Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

Study Objective: This study aims to uncover the barriers that inhibit women college athletes in the Global South from pursuing professional sports careers. Focusing on Pakistan as a case study, it interrogates how intersecting gendered, cultural, and institutional forces shape women’s sporting experiences and restrict…

Repository overview This repository contains the supplementary analytic materials and relevant data supporting the manuscript “A Bridge Too Far? Replication, Transparency, and the Politics of Evidence in Higher Education Research” by Büsra Kulakoglu. The repository documents two components of the study: 1. the qualita…

Abstract This article analyzes women’s experiences of human papillomavirus (HPV) in Turkey under gendered health governance, a lack of public vaccine coverage, and conservative moral norms. Interviews with twenty-three mostly urban, university-educated women show that the diagnosis is experienced as shame, anxiety, an…

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Background: The involvement of people living in situations of vulnerability has long been a central ethical issue in research, particularly in contexts marked by power asymmetries, limited access to resources, or restricted decisional autonomy. Although international ethical frameworks offer increasing guidance on pro…

Educational research relies on rigorous methodological approaches to generate valid and reliable knowledge. However, despite researchers’ best efforts, sometimes various challenges may arise during participant recruitment. Identifying, selecting, and securing participants’ informed consent is often difficult, and if n…

Educational research relies on rigorous methodological approaches to generate valid and reliable knowledge. However, despite researchers’ best efforts, sometimes various challenges may arise during participant recruitment. Identifying, selecting, and securing participants’ informed consent is often difficult, and if n…

In this article, we reflect on the processes of engaging with participatory visual methods in the context of two feminist research projects on gender-based violence (GBV): a digital storytelling project with migrant survivors in Norway and a photovoice project on sexual violence prevention with emerging adults in Türk…

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This article addresses feminist reflexivity and researcher positionality in ethnographic fieldwork with undocumented Ugandan women sex workers in Istanbul’s Tarlabaşı and Aksaray neighborhoods. Drawing on fourteen months of immersive research, including participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and reflexiv…

This chapter examines the entrapment of individuals in Türkiye’s sex work industry through the intersecting lenses of gender, migration, and war. It explores how systemic inequalities, forced displacement, and conflict-driven trauma shape their vulnerability and limit access to health and social services. Drawing on s…

Volume 32 Issue 2 introduced critical qualitative research as part of the series on Critical Approaches for Nursing Research. This third article continues the series by offering an overview of critical mixed methods research (cMMR). As nurse researchers increasingly recognize the limitations of single-method inquiry f…