Practising Research

Nollaig Frost is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University, UK. She is the author of many papers and book chapters on research methodology, recently contributing to The Oxford Handbook of Multi- and Mixed-Methods Research Inquiry (Oxford University Press, 2015) and The Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sports and Exercise Psychology (Routledge, 2016). She sole-edited one of the first books on pluralistic research, Qualitative Research in Psychology: Combining Core Approaches, (Open University Press, 2011). Nollaig also writes about second-time motherhood, most recently contributing to Mothering and Psychoanalysis: Clinical, Sociological and Feminist Perspectives (Demeter Press, 2014), and pursues research interests in mental illness and migration.

• 1. Why is the Researcher Important?2. Researcher Positionality3. Researcher as Instrument4. Team Based Research5. Researching the Self, Researching Oneself6. Researcher Identity: Prospects and Challenges.

This book and its deep exploration of the role of researcher, is timely. Academically robust yet accessible and digestible, the worked examples and clear yet personal writing style make this book an invaluable addition to any social science researchers collection.