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Continue reading →: Essex Summer School inspires me again!
I’ve been teaching Ethnography at the Essex Summer School the past two weeks. It has been amazing. The participants have worked incredibly hard and have produced some wonderful research projects. I’m trying to think what it is about the summer school that is so warm and creative and makes the…
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Continue reading →: Ethnographic Methods or Ethnography? The answer is in the eye of the beholder
Whenever I teach ethnographic methods someone asks me a question along the lines of: “I am not sure if I am doing a proper ethnography”. Or “I am not doing a full ethnography “.What they mean is that they are not going to spend a very long time doing…
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Continue reading →: The SRA in Edinburgh
I spent a really lovely few days in Edinburgh recently providing training for The SRA. The courses were Designing Qualitative Research; Qualitative Interviewing; Conducting Focus Groups. All three courses were full up, with waiting lists, and the participants were fantastic – so much expertise and enthusiasm in one room! Some…
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Continue reading →: The British on the Costa del Sol Twenty Years on
I have published two new papers about British in Spain, and they are free to access! Indeed, readers may enjoy the entire special issue, all about British and Swedish living in Spain. Open Access 2017. O’Reilly, K. The British on the Costa Del Sol Twenty Years On: A story of…
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Continue reading →: The Brexit Brits Abroad Project Web site is up and running
What does Brexit mean for the 1.2 million British citizens living in the EU27? BrExpats: freedom of movement, citizenship and Brexit in the Lives of Britons resident in the EU27 is an innovative sociological study that questions what Brexit means for Britons resident in other European Union member states. Working closely with…
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Continue reading →: How will Brexit affect expats? New study to examine impact of referendum on Brits abroad
A major new study is to examine the impact of Brexit on the lives of the estimated 1.2 million British citizens living in other European Union member states. I am delighted to be working with Dr Michaela Benson on this prestigious project. BrExpats is one of 25 successful research projects taking…
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Continue reading →: Summer Schools in Ethnography
I am teaching Ethnography at two summer schools this year. One at the Essex Summer School. My course is already fully booked but you can still apply to be on the waiting list. The other is the Swiss Summer School in Social Science Methods, in Lugano, Switzerland. Hurry if you want to apply for…
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Continue reading →: Designing a Qualitative Interview Topic Guide
This week one of the things I have been doing is teaching how to design Topic Guides for Qualitative Interviews. I prefer to think of them as Discussion Guides, as this gives a better sense of their purpose. Also, I am not particularly keen on the structured/semi-structured/unstructured typology many people…
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Continue reading →: Elite Migration: colonial traces in the practice of privilege in Malaysia and Panama
This is the new title of the book I am currently writing with Michaela Benson. It will be published with Palgrave this year. We’ve just got to get on and write it now….
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Continue reading →: Now on three International Advisory Boards!
I am very pleased to share the following. Not all of the projects have web sites yet, but I will share them when they do. I am now an International Advisory Board Member for NCCR-Onthemove. http://nccr-onthemove.ch/about-us/ which aims to enhance the understanding of contemporary migration patterns and to establish an…
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I’m Karen
Welcome to my site where I will share updates about my work and insights and tips about qualitative research methods. Click on my name at the top of the page to see all my blog posts. I have over 30 years experience teaching and using qualitative methods so I have lots to share with you. Please leave comments so I know you are there.
Karen O'Reilly 