Re-Using Qualitative Data Workshop: Presentations from Key Speakers

This workshop was funded by IRCHSS as part of the Family Rhythms project at IQDA.

On the 22nd of June 2012 the Irish Qualitative Data Archive (IQDA) hosted a practical workshop on strategies for reusing qualitative data, at NUI Maynooth. The event comprised a series of presentations, including contributions from key  international speakers in the field. Their presentations from this workshop are available below.

Secondary analysis: comparison, context and working across data sets
Prof. Bren Neale is Professor of Life Course and Family Research, University of Leeds and Director of the Timescapes ESRC Qualitative Longitudinal (QL) study.

Ethical and Epistemological Issues in Re-Using Qualitative Data
Dr Libby Bishop is Senior Research Archivist at University of Leeds where she creates and manages a new archive of qualitative longitudinal data for the Timescapes Study of personal relationships through time. In addition, Dr Bishops is the Research Liaison Officer at Qualidata, a section of the UK Data Archive, where she engages researchers in depositing and reusing data for research and teaching.  

Secondary analysis: comparison, context and working across data sets
 Dr Sarah Irwin is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Leeds, and her latest research roles have included running the Secondary Analysis Project of ESRC Timescapes, a qualitative longitudinal study (‘Changing lives and times: relationships and identities through the life course’ 2007-12). Thuis work on the Secondary Analysis Project is documented on the Timescapes website, along with various resources relating to the conduct of qualitative secondary analysis. She is the Director of the Centre for Research on Families, the Life Course and Generations (FLaG).
 
 
Family Rhythms Using Archived Qualitative Data to Examine the Changing Texture of Family Life in Ireland, Dr Jane Gray, Dr David Ralph and Ms Ruth Geraghty