My testimony

I am Alex and currently I am a social researcher, involved mainly with qualitative methods at Surrey University. However, I have been through several identity changes in the last few years. I graduated with two BA degrees, in Law and Cultural Studies, what seems like ages ago… At the time, I was in Romania. I then did a masters (in Britain) in Contemporary European Studies and had to adapt to a different cultural context and teaching methods… I went on to working with the homeless, still in the UK, to then doing a PhD on homelessness, so yet again switching to academic writing styles and norms… but this time, from a sociological perspective… Studying social research methods seemed like quite a change from what I was doing before… However now I find I understand and value better the research method of my choice – narrative research – as I apply more than one filter and have myself more than one story to tell…

I would be interested in what other experiences other people have had…