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This case study provides information on the usefulness of content analysis as part of a mixed-methods qualitative research design. The content analysis approach can be riddled with challenges that researchers should consider prior to adopting as part of their research designs. The rigors of coding qualitative content and transforming it into quantitative data are especially salient in this process. Yet, content analysis was a critical component in work explaining policy continuity and change for decisions by the U.S. Congress whether to drill for oil and gas at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska prior to President Trump's approval in 2017.

In diesem Beitrag versuchen wir zu zeigen, in welcher Weise qualitative Forschung profitieren kann, wenn sie die Arbeiten GOFFMANs mit denen BAKHTINs verknüpft werden. Ziel ist es, einen Ansatz zur Interpretation menschlichen Handelns zu eröffnen, der unmittelbare Erfahrung fokussiert. BAKHTIN hat sich mit deren Analyse befasst, aber sein Werk war bei seinem Tod unvollständig. Ansätze zur Vervollständigung finden sich in frühen Arbeiten BAKHTINs zur Interpretation von Poetik. In dem Artikel skizzieren wir, in welcher Weise er sich mit Inhalt, Form und Material in der Kunst befasst hat und wie dies auf die Reflexion epistemologischer Praxis mit Menschen bezogen werden kann. Um unseren Ansatz zu veranschaulichen, ziehen wir exemplarisch Material aus einer Interaktion zwischen der Zweitautorin und einem anonymen Online-Spieler heran.

Der vorliegende Beitrags beschäftigt sich mit der sozialen Integration von Flüchtlingen in ein Aufnahmeland, indem nachvollzogen wird, wie deren ethno-soziale Präferenzen und Praktiken sich im Zeitverlauf verändern. Im Besonderen interessiert, wie soziale Verlaufskurven nach der Ankunft im Aufnahmeland mit Änderungen der persönlichen Identität verknüpft sind.

Ein inhaltliches Ergebnis ist, dass Identität und ethno-soziale Praktiken in die je konkrete Migrationsbiografie, in die Alltagserfahrungen und antizipierten Zukunftsvorstellungen der betroffenen Personen eingebettet sind. Dies hat zugleich wichtige methodologische Implikationen mit Blick auf das Potenzial, das aus biografischen Narrationen als qualitativem Datenmaterial erwächst. Indem Vorteile und Probleme im Umgang mit diesen Narrationen diskutiert werden, soll nicht nur ein Beitrag zu Forschung geleistet werden, sondern auch für Sozialarbeiter/innen und andere, die Dienstleistungen im Kontext sozialer Integration erbringen und die den hier vorgestellten Ansatz nutzen können, um Spezifika des sozialen Lebens von/mit Flüchtlingen zu eruieren.

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The value of co-produced research is increasingly recognised. This is a case study of a lay conducted, co-produced qualitative research study on the experiences of social workers and Disabled users of their services of using (or not) digital technologies when communicating with each other. We describe the co-production process from inception to dissemination and draw out lessons for future studies. Disabled lay researchers developed interview topic guides, conducted semi-structured interviews with social workers and Disabled users of social work services, analysed the data and led or contributed to study outputs. Several factors contributed to the success of this study. It was co-produced using service user, practitioner and academic knowledge. It is built on existing trusted relationships. Training and support were targeted and relevant, and delivered using a variety of learning methods, including peer support. Disabled lay researchers drew on their lived experiences to develop topic guides and interpret data. The study team was committed to inclusion, capacity building and an assets-based approach, and to carefully managing power relationships. Challenges were the time required to setup the study and to train and support lay researchers, and the bureaucratic and governance systems that were not ideally suited to root and branch co-production.

Refugee access to higher education is devastatingly low. Recognizing the complex barriers facing refugee learners, global educational initiatives are innovating flexible learning models which promote blended online and in-person learning modalities. This article describes the implementation of a five month, online-based internship pilot offered to 21 refugee participants in qualitative and quantitative research methods, through a participatory action research (PAR) framework in five different countries -- Malawi, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, and Lebanon. The internship is part of the Global Education Movement (GEM), which brings refugees accredited online college degree and career development opportunities. Through direct engagement, observation of the internship and feedback from staff and participants, we highlight the ways in which the PAR model can serve as a dynamic learning approach to engage refugees in research practice and an evaluative tool of the GEM program. While the use of online learning presented several clear advantages, such as engaging multiple GEM sites simultaneously or insulating students from delayed studies due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it also revealed variations in student competencies across program sites. In this article, we review the GEM PAR internship, its lessons learned and propose recommendations for future programming.

