This brief, inexpensive guide introduces students and novices to the key elements of
qualitative research methods. Written in a friendly, conversational style, replete with good …

By taking an historical perspective, and by drawing on our own empirical work from the UK
in the 1980s and more recently, we argue three main things. First, we need to understand …

To do their job, qualitative sport researchers need to think. There are multiple modes of
thinking and each one offers unique possibilities. In this article, we put the spotlight on poetic …

Situated within the emerging social science literature contesting the diffusion of neoliberal
ideologies into academia, this study explores the effects of neoliberalism (in the face of …

Sustainable social and economic processes of the recent decades are characterized by the
emergence of new phenomenon known as precarity and its new accompanying class known …

Academic conferences have a central role in shaping career trajectories, reproducing or
resisting exclusions and moulding relations in and to academia, thus shaping academic …

This article reflects on lessons learned from a qualitative research project. Due to my
quantitative academic upbringing, I missed the opportunity to dig deeper into the qualitative …

This article analyzes the life trajectories of twelve early-career geographers in relation to
their life–work experiences in an increasingly neoliberal academia and its constant …

What is the role of a professor? How does someone achieve professorial status? What do
non-professorial colleagues think about professors? How do professors themselves …

ABSTRACT As the English Higher Education (HE) system becomes characterised by
centralised regulation, many professional services staff increasingly occupy significant …