The Qualitative and Fieldwork Working Group (Qualifie) is a knowledge exchange and community hub for researchers, fellows and faculty members with an interest in fieldwork, ethnography, interviewing and qualitative methodology more broadly. We are part of the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute in Florence.
Qualifie understands itself as a student-led training and learning initiative. It is designed as a reading and discussion group as well as a networking forum for anyone interested in implementing qualitative methodology.
The Qualitative and Fieldwork Working Group is organised by Mariusz Bogacki, Wolfgang Minatti, Ophelia Nicole-Berva, Juliette Saetre and Nora Söderberg. It is sponsored by Professor Jeffrey Checkel.
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Autumn 2023 Events
11 October 2023 | 16.00 -17:30 CET | via Zoom
Why Do Fieldwork?
with Prof. Lauren MacLean (Indiana University)
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9 November 2023 | 14:00-16:00 CET | Hybrid event
Emotions and Fieldwork
with Gabriella Sanchez (Georgetown University)
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14 November 2023 | 14:00-15:30 CET
Secrecy and Fieldwork: Best (and worst) Practices to Handle Limited Access
with Dr. Natalie Welfens (Hertie School)
27 November 2023 | 13:00-14:30 CET – Hybrid event
Surveys in Crisis: Lessons for Social Science Methods from a Public Perceptions Study in South Sudan
with Sophia Dawkins (Yale University/EUI)
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5 December 20203 | 16:00-17:30 CET – on Zoom
Visual Methods and Co-production in International Relations: Reflections on Pili.
with Prof. Sophie Harman (Queen Mary University of London)
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Selected Seminar Videos