Research Theories and Methods

Established by the Board of Department 2008-12-09 with changes 15 November 2013, 7 January 2014, 8 September 2014, November 10 2014, June 11 2018, September 9th 2019, 11 April 2023, 13 May 2024 by the Deputy Head of Department.

* Note! The following course literature may been published in later editions/years. At the start of the course, the latest edition applies.

Balcazar, Fabricio, Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, Sandra Bibiana Adames, Christopher B Keys, Manuel García-Ramírez, Virginia Paloma (2012) A case study of liberation among latino immigrant families who have children with disabilities. Am J Community Psychology. (49), pp. 283-293. (10 pages)

Bečević, Zulmir (2017) Living with diagnoses: an interactionist analysis of a young person’s experience of ADHD and Asperger’s syndrome. Nordic Social Work Research, 7:3, 188-200 (12 pages)

Braun, Virginia & Clarke, Victoria (2023) Toward good practice in thematic analysis: Avoiding common problems and be(com)ing a knowing researcher, International Journal of Transgender Health, 24:1, 1-6, (5 pages)

Braun, Virginia, Clarke, Victoria & Hayfield, Nikki (2022) ‘A starting point for your journey, not a map’: Nikki Hayfield in conversation with Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke about thematic analysis, Qualitative Research in Psychology,19:2,424-445 (23 pages)

Bryman, Alan (2016): Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 550 p.

Delanty, Gerard (2005) Social Science: Philosophical and Methodological Foundation. Univesity of Sussex. Chapter 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 (150 p)

Enroth, Nicklas (2021) EU citizens and undocumented migrants in the news: quantitative patterns of representation in Swedish news media 2006-2016, Nordic Social Work Research, 12(5), pp. 749-762. (13 pages)

Flyvbjerg, Bent (2006): “Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research” in Qualitative Inquiry 12 (2). pp 219-245. 26 p. http://qix.sagepub.com/content/12/2/219.full.pdf+html

Glenn A. Bowen, (2009) "Document Analysis as a Qualitative Research Method", Qualitative Research Journal, Vol. 9 Issue: 2, 27-40 13 pp.

Hepp, Andreas, Jarke, Juliane & Kramp, Leif (2022) New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies: The Ambivalences of Data Power – An Introduction. Hepp, Andreas, Jarke, Juliane & Kramp, Leif (ed.),.New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies: The Ambivalences of Data Power, Palegrave Macmillan, OPEN ACCESS, e-book, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-96180-0_1 (23 pages)

Homan, Roger (1992): “The Ethics of Open Methods” in British Journal of Sociology. Vol 43:3. 321-332. 12 p. http://www.jstor.org/stable/591538

Kapoulitsas, Maryanne & Corcoran, Tim (2015) Compassion fatigue and resilience: A qualitative analysis of socialwork practice Qualitative Social Work, Vol. 14(1) 86–101 (15 pages)

Kanuha Kalei, Valli (2000) “'Being' Native” versus “Going Native”: Conducting Social Work Research as an Insider”, Social Work 45(5), pp. 439 – 447. (9 pages)

Labaree, Robert (2002) The risk of 'going observationalist': negotiating the hidden dilemmas of being an insider participant observer”, Qualitative Research 2(1), pp. 97– 122. (25 pages)

Mowell, Barry D. (2021) Barriers to UN–Civil Society Collaborations: An Exploratory Study of CSOs Within the UN–ECOSOC Consultative Status Programme, International studies (New Delhi), 58(4), pp. 466–490. (24 pages)

Myers, Greg (1998): “Displaying opinions: Topics and disagreement in focus groups” in Language in Society 27 (1). pp 85-111. 26 p. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-in-society/article/displaying-opinions-topics-and-disagreement-in-focus-groups/33B5CB04705CBADE426D1CFB7F225383

Oliver, Daniel G., Serovich, Julianne M., Mason, Tina L. (2005) ‘Constraints and Opportunities with Interview Transcription: Towards Reflection in Qualitative Research’, Social Forces, 84(2), pp. 1273- 1289. (16 pages)

Pallant, Julie (2020) SPSS survival manual : a step by step guide to data analysis using IBM SPSS. 7th edn. London: Open University Press, McGraw-Hill. (330 pages)

Palinkas, Lawrence A. (2014) Causality and Causal Inference in Social Work, Research on social work practice, 24(5), pp. 540–547 (8 pages)

Pillow, Wanda (2003): “Race-based Methodologies: Multicultural Methods or Epistemological Shifts?” in Kincheloe, J & Steinberg, S.R (eds) Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education. p 180-201

Potter, Jonathan & Hepburn, Alexa (2012) ”Eight Challenges for Interview Researchers.” I Gubrium, Jaber F., Holstein, James A., Marvasti, Amir B., & McKinney, Karyn D. (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of the Craft. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, pp. 555–571 (16p.) Published online. doi: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/10.4135/9781452218403.n39.

Prior, Lindsay (2008): “Repositioning Documents in Social Research” in Sociology 42 (5). pp 821-836. 15 p. http://soc.sagepub.com/content/42/5/821

Riessman, Catherine Kohler & Quinney, Lee (2005) Narrative in Social Work: A Critical Review. Qualitative Social Work,4(4), 391–412. (13 pages)

Smithson, Janet (2000): “Using and analysing focus groups: limitations and possibilities” in International Journal of Social Research Methodology 3 (2). pp 103-119. 16 p. 
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/136455700405172#.UoYMaxCMlnU

Vetenskapsrådet (2023) Good Research Practice, Swedish Research Council (83 pages)

Additional literature will be individually assigned for exercises and examination (approx. 300p).