Seeing through layers: how qualitative research explores interconnected systems of meaning
In qualitative research, we’re not just asking what happens — we’re asking how people make sense of it, and how that sense-making connects to the wider world around them. Here’s why meaning is never singular, and how understanding its layers sharpens every stage of a project.
What researching sensitive topics has taught me about qualitative research
Researching sensitive topics brings the usual methodological challenges into sharp focus — but it also reveals something less discussed: how much the experience shapes the researcher. Here’s what a decade of this work has taught me about qualitative research as a whole.
Ten years of teaching qualitative research: five lessons I’ve learned
This year marks ten years since I first started teaching qualitative research — a workshop I said yes to almost on instinct. A decade and thousands of researchers later, here are the five lessons that have stayed with me the whole way through.