10:30 AM - 3:30 PM, Wednesday 4 March 2015

Place: Hadyn Ellis Building, Cardiff University, Caerdydd/Cardiff.

Presenters

• Professor Howard Davis, School of Social Sciences, Bangor University
• Dr Marta Eichsteller, School of Social Sciences, Bangor University

Workshop Description

The so-called ‘biographical turn’ in qualitative social sciences has proved to be popular among researchers looking for in-depth understanding of how individual actions and broader social processes interact. It has also produced many different versions of biographical data collection and analysis. For the researcher planning to use a biographical approach there are choices to be made which will be influenced by research aims, epistemology, theory, analytical procedures and software.

The course is designed to help researchers interested in biographical approaches but who are unclear about which type of narrative analysis to adopt. It will combine an overview of different methods of interpretation (e.g. formal structural analysis, narrative ethnography, fsQCA analysis) with data-based sessions. It will be informed by research conducted for the EU FP7 project Euroidentities, one of the most extensive applications of biographical narrative within Europe, as well as systematic methodological research comparing alternative biographical narrative approaches.

Cost

• Wales DTC postgraduate social science research students, i.e. students registered at Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff or Swansea Universities – free of charge.
• Postgraduate social science research students registered at a UK HEI: free of charge
• Non social-science postgraduate research students: £30.00
• Staff at HEIs, ESRC funded researchers, UK registered charities: £60.00
• Others: £150

Lunch and refreshments are provided.  We cannot cover the cost of travel or accommodation.  Please note that cancellations received any later than 14 days before the event may be subject to a charge.

Cardiff University students should book via the University Graduate College; all others can book using the form below.

Deadline for bookings

24 February 2015

Bookings