Research Alive (AiOS): exploring generative moments in doing qualitative research

What makes qualitative research really worth doing? When do people feel most alive and energized in their research? Research Alive offers insight into the doing of qualitative research by focusing on stories of moments that are experienced as generative. A focus on generative moments illuminates wh [...]
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What makes qualitative research really worth doing? When do people feel most alive and energized in their research? Research Alive offers insight into the doing of qualitative research by focusing on stories of moments that are experienced as generative. A focus on generative moments illuminates what is life-giving, transformative and expansive both with regards to imagination of ideas and development of scholars in the process of doing research.

The book offers a unique array of 40 stories from both new and established scholars. The stories cover the full arc of the research process, from initial idea conception to publication and other forms of interaction with users of research. These personal, back-stage accounts provide readers with insights about the everyday micro-moments that compose the doing of qualitative research, that are typically invisible, not discussed and yet are wellsprings of

motivation and insight that sustain and inspire qualitative researchers. Readers will gain critical new insights about research practice and acquire important perspectives that are an inherent part of developing as a research scholar. Priset gäller för varje separat artikel i serien.