Cities are key for sustainability and the radical systemic changes required to enable equitable human development within planetary boundaries. Their particular role in this regard has become the subject of an emerging and highly interdisciplinary scientific debate. Drawing on a qualitative literature review, this paper identifies and scrutinizes the principal fields involved, asking for their respective normative orientation, interdisciplinary constitution, theories and methods used, and empirical basis to provide orientations for future research. It recognizes four salient research epistemologies, each focusing on a distinct combination of drivers of change: (A) transforming urban metabolisms and political ecologies; (B) configuring urban innovation systems for green economies; (C) building adaptive urban communities and ecosystems; and (D) empowering urban grassroots niches and social innovation. The findings suggest that future research directed at cities and systemic change towards sustainability should (1) explore interrelations between the above epistemologies, using relational geography and governance theory as boundary areas; (2) conceive of cities as places shaped by and shaping interactions between multiple socio-technical and social-ecological systems; (3) focus on agency across systems and drivers of change, and develop corresponding approaches for intervention and experimentation; and (4) rebalance the empirical basis and methods employed, strengthening transdisciplinarity in particular.

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One-third of UK police employees drink to at-risk levels, with both at-risk drinking and abstinence being associated with poor mental health. This research aimed to qualitatively explore police employees' experiences of at-risk alcohol use or abstinence, their motivations for drinking/abstaining, and the organizational culture of drinking. Semi-structured telephone interviews with 16 UK serving police employees (12 at-risk drinkers, four abstainers) were conducted and analysed using thematic analysis. Five themes were identified. Participants described the 'organizational culture of drinking and changes over time', outlining a cultural shift. Motivations for drinking were reflected across two themes, 'alcohol as a coping mechanism' and 'alcohol and socializing', with an additional theme representing 'motivations for abstinence/cutting down'. The final theme highlighted the 'contrasting perceptions of available support'. Though the drinking culture is no longer as prominent, using alcohol socially and to cope, is normalized. The implications and recommendations for practice are outlined.

AbstractWith care services increasingly delivered via a market there is always a risk that care homes could fail financially or struggle in terms of quality, ultimately having to close. When this happens, the received wisdom is that subsequent relocation can be detrimental to the health and well‐being of older residents (possibly even culminating in increased mortality). However, there is very little formal evidence in the United Kingdom (UK) or beyond to guide policymakers and local leaders when undertaking such sensitive work. Against this background, this article reports findings from an independent evaluation of what is believed to be the largest care home closure program in the UK (and possibly beyond). This consisted of qualitative interviews with older people, families, care staff, and social work assessors during the closure process in one case study care home and one linked day center, as well as self‐reported health and quality of life data for older people from 13 homes/linked day centers at initial assessment, 28 days after moving and at 12‐month follow up. The study is significant in presenting public data about such a contested topic from such a large‐scale closure process, in its focus on both process and outcomes, in its mixed‐methods approach, and in its engagement with older people, families, and care staff alongside the use of more formal outcome measures. Despite significant distress part‐way through the process, the article suggests that outcomes either stayed the same or improved for most of our sample up to a year after moving to new services. Care homes closures may thus be a "tale of two halves", with inevitable distress during the closure but, if done well, with scope for improved outcomes for some people in the longer term. These findings are crucial for current policy and practice given that the risk of major closures seems to be growing and given that there is virtually no prior research on which to base local or national closure processes. While some of this research is specific to England, the underlying issue of care home closures and lessons learned around good practice will also apply to other countries.

In this research, the researcher examines (1) the operation of haze problem policy networks in Doi Tung development project, (2) the analyzing of participants and the haze problem policy networks interaction in Doi Tung development project. The researcher also frames the social phenomenon by qualitative research. Findings are as follows: The operation of haze problem network has coordinate from the government, private and public sector. The most interaction of implement or drive the policy to protect and solve the haze problem is the informal relationship that focus on personal relationship and communication meeting between stakeholders or haze problem policy networks members. ; การศึกษาวิจัยเรื่อง เครือข่ายนโยบายปัญหาหมอกควันในพื้นที่โครงการพัฒนาดอยตุงฯ มีวัตถุประสงค์ของการวิจัยคือ (1) เพื่อศึกษาการดำเนินงานของเครือข่ายนโยบายปัญหาหมอกควันในพื้นที่โครงการพัฒนาดอยตุง (พื้นที่ทรงงาน) อันเนื่องมาจากพระราชดำริ (2) เพื่อวิเคราะห์ผู้มีส่วนร่วมและปฏิสัมพันธ์ของเครือข่ายในการป้องกันปัญหาหมอกควันในพื้นที่โครงการพัฒนาดอยตุง (พื้นที่ทรงงาน) อันเนื่องมาจากพระราชดำริ ในการวิจัยครั้งนี้ เป็นการศึกษาปรากฏการณ์ทางสังคม (social phenomenon) โดยเลือกใช้ระเบียบวิธีเชิงคุณภาพ (qualitative research) ผลการวิจัย พบว่า การดำเนินงานของเครือข่ายนโยบายปัญหาหมอกควัน มีการประสานร่วมมือกันทั้งภาครัฐ ภาคเอกชน และภาคประชาชน และปฏิสัมพันธ์ที่ขับเคลื่อนการดำเนินงานหรือขับเคลื่อนการนำนโยบายป้องกันและแก้ไขปัญหาหมอกควันไปปฏิบัติมากที่สุด คือ ความสัมพันธ์ในรูปแบบไม่เป็นทางการ โดยมุ่งเน้นความสัมพันธ์ส่วนตัว และการพบปะพูดคุยกันระหว่างผู้มีส่วนร่วมในนโยบายหรือสมาชิกในเครือข่ายนโยบาย

