
Lecturer in Education Queen's University Belfast Showing your workings in qualitative research In this talk I will address issues of "rigour" and "quality" in qualitative research, and the way that the two are closely aligned with how the researcher may explore various points of focus within the research process itself. Rigour and quality are inseparable from the generative nature of much qualitative inquiry, and the need to "show your workings" in the field within which the research is carried out. I will discuss this using examples of particular aspects of qualitative research that I have been involved with recently, both in design and execution. I will also discuss the opportunities and challenges of making a case for qualitative insights to augment and add value to other forms of research. Dr Ibrar Bhatt is Lecturer in Education at Queen's University Belfast. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersections of applied linguistics (including TESOL) and education. He received his PhD from the University of Leeds for a thesis which examined student digital literacy, and his most recent research interests are around digital literacies in contemporary societies and writing and how these relate to learning and knowledge production. He is author of Assignments as Controversies published with Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Prior to Queen's University Belfast, Ibrar was a senior researcher on the Academics Writing project at Lancaster University. In both of the above projects he examined writing and knowledge production using qualitative videographic methodologies. Ibrar is also a co-convener for the Digital University Network of the Society for Research into Higher Education, and he tweets at @ibrar_bhatt. |
Dr Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki
Professor of International Business University of Leeds Reflexivity in qualitative research In this presentation, Emmanuella will be reflecting on reflexivity in qualitative research, drawing insights from her own experiences in the field and/or the publication arena. She will highlight the importance of reflexivity as an element of theorising and developing representations on the field. She will relate reflexivity to different philosophical orientations and present a relational approach of theorising from the field that allows room for co-creation of knowledge with participants. Emmanuella will conclude with self-reflexive practices as well as limitations of reflexivity. Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki is a Professor of International Business and the Deputy Director of LUBS Graduate School. She also serves as Director of Research and Director of PhD programme for the IB Division at LUBS. She holds a PhD in marketing from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Her PhD studies were funded by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). Immediately after her PhD studies, she received a fellowship award by the Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC) in order to pursue post-doctoral research at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Prior to her position in LUBS, she was an associate professor of marketing at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Emmanuella is an honorary research fellow at the University of Glasgow and visiting professor at Aalto University, School of Business, Finland. She has collaborated extensively with the International Hellenic University and the Greek Open University. |