In this workshop we will explore how the quality of qualitative research is judged.
We discuss the criteria beyond traditional generalisability, reliability, replicability, and validity, to include:
- trustworthiness (of both processes and results)
- plausibility (of claims to new knowledge)
- richness (of empirical material)
Workshop leader
Dr Svetlana Cicmil is Director of Doctoral Research in Business and Law, at UWE, Bristol, an internationally recognised scholar and experienced supervisor and examiner of postgraduate research theses.
Her professorship is in the social study of global operations, particularly focusing on management practices in the context of complex projects and the global sustainability agenda. Theoretically and philosophically, Svetlana’s work is grounded in complexity thinking and Aristotelian notion of phronesis (practical wisdom). She has used a variety of qualitative methods in her research, including active interviewing and participative discussion groups.
