The Qualiti Working Papers draw on both our substantive and methodological work. They include short research notes and academic articles. Links to published articles and related work are provided where appropriate.

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Public opinion as questions not answers: how citizens evaluate the therapeutic potential of stem cell research in the context of T1 diabetes [new window, 139kb]
Dr Inna Kotchetkova, Cardiff University
Dr Rob Evans, Cardiff University
Dr Susanne Langer, University of Manchester
March 2007

The emotional impact of working with disturbing secondary data [new window, 132kb]
Dr Ben Fincham, Brighton University
Dr Jonathan Scourfield, Cardiff University
Dr Susanne Langer, University of Manchester
March 2007

Excruciating Elegance: Representing the Embodied Habitus of Capoeira [new window, 148kb]
Dr Sara Delamont, Cardiff University
Dr Neil Stephens, Cardiff University
August 2007

Documents of life and death: Identities beyond the life course in coroners' suicide files [new window, 128kb]
Dr Susanne Langer, University of Manchester
Dr Jonathan Scourfield, Cardiff University
Dr Ben Fincham, Brighton University
November 2007

The everyday lives of children in care: using a sociological perspective to inform social work practice [new window, 138kb]
Dr Sally Holland, Cardiff University
Dr Emma Renold, Cardiff University
Dr Nicola Ross, Cardiff University
Ms Alex Hillman, Cardiff University
February 2008

Rights, ‘right on’ or the right thing to do? A critical exploration of young people's engagement in participative social work research [new window, 130kb]
Dr Sally Holland, Cardiff University
Dr Emma Renold, Cardiff University
Dr Nicola Ross, Cardiff University
Ms Alex Hillman, Cardiff University
April 2008

Promoting Deliberation Through Research: Qualitative Methods and Public Engagement with Science and Technology [new window, 454kb]
Dr Inna Kotchetkova, Bradford University
Dr Robert Evans, Cardiff University
November 2008

Becoming Participant’: problematising informed consent in participatory research with young people in care
Dr Emma Renold, Cardiff University
Dr Sally Holland, Cardiff University
Dr Nicola J Ross, Cardiff University
Dr Alex Hillman, Cardiff University
November 2008
Published: Qualitative Social Work, 7 (4): pp. 431-451 http://qsw.sagepub.com/

Moving Stories: Using Mobile Methods to Explore the Everyday Lives of Young People in Public Care [new window, 154kb]
Dr Nicola J Ross, Cardiff University
Dr Emma Renold, Cardiff University
Dr Sally Holland, Cardiff University
Dr Alex Hillman, Cardiff University
November 2008