Institution: see Organisers & Supporters

Programme of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Dr. Sarah Potthoff (Ruhr-University Bochum)

Date: see Workshop Programme

Max. number of participants: 20

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English

Contents: The purpose of this course is to familiarize participants with the basics of qualitative interviewing. The course introduces methodological and practical aspects of different forms of qualitative interviews like guided interviews, narrative interviews and focus groups. How are these different kinds of interviews different, what are their shared fundamentals, and what makes a good interview in which circumstance?

The course covers issues of research design, including the selection of research questions, methods, and sampling strategies. A brief look at data analysis is also provided. The participants will learn to conceptualize interview guidelines and to conduct interviews – guided as well as narrative interviews. In addition, challenges of research ethics will be discussed.

Recommended literature and pre-readings:

Gobo G (2004) Sampling, representativeness, and generalizability. In: Seale C et al. (eds) Qualitative Research Practice. London Sage, pp. 403-426

Hermanns H (2004) Interviewing as an activity. In: Flick U and Kardorff E and Steinke I (eds) A Companion to Qualitative Research. London Sage, pp. 209-213

Hopf C (2004) Qualitative interviews. An overview. In: Flick U and Kardorff E and Steinke I (eds) A Companion to Qualitative Research. London Sage, pp. 203-208

Rapley T (2004) Interviews. In: Seale C et al. (eds) Qualitative Research Practice. London Sage, pp. 15-33

You have to register for the International Research Workshop to participate in this course.