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What does transparency mean for #qualitative research? What are transparency’s benefits, risks, practicalities, & limits for different forms of qual. inquiry? In @PoPpublicsphere, we report findings of a 3-yr deliberative process among hundreds of political scientists. #QTD 1/12 https://twitter.com/PoPpublicsphere/status/1346818282238726144
The Qualitative Transparency Deliberations unfolded via public, online discussions organized by type of research. One set of working groups examined transparency for different forms of **qualitative evidence**: textual ev. or ev. from interactions with human participants. 2/12
Another set of working groups unpacked transparency's meaning & operationalization -- or philosophical incompatibilities -- with respect to different qualitative **analytic approaches**: process tracing, interpretive methods, ethnography, QCA, content analysis. 3/12
Other groups focused on research **contexts** that pose special challenges for sharing data or other forms of transparency: settings of political violence, authoritarian contexts, and research with vulnerable and marginalized populations. 4/12
Big-picture "meta" issues examined by another set of groups: transparency's philosophical foundations and contradictions; the ethics of research openness; and institutional analysis of transparency efforts in a profession riddled with power/resource inequalities. 5/12
Symposium features summaries of all group reports; maps out commonalities/divergences in perspectives across groups; draws implications for researchers, editors, funders. Full reports as Supp. Materials, plus full text of online delibs posted at https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/SWVFV8 6/12
A massive team & disciplinary effort, launched by @APSAtweets' Qual & Multi-Method Research section w/ @NSF support. Heartfelt thanks from Tim Büthe & me to the 100s of colleagues who took part and to our amazing coauthors & members of the working groups: 7/12
Marcus Kreuzer, Craig Parsons, Timothy Luke, Antonio Vázquez-Arroyo, Lauren MacLean, @elliotaposner, @STProf, @elisabethjwood, @BeattyRiedl, Ekrem Karakoç, @nikhargaikwad, @veromsherrera, @robmickey, @AShesterinina, @MarkPollackIR, @ArriolaLR, 8/12
@IRgetsreal, Tasha Fairfield, Hillel Soifer, Lisa Björkman, Lisa Wedeen, @jawilliamsUCLA, Mary Hawkesworth, @DrJSchwedler, Erica Simmons, Nicholas Rush Smith, Kendra Koivu, @CarstenQSchneid, Barbara Vis, @ZedTex, Scott Spitzer, @jonastallberg, 9/12
Eva Bellin, @SheenaGreitens, @yoshikoherrera, @dsingEgypt, @anamarjona, @Ras_Karya, @Wendy_Pearlman, @MilliLake, Samantha Majic, @rahsaanmax 10/12
And a shout-out to the terrific QTD Steering Committee @IRgetsreal, @erikbleich1, Mary Hawkesworth, @KimberleyNYC, Kimberly Morgan, @se_parkinson, @SchatzEd, & Deborah Yashar who helped design and guide the process. 11/12
We've dedicated the symposium to the memory of our wonderful colleague, coauthor, & QTD working group member Kendra Koivu, who passed away in fall 2019. 12/12
