This article reviews claims for methodological innovation in qualitative research. It comprises a review of 57 papers published between 2000–9 in which claims to innovation in qualitative methods have been made. These papers encompass creative methods, narrative methods, mixed methods,...

This paper reviews claims for methodological innovation in qualitative research. It comprises a review of 57 papers published between 2000-2009 in which claims to innovation in qualitative methods have been made. These papers encompass creative methods, narrative methods, mixed methods,...

Researching innovation in research methods presents a number of challenges, such as how to define innovation, how to assess the usefulness of an innovation, how to identify the person or people behind an innovation, and how to explore the factors which enable some innovations, but not others, to...

Methodological innovation in qualitative methods has been identified as important in improving aspects of the research process although many apparent ‘innovations’ are viewed as the latest ‘fads’ which fail to address unresolved challenges in qualitative research (Travers, 2009)....

Gaining informed consent from people being researched is central to ethical research practice. There are, however, several factors that make the issue of informed consent problematic, especially in research involving members of groups that are commonly characterised as \'vulnerable\' such as...

The ethical regulation of social research in the UK has been steadily increasing over the last decade or so and comprises a form of audit to which all researchers in Higher Education are subject. Concerns have been raised by social researchers using visual methods that such ethical scrutiny and...