In this webinar, Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke, authors of the award-winning textbook “Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide” will explore good practices in reporting thematic analysis (TA) - particularly for the reflexive TA approach they have developed. They will discuss how the scientific model of research reporting constrains the reporting of qualitative research, and outline key considerations for reporting qualitative research well, including elements like the language we use to describe our research, and how we structure our reports. They will also highlight some common problems in the reporting of TA and discuss how these problems can be avoided.
Virginia and Victoria's frequent collaborators and co-authors Nikki Hayfield and Gareth Terry will be posing questions, including questions from the audience. The webinar will be of interest to both student researchers writing up a thematic analysis study for the first time and experienced qualitative researchers.
15th June, 18:30 (BST)/16 June, 5:30 (NZST)
About the panelists
Ginny Braun is a Professor in the School of Psychology at The University of Auckland. A feminist and critical psychologist, she teaches around gender and psychology and critical health psychology at undergraduate and graduate levels. When time allows, her research explores the intersecting areas of gender, bodies, sex/sexuality, health, and (now) food. In 2021, Ginny was recently awarded the Marsden Medal by the New Zealand Association of Scientists in recognition of her global impact on the development of qualitative empirical methods and for the generosity of spirit she expresses through this work.
Victoria Clarke is an Associate Professor in Qualitative and Critical Psychology in the Department of Health and Social Sciences at the University of the West of England where she teaches about qualitative methods, and gender and sexuality, and supervises student research, on a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. She has conducted research in the intersecting areas of gender and sexuality, family and relationships, and appearance and embodiment.
Ginny & Victoria’s first co-authored publication came in 2006 via a ground-breaking paper which has since been cited over 100,000 times. Since then, they have gone on to write an award-winning and bestselling textbook – Successful Qualitative Research (2013) – and numerous chapters, editorials, commentaries and encyclopaedia entries on TA as well as working together on various research and publishing projects. Their latest book, Thematic Analysis: a Practical Guide, was published in 2022.
Nikki Hayfield is currently Associate Head of Department for Research and Knowledge Exchange in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol. Nikki is a social psychologist whose research interests are in sexualities, and who uses qualitative methods of data collection and analysis. With others, including Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, and Gareth Terry, she has written chapters and a book about thematic analysis. Nikki also leads the Identities, Subjectivities, and Inequalities research theme as part of the UWE Social Science Research Group.
Gareth Terry is a senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology. He likes exploring the various ways bodies intersect with the social – especially why different bodies and practices are privileged over others. His current work focuses on disability, rehabilitation, and how access is constituted, drawing on critical theory and qualitative research.