Tenured Researchers

Associated Researchers and Contributors

• Ismo Kantola (Ph.D, University of Turku, Finland)
• Sorina Dumitrache (Ph.D, University of Bucharest)
• Lucas Derks (Ph.D, The International Laboratory for Mental Space Research, the Netherlands)
• Alexandru Ioan Manea (MD, clinical psychologist)

Research topics

   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; Grounded Theory methodology; secondary analysis of qualitative data; archiving qualitative data.

Brief Description

   The Laboratory 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 the development of this area.

Research Program:

• 2025 - Experiencing Christmas from a life course perspective: A qualitative panel study based on the requested diary method (fifth wave)

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