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.

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:

Sue Bellass: Qualitative longitudinal work: people with multiple long-term health conditions, 11th of May 2026, 12:00-13:30  
https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/qualitativelongitudinalworkpeoplewithmultiplelong-termhealthconditions.html  

Nicolás Villarroel, A critical and multimodal analysis of online humour in Chilean far-right social, 11th of June 2026, 12:00-13:30
https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/acriticalandmultimodalanalysisofonlinehumourinchileanfar-rightsocial.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

Adam Badger: Between a rock and a hard place: Managing (c)overt ethnographic methods, 5th of March 2026 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/betweenarockandahardplacemanagingcovertethnographicmethods.html 

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

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