PhD course: Qualitative interview methods - theory and practice, 3 hp.
Course description: 2 days theory followed by an individual exercise (“field-work”), and
finally two days seminars. Examination through planning and conducting an interview and
writing and presentation of a report, relating research questions to methodological challenges.
The first days of theory will be filmed.
Preliminary schedule
Wed 9 March
9-12 Introduction to Qualitative Interview Methods: research questions, samples, and
interview questions (Adrienne Sörbom?)
13-16 Conducting semi-structured interviews, follow-up questions, interviewer bias (Magnus
Ljung?)
Thurs 10 March
9-10.30 Case: An ecologist interviewing farmers (Johan Ahnström)
11-12 Reflections on interviewing farmers (Magnus Ljung?)
13-16 Data analysis, validity, reliability (Sörbom + Ljung?)
Thurs 31 March
9-10.30 Transcription and interpretation of interviews (Lecture by Adrienne Sörbom?)
11-12 Short feedback from participants in their field study (Ljung & Sörbom)
13-16 Break-up in two groups discussing methodological challenges (Ljung & Sörbom)
Fri 1 April
9-12 Break-up in two groups discussing validity and reliability (Ljung & Sörbom)
13-14 Course wrap-up (Ljung & Sörbom)
14-15 Course evaluation (Ljung & Hahn)
Literature (preliminary)
Holstein, James A, and Gubrium, Jaber F. 1995. Active Interview
http://www.bokus.com/bok/9780803958951/active-interview/
Alvesson, M. 2010. Interpreting Interviews. London: Sage. (whole 165 pp)
Kvale, S & S Brinkmann. 2009. InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing.
London: Sage. (selected chapters)
Weiss, Robert. 1994. Learning from strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies,
New York: The free press. (selected chapters)
Venue
Room 312, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Kräftriket 2B.
Organizer
Thomas Hahn, AgrD, Stockholm Resilience Centre
thomas.hahn@stockholmresilience.su.se