Special Requirements
This course is for students funded by the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre only.
Web NotesThis seminar will focus on the methodological, practical and ethical dimensions of conducting semi-structured elite interviews. The session will examine the process of elite interviewing from sourcing and making initial contact with potential interviewees, using gatekeepers and snowballing, preparing an interview guide, conducting elite interviews, research reflexivity and positionally in elite interviewing, producing and analysing interview transcripts and engaging with participants following the interview.