The Data & Methods sessions offer 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.

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 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”.

The Data & Methods leads are steering committee members, Siân Russell and Liz Pharoah

Upcoming Data & Methods sessions:

Anas Ismail, Researcher positionality and the use of the Framework method to understand the lived experiences of Palestinian patients and patient companions referred abroad 15th of September 2026, 12:00-13:30 (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SESSION WILL DISCUSS TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES THAT SOME MAY FIND UNSETTLING) https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/researcherpositionalityandtheuseoftheframeworkmethod.html 

Adam Dickinson-Shill, ‘Finding ‘me’ through wheelchair basketball: Using autoethnography to examine identity reconstruction following acquired disability’ 12th of October 2026, 12:00-13:30 https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ima/qualitativesig/events/autoethnographytoexamineidentityreconstructionfollowingacquireddisability.html 

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

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  

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