Field Research: A Graduate Student's Guide

Taxonomy Associations

Disciplines

• Disciplines

  • Geography
  • Interdisciplinary
  • International Relations
  • Political Science

• Subject Areas

  • Area Studies
  • Governance and Public Administration
  • Peace and Conflict studies

Methods

• Qualitative research

  • Online ethnography
  • Interviews / FGD / Oral history
  • Qualitative text analysis and content analysis and document analysis (incl. policy analysis)
  • Observation (participant and non-participant)
  • Legal analysis (laws)
  • Other

• Types of study

  • Comparative
  • Multi-sited
  • Theoretical / Conceptual

Geographies

• Scope

  • Global
  • International
  • National
  • Urban
  • Neighborhood