The following case study describes a longitudinal, mixed-methods research project focused on news media's presentation of femicide (the killing of a woman by a current/former intimate partner) in North Carolina from 2002 to 2007. Specifically, we describe the impetus for our research idea, our process of data collection, including our multiple data sources, and provide some suggestions for collaboration to access hard to get data. We also reflect on our a priori decision-making regarding the different research questions that could be addressed using our qualitative dataset and make a case for such forethought in qualitative research. Finally, we describe the utility of using qualitative software and provide some final thoughts on both the labor intensity and potential fruitfulness of mixed-methods research.

Stefanie ERNSTs Lehrbuch stellt prozesstheoretische Methoden in der Arbeits- und Organisationsforschung in einer Weise dar, die (studentische) Lesende dazu einladen soll, Forschungspraktiken anhand von Beispielen und Übungen nachzuvollziehen. Die Autorin beginnt ihr Buch mit einer theoretischen Einordnung des auf Norbert ELIAS zurückgehenden prozesstheoretischen Ansatzes in das weite Feld der Arbeits- und Organisationsforschung. Sie gibt dann einen kurzen Überblick über die empirische Arbeits- und Organisationsforschung, bevor sie in prozesstheoretische Forschungs- und Methodenzugänge einführt. Anhand von Beispielen aus Untersuchungen, die sie selbst und andere Forscher/innen durchgeführt haben, illustriert ERNST, wie einzelne Forschungsansätze, insbesondere aber quantitative und qualitative Verfahren in Mixed-Methods-Designs, benutzt werden können. Leider gelingt es der Autorin aus meiner Perspektive nicht, die ausgewählten Forschungsmethoden im Sinne ihres Anliegens adäquat zu beschreiben, die Verbindung zwischen quantitativen und qualitativen Methoden zu veranschaulichen und die Bedeutung bestimmter Verfahren für den prozesstheoretischen Ansatz aufzuzeigen. Sie widmet der historischen und konzeptionellen Einordnung des prozesstheoretischen Ansatzes sowie der Erläuterung einzelner Methoden sehr viel Raum, während die praktische Durchführung von Forschungsprojekten, die auf dem prozesstheoretischen Ansatz beruhen, zu knapp dargestellt wird. Am Ende ist für mich unklar geblieben, ob ich es mit einem Lehrbuch zur theoretischen Einführung in die Prozesstheorie (erste Hälfte des Buches) oder mit einem zu knapp geratenen Methodenlehrbuch (zweite Hälfte des Buches) zu tun hatte.

The building renewal is being discussed in the scope of the "passive house" idea. The world's different cultures have different views on their application modernization. This leads to a number of quantitative and qualitative factors that are examined and analyzed in the paper. According to surveys reflecting the World Values the overview of theimportance of the expression and survival values are discussed inregard to the importance of "passive house". European Union performed the relative shift from survival to the self-expression values of the process in the analysis, testing and construction of residential buildings maintenance costs in four countries: Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. According the survey the costs of Lithuanian housing and building maintenance help the development of the "passive house" concept.

The building renewal is being discussed in the scope of the "passive house" idea. The world's different cultures have different views on their application modernization. This leads to a number of quantitative and qualitative factors that are examined and analyzed in the paper. According to surveys reflecting the World Values the overview of theimportance of the expression and survival values are discussed inregard to the importance of "passive house". European Union performed the relative shift from survival to the self-expression values of the process in the analysis, testing and construction of residential buildings maintenance costs in four countries: Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. According the survey the costs of Lithuanian housing and building maintenance help the development of the "passive house" concept.

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Although social work research is commonly rooted within social service settings, it can be difficult for social work researchers and practitioners to develop and sustain participatory studies that specifically promote knowledge sharing and service improvement involving organisational practice. One participatory approach is practice research (PR), which involves social work researchers and practitioners collaborating to define, understand and try to improve the delivery of health and social care services and organisational structures and processes. The two goals of this commentary are to introduce essential methods and approaches to PR and to identify points of connection involving PR and social service organisational studies. Our specific focus on PR in statutory, voluntary and private social service organisations reflects efforts to connect practice, theory and qualitative and quantitative research methods to develop and share organisationally-situated knowledge.