Resources
Teaching
Actual teaching situation
On this page you find the results of our survey regarding the teaching of qualitative research methods at Swiss universities. The survey gets actualized yearly.
Research
Quality criteria for qualitative research
In addition to the explanations in our manifest you can find here relevant literature and internet links for further information on quality criteria in research.
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Archiving
If you are interested in archiving a qualitative research project please contact Brian Kleiner. He is responsible for archiving at the Swiss Center of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS).
Links
Quality criteria for qualitative social research
Examples for quality criteria:
Three BMJ articles on qualitative research in the health care:
- Assessing quality in qualitative research
- Analysing qualitative data
- Using qualitative methods in health related action research
Debates on quality criteria
Compare also the ESRC’s research program’s information on research methods as well as the references under “benchmarking good practice in qualitative management research”.
General information on qualitative social research
Switzerland:
- Research committee “interpretative sociologies” by the Swiss Sociological Association (SSA)
- Qualizüri, a research network of qualitative researchers at the university of Zürich
International:
- Forum: Qualitative Social Research (FQS), an online journal for qualitative social research
- Link collection of the institute for qualitative research at Freie Universität Berlin
- Berlin methods meeting qualitative research (Berliner Methodentreffen Qualitative Forschung)
- Section "Sociology of Knowledge (Wissenssoziologie", German Sociological Association (GSA)
- Section "Methode of qualitative research", German Sociological Association (GSA)
- Research Network "Qualitative Methods", European Sociological Association (ESA)
- Useful introduction into the realms of qualitative research (esourceresearch)