Welcome to the IQDA
The Irish Qualitative Data Archive (IQDA) is a central access point for qualitative social science data generated in or about Ireland. The archive frames the parameters and standards for archiving qualitative data within the Irish research community. The IQDA is a participant in the Digital Repository of Ireland and is currently part of the DASISH Infrastructure project.
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Oral History Network of Ireland's Leinster Oral History Forum event, 23rd August 2013 at Wood Quay, Dublin.
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National & Transnational Cultural Flows & Place, Postgraduate Summer School, call for postgraduate students to participate.
1st of July to 12th of July, 2013 at NUI Maynooth. Co-hosted by the Department of Sociology at NUI Maynooth and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. More information
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Qualitative data from the Growing Up in Ireland project is now available. Visit our Growing Up in Ireland page.
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BROWSE
Browse our Data Archive to discover recent qualitative research that has been conducted in Ireland, or to add a catalogue record about your own qualitative research.
ACCESS
Access Our Data and find out about the qualitative data we are are currently archiving.
DEPOSIT
Deposit your data with the IQDA or add a record about your research to IQDA catalogue. Advice on preparing your data for archiving is available here, including advice on consent, anonymising, and the technology and formats that are best for archiving. The IQDA Best Practice Handbook in Archiving Qualitative Data is available for download here.
TEACHING QUALITATIVE METHODS
Download our teaching resources for qualitative methods. Qualitative data archives are a valuable teaching resource, whether to provide examples of topics, illustrate themes or demonstrate how qualitative research is conducted in the field. Junior researchers can learn by listening to the examples provided in qualitative archives.
COMPARE
Build comparisons between research locations, and extend your research over time or by triangulating with other data sources. Here you can find out about other qualitative data archives, and other digital archives worldwide.
STAY UP TO DATE
Our News Blog carries information about events organised by the IQDA, international qualitative conferences and networks, and the use and re-use of the data contained in our archives.
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Should you require quantitative social science data, please see the Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA). The ISSDA holds an ever-increasing quantity of machine-readable data from surveys and official statistics (such as the Census) and makes them readily available to academic and non-profit researchers.
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IQDA EDUCATION RESOURCES
Collection of audio and visual material covering a series of sociological topics. The IQDA Learning Resources work as a self-guided learning tool for students.
Collection of audio clips that educators can use in the classroom. Educators can also apply to the IQDA for access to transcripts for teaching purposes.
IQDA RESEARCH RESOURCES
Collection of resources for researchers preparing to deposit qualitative data, and conducting secondary analysis on qualitative data.
Best Practice Handbook
IQDA Anonymisation Tool
Re-Using Qualitative Data Workshop, June 2012
