Open Science and Qualitative Methods: An exploration of tensions, challenges and opportunities
Speaker(s):
Bio: Dr Laura Kilby is a Professor of Discursive Psychology at The University of the West of Scotland. Her primary research interests centre upon examining relationships between power, discourse and the social construction of marginalised identities and marginalised groups. She researches media and political constructions of minoritised identity construction related to race, gender, sexuality, and social class. Laura is passionate about the continued progression of qualitative methods. She has published her approach to multimodal critical discourse analysis within psychology and she collaborates on the progression of qualitative methods and Open Science. Laura has served on the Qualitative Methods in Psychology section committee since 2017 and she is the incoming co-Chair for 2023-4.
Annayah Prosser
Bogdana Huma
Veli-Matti Karhulahti
Moritz Braun
Abstract:
This symposium will explore current themes, issues and debates around the drivers and practices of Open Science and Qualitative research methods. The symposium begins with an introductory talk that will outline how Open Science, which mainly developed in response to questionable research practices within Social Psychology, has almost exclusively concerned itself with quantitative, deductive, hypothesis-testing methodologies, and paid little attention to what the tools, practices, and values of Open Science may mean for research that uses qualitative methodologies. A collection of four papers will then be shared by qualitative psychologists who engage with an array of qualitative methods in their own work. These papers variously examine, challenge and consider potential synergies and/or areas of progress between Open Science and qualitative methods. Together these papers will invite lively debate on a range on intersecting methodological matters that are pertinent to qualitative methodologists working within and beyond Psychology.