Organised by the EUI Qualitative and Fieldwork Working Group, the last session of Qualifie of this academic year features a presentation by Professor Alice Mattoni (University of Bologna) followed by a Q&A session on Grounded Theory Approach.
Grounded Theory has been an established methodological approach in many fields of humanities for many decades. However, its definition, validity and practical execution, continues to cause debates among scholars. In this session Professor Mattoni will help us resolve some of the disagreements concerning Grounded Theory Approach based on her original research on grassroot political participation and mobilisation.
- What exactly is the grounded theory approach?
- How can we operationalise it in practice?
- What are its pros and cons?
Professor Mattoni’s talk will start from her book chapter ‘The Potential of Grounded Theory in the Study of Social Movements’ published in Methodological Practices in Social Movements Research. Then, it will add further reflections on grounded theory drawing on Mattoni’s current research project BIT-ACT. We strongly encourage you to get familiar with the reading and to have a look at the research project website.
About the speaker:
Alice Mattoni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University (Europe Campus).
Her research focuses on the intersections between media - digital and otherwise - and social movements, civil society organizations and movement organisations.
Since 2019, as Principal Investigator of the ERC funded project BIT-ACT, she has investigated how movement organizations develop and employ digital media platforms to counter corruption across the world. She is Coordinating Editor of the journal Social Movement Studies and of the open-access journal Partecipazione e Conflitto. She is one of the three co-founders and current editor of the Routledge Series Media and Communication Activism.
The Zoom link will be sent after registration.