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SIG Meet & Discuss: Research Methodologies 2027

14 Jan 2027 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

What dilemmas have you encountered when making methodological decisions in your research? The Research Methodologies SIG invites members to join us for an informal Meet and Discuss session...

Research that resonates: Aligning methods with participants’ lived experiences

What if planning education research started with the people, not the method? Drawing on two recent research studies in medical education, I argue that when we choose methods that genuinely align...

The meta-transition: Researching neurodivergent student experiences while becoming neurodivergent

I began my doctoral research believing I understood neurodivergent navigation through higher education. Diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia at age 30, I had developed strategies over the past...

Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research

What does ethical research look like when there is no straightforward answer? Drawing on the real voices and experiences of researchers, Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research illustrates how...

Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research: Publication and dissemination practices 

How do researchers make ethical decisions about sharing their work, and who gets to access the knowledge they produce? In this episode, we explore alternative approaches to publication and...

Attending to learning differently: Phenomenology, experience and slowing down

Phenomenology offers a way of attending to learning as it is experienced by those living through it. Rather than beginning with outcomes or predefined categories, it asks a different kind of...

‘Kaleidoscope Gazing’: How to gain flashes of insight when analysing your qualitative data

Introduction: At first sight Conducting and interpreting complex sociological research can be difficult, even for seasoned researchers. Handling qualitative data is frequently a messy, iterative...

What happens when school data can’t see inclusion? Rethinking evidence through kaleidoscopic data

Across education systems internationally, school leaders are increasingly required to use data to demonstrate improvement (Selwyn, 2019; Allen et al., 2018). Attendance, attainment, behaviour and...

Charting the research–teaching nexus on a Master’s in Educational Leadership Research programme

As master’s students in the field of educational leadership we were ready to navigate the field in pursuit of our development as researchers and future educational leaders. Our previous...

2026 Â鶹ÒùÔº Educational Research Book of the Year

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

Reflections on photovoice method for a participatory needs assessment of teachers in Gurku IDP camp, Nigeria

There are currently 82.2 million internally displaced people (IDP) globally. Nigeria has about 3.5 million IDP, one of the highest in Africa (UNHCR, 2025; IDMC, 2025). A large percentage of the...

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

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