Talk on Qualitative Research by Prof David Silverman

Dear all,


I am pleased to invite you to a lecture by Professor Emeritus Dr David Silverman, entitled “FRAMING RESEARCH QUESTIONS FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCH” .

Details of the lecture are as follows:

Date: 10th November 2010
Day: Wednesday
Time: 2:00pm
Venue: CAIS Auditorium

For your information, Dr David Silverman is Professor Emeritus in the Sociology Department of Goldsmiths’ College, London University and Visiting Professor in the Management Department, King’s College, London University. For the past ten years, Professor Emeritus Dr David Silverman has been giving workshops on effective qualitative research for graduate students and staff in universities in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

In this introductory lecture, he discusses why research students often mistake the role of qualitative research. He shows what qualitative research can offer, using examples from across the social sciences.

Apart from qualitative methodology, his interests are in organizations, medical encounters and all face-to-face interaction. He is the author of fifteen books and over fifty journal articles and chapters. He also edits a Sage Series called “Introducing Qualitative Methods” which has produced around 30 books.

Please make yourself available to this lecture and do feel free to disseminate this information by inviting your colleagues and acquaintancesto this event.

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you then.