Qualitative Methods Laboratory (QML)

Coordinator

Ozana Cucu-Oancea, Senior Researcher PhD., Institute of Sociology, Romania Academy

Short description

The laboratory operates inside the Institute of Sociology (Romanian Academy) and aims to highlight and address topical issues in qualitative research, which are at the forefront of the international scientific community agenda:

- exploring, building and validating new qualitative methodologies;

- adjusting and applying qualitative methodologies for new areas of research;

- secondary analysis of qualitative data (ethical and methodological issues);

- designing and building a physical and electronic archive of qualitative data (ethical and methodological issues) in order to affiliation at the Romanian Social Data Archive (RODA);

- familiarizing with the use of various types of software for qualitative data (Atlas.ti, NVivo, Maxqda etc.);

- training specialists in the field of qualitative data handling (preservation, archiving, primary and secondary analyzing) and creating a research network for development this area.

Research directions

- developing and applying qualitative methodologies in areas, such as sociology of emotions, sociology of celebration, values sociology, sociology of the family / community

- exploring and analyzing various personal documents

- using Grounded Theory methodology

- secondary analysis of qualitative data

- archiving qualitative data

Research programs (since 2011)

2011-2013 New trends and methodological approaches in qualitative social and human sciences

2014-2016 New methodologies in the qualitative social research

2017-2019 Qualitative methods and research technologies 

2020-2022 Celebration in the age of pandemia. Analysing Easter diaries during the coronavirus pandemic.

2023-2024 The use of diaries in sociological research

Research grants (since 2011)

The celebration of Christmas. A qualitative analysis of the festive feeling from the longitudinal sociological perspective - grant CNCSIS postdoc: PN-II-PD-2011-3-0175:47/27.10.2011, project manager Ozana Cucu-Oancea (2011-2013)