FREE ONLINE SEMINAR: Thursday February 24, 2022 11:00 AM EST
The last years have seen an increasing demand for methodological rigor and transparency in qualitative research, as well as for resources to advance and support field research. Drawing on the burgeoning literature on the topic, as well as on Dr. Adele de Sordi's direct experience in authoritarian contexts, this talk offers a synthetic reflection on several aspects of field research. These include ethical dilemmas, methodological challenges, as well as reflections on the practical aspects of planning, particularly during a pandemic.
Dr. Sordi will draw on her field research in Kazakhstan to provide a series of tips and lessons learned on: qualitative interviews with high-level respondents, (including considerations on anonymization criteria and reflecting on the researcher's positionality in the interview process), conducting surveys and experiments in contexts where trust is difficult to negotiate, dealing with the problem of not being able to reach the field and the pros and cons of phone/skype/zoom interviews.
BIOGRAPHY:
Adele Del Sordi is a political scientist and a former post-doctoral researcher at the universities of Amsterdam and Munich, where she studied the stability of authoritarian regimes with a focus on post-Soviet Kazakhstan. Among other works, she co-authored the open access book "Research, Ethics and Risk in the Authoritarian Field". It can be downloaded for free here.
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