Data & Methods Group

Welcome to the QualSIG Data & Methods Group

The purpose of the Data & Methods Group (D&MG) is a bit more formal than our Peer2Peer Network. D&MG offers qualitative researchers an opportunity to present, discuss and learn about qualitative methods and methodologies, and theoretical ideas and frameworks that could support approaches to data collection and analysis.

For 2025 D&MG sessions aim to focus on one or more of the following key areas:

  • Core methods and practical skills
  • Emerging, innovative, and creative methods
  • Analysis and interpretation
  • Reporting and dissemination
  • Ethical and Philosophical Considerations

If you would like to present a D&MG session, or you like us to invite an expert speaker to present a session, please do let us know by emailing QualSIG@newcastle.ac.uk with the subject title “Data & Methods”.

D&MG leads are steering committee members, Siân Russell and Jennifer Deane. 

Siân Russell: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/drsianrussell.html 

Jennifer Deane: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/jenniferdeane.html 

 

Upcoming Data & Methods sessions:

Joanne McGrath, Durham University: Using timelines in qualitative research, 14th of Nov 2025 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/usingtimelinesinqualitativeresearch.html 

Zivarna Murphy: Autoethnographic and creative reflections on research around the social aspects of body and organ donation. To be rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances

 

Past events

 

Sally O’Keeffe: Ideal-Type Analysis: A Qualitative Approach to Constructing Typologies, 17th of Sep 2025 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/ideal-typeanalysisaqualitativeapproachtoconstructingtypologies.html 

 

Stacey Munnelly, University of Salford and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: Netnography applied to nurse led research, 28th of March 2025 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/netnographyappliedtonurseledresearch.html 

 

Louise Couceiro, University of Oxford: Creative Methods: Analytic approaches and ethical considerations, 3rd of Oct 2024 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/creativemethodsanalyticapproachesandethicalconsiderations.html 

 

Shelina Visram, Lucy Robinson, and Naomi Griffin: Experiences of conducting Longitudinal Qualitative Research, 30th of Sep 2024 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/experiencesofconductinglongitudinalqualitativeresearch.html 

 

Mark Adley: Using MAXQDA to support the analysis of qualitative data, 17th of Jul 2024 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/usingmaxqdatosupporttheanalysisofqualitativedata.html 

 

Keaton Irvine, Morven Brown, Marie Poole, and Benjamin Rigby: ‘Imposter participants’ in qualitative research, 22nd of May 2024 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/imposterparticipantsinqualitativeresearch.html 

 

Navigating sensitive, emotionally heightened, challenging qualitative research, 3rd of Feb 2023 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/navigatingsensitiveemotionallyheightenedchallengingqualitativeresearch.html