We are delighted to announce that CRFR co-directors Dr. Emma Davidson and Professor Lynn Jamieson were among the winners of the NCRM 20th Anniversary Impact Prize. Together with their colleagues, Dr. Susie Weller (Oxford University) and Professor Ros Edwards (Southampton University), they received the award for the long-term impact of their work on big qualitative data analysis. The team pioneered a new breadth-and-depth method for analysing large volumes of qualitative data.

This new method is the culmination of more than five years of work, supported by two NCRM grants. It provides researchers with a valuable new tool that enables them to work across multiple datasets, combining computational text analysis with conventional qualitative methods.

Following the technique’s development, the team has trained researchers in various sectors, published a book and journal articles, and created learning resources.

More on the Breadth and Depth method is in ‘Big Qual: A Guide to Breadth-and-Depth Analysis’. You can also visit the team’s resource hub which provides a wide of materials designed to help researchers think about, handle and analyse large volumes of complex qualitative and qualitative longitudinal data, including working with multiple archived data sets.