To Conduct Research or Not? What Kind of Research? And How? Research Strategies of Social and Humanities Researchers During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.18.4.02

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research strategies, research with researchers, research during the pandemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, disaster research, slow disaster research

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe the research strategies carried out by female and male researchers in the social sciences and humanities during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The empirical research which the article is based on was conducted in April and May 2020 using an online qualitative survey. As a result of the qualitative content analysis of our research participants’ statements, we characterized four research strategies: resignation, suspension, continuation, and research (re)construction. We describe the results of the analyses in relation to the characteristics of disaster research. We indicate that research in a pandemic is relatable to the slow disaster research perspective more than to the disaster research perspective.

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Author Biographies

Katarzyna Kalinowska, Collegium Civitas

Dr, socjolożka, pracuje jako adiunktka w Collegium Civitas oraz w Instytucie Badań Edukacyjnych. Zajmuje się socjologią emocji i miłości, metodologią badań jakościowych, etyką badawczą oraz antropologią szkoły i młodzieży.

Beata Bielska, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

Dr, socjolożka, pracuje jako adiunktka w Katedrze Badań Kultury Instytutu Socjologii Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu. Zajmuje się socjologią seksualności, metodologią i etyką badań społecznych oraz socjologią szkolnictwa wyższego i nauki.

Sylwia Męcfal, Uniwersytet Łódzki

Dr, socjolożka, pracuje jako adiunktka w Katedrze Socjologii Polityki i Moralności Instytutu Socjologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. Jej zainteresowania koncentrują się wokół metod badań społecznych (zwłaszcza jakościowych), etyki badawczej oraz badań mediów.

Adrianna Surmiak, Uniwersytet Warszawski

Dr, socjolożka i antropolożka, pracuje jako adiunktka w Katedrze Socjologii Moralności i Aksjologii Ogólnej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Interesuje się etyką i metodologią badań jakościowych, socjologią moralności oraz socjologią emocji.

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2022-11-30

How to Cite

Kalinowska, K., Bielska, B., Męcfal, S., & Surmiak, A. (2022). To Conduct Research or Not? What Kind of Research? And How? Research Strategies of Social and Humanities Researchers During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej, 18(4), 34–59. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.18.4.02

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