Karen O'Reilly

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…

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….

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…

Really enjoyed teaching Grounded Theory for the SRA yesterday to an amazing group of participants. The venue, at NCVO, was fantastic too. They were so friendly and helpful, and what a nice view over the canal.

I watched I, Daniel Blake last night and I cried like a baby. I cried for all the people who are suffering the effects of austerity. I cried with anger that it is the poor, the weak, and the vulnerable who are suffering most. I cried with frustration that our…

I have several courses advertised with the SRA See their web site for more. In London: Grounded Theory, November 10th qualitative interviews using computers, Dec 8th Ethnographic Methods, November 22nd Focus Groups, 29th November Qualitative Interviewing, November 30th. In Cardiff: Analysing Qualitative data, November 24th

  I designed this web site to have somewhere to summarise and explain some of my work, especially to non-academic users. I didn’t intend it as a blog and I’m not sure I want it to serve that purpose. I just thought I ought to say that…….

I became Head of Department of Social Sciences on 1st August 2014 and now find writing a blog has bumped down my list of priorities! It’s fun and exhausting being HoD. This week we have been discussing National Student Survey results – we did pretty well, but want to do…