Interviews as a Research Method

This session provides an introduction to the purpose of and approaches to interviews as a research method. The session will introduce different interview formats, with a particular emphasis on qualitative semi-structured interviews as the approach most often used across the social sciences and the humanities. The session will also provide an opportunity to discuss and share challenges and advice in relation to planning and conducting research interviews, as well as approaches to writing up and analysing interviews in your thesis and/or publications. 

Session Leader: Naomi Wells (Institute of Modern Languages Research, SAS)