Doing Your Qualitative Psychology Project

Cath Sullivan (CPsychol, SFHEA) is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Lancashire, UK. She has taught qualitative research methods and supported other lecturers in teaching qualitative methods for over twenty years. Cath is a former Chair of the HEA’s Special Interest Group on the Teaching of Qualitative Methods at Undergraduate Level and was on the committee of the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society for 10 years. Her published work includes qualitative research papers and pieces about qualitative methodology. She is joint editor of Doing Your Qualitative Psychology Project (Sage, 2023).Stephen Gibson is Bicentennial Chair in Research Methods and Director of Doctoral Programmes in the School of Social Sciences, Heriot Watt University. He is a social psychologist with research interests in obedience and social influence, identity and citizenship, and representations of peace and conflict. In addition, he has been involved in numerous projects concerning the teaching of qualitative research methods. Between 2008 and 2011 he was chair of the TQRMUL group, and is co-editor (with Simon Mollan) of the volume Representations of Peace and Conflict (Palgrave, 2012).Sarah Riley is a Professor in Critical Health Psychology at Massey University, Aotearoa New Zealand. Her award-winning, interdisciplinary research focuses on relationships between discourse, affect, technology, and materiality. Recent co-authored books include Technologies of Sexiness (OUP USA, 2014), Postfeminism and Health (Routledge, 2019), Postfeminism and Body Image (Routledge, 2022); and Digital Feeling (Palgrave, 2023); she chaired the British Psychology Society’s Qualitative Methods in Psychology section (2017-19), and teaches qualitative research methods.

Thanks to this new book, psychology students now have a trustworthy and practical guide that takes them through all stages of qualitative research with rich examples and different paradigmatic perspectivesSvend BrinkmannAalborg University, Denmark A well thought-out, accessible and engaging guide to conducting qualitative research projects. This is a must-read for any student beginning the qualitative journeyAbigail LockeUniversity of Huddersfield, UK

• Introduction and Aims of the Book - Cath Sullivan, Stephen Gibson and Sarah RileyComing up with a Research Question - Kathryn KinmondPlanning and Ethics - Cath Sullivan and Sarah C.E RileyManaging the Project - Sarah C.E Riley and Nigel KingDoing a Literature Review - Michael ForresterCollecting Your Data - Siobhan Hugh-Jones and Stephen GibsonAnalysing Your Data - Stephen Gibson and Siobhan Hugh-JonesEvaluating Qualitative Research - Nollaig Frost and Kathryn KinmondWriting up a Qualitative Project - Sarah C.E RileyWhat Next? - Cath SullivanOverview and Conclusions: Be a Scholar - Stephen Gibson, Cath Sullivan and Sarah C.E Riley