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Last week I was one of some 190+ attendees at the Informing Public Policy conference: a two day event organized by NatCen and the LSE, and sponsored by SAGE.



The conference looked back at the role of social research over the last 100 years, and importantly what impact it has had in contributing to social policy. Speakers looked at healthcare, education, criminology and more, examining some of the key contributors and the changes in approach. Panelists also looked at how social researc… Continue

SAGE are proud sponsors of an upcoming two-day event that NatCen and the LSE are arranging.

INFORMING PUBLIC POLICY – New agendas for Social Research Conference 2009, taking place at LSE on 23rd – 24th April.

The conference examines the evolving relationship between social research and policy through both key-note presentations and panel discussions. It offers a superb opportunity for academics and policy makers to forge contacts and identify future challenges and future opportunities for poli… Continue

“[O]ver-theorization is an ever present danger given that many social science disciplines, I believe, live in fear of being discovered, like the fabled emperor, without any clothes…”
Silverman, D. (2001) Interpreting Qualitative Data (2nd edition), London: SAGE p. x.

Daivd Silverman has kindly allowed me to re-post a blog entry he wrote for SAGE last year.

Why Interview?
David Silverman - Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

Instead of looking, listening and reading, the majority of contemporary qualitative researchers prefer to select a small group of individuals to interview or to place in focus groups. In this sense, by assembling a specific research sample, linked only… Continue