Research Methods

Sampson, H., Thomas, M. (2013) ‘Lone Researchers at Sea: Gender, Risk and Responsibility’, Barry Smart, Kay Peggs, Joseph Burridge, (eds.) Observation Methods: Benchmarks in Social Research Methods, Sage, ISBN:  978-1-4462-0811-3, pp 165-189.

Turgo, N. (2012) ‘I know him so well’: Contracting/tual ‘insiderness’ and Maintaining Access and Rapport in a Philippine Fishing Community, Sociological Research Online, 17 (3).

Turgo, N. (2012) A ‘balikbayan’ in the field: scaling and (re) producing insider’s identity in a Philippine fishing community, Qualitative Research, Volume 12, Issue 6, December, doi: 10.1177/1468794111433006.

Galam, R. (2011) 'Navigating Lives: The Spatiotemporality of the Gender Identity, Agency and Subjectivity of Filipino Seamen's Wives', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Bloor, M., Fincham, B., Sampson, H. (2010) ‘Unprepared for the worst: risks of harm for qualitative researchers’, Methodological Innovations Online, 5(1): 45-55.

Jenkins, N., Bloor, M., Fischer, J., Berney, L., Neale, J. (2010) 'Putting it in context: the use of vignettes in qualitative interviewing', Qualitative Research, 10 (2): 175-198 ISSN: 1468-7941.

Bloor, M. (2010) 'Commentary: the researcher's obligation to bring about good', Qualitative Social Work, 9 (1): 17-20 ISSN:1473-3250.

Ellis, N., Bloor, M., Sampson, H. (2010) 'Patterns of Seafarer Injuries', Maritime Policy & Management, 37(2): 121-128 ISSN 0308-8839.

Bloor, M. (2009) 'Commentary: the researcher's obligation to bring about good', Qualitative Social Work.

Sampson, H., Bloor, M., Fincham, B. (2008) 'A Price Worth Paying? Considering the 'Cost' of Reflexive Research Methods and the Influence of Feminist Ways of 'Doing', Sociology, 42(5): 919-933.

Ellis, N. (2008) 'Why should seafarers care about what researchers do?', The Sea, London: Mission to Seafarers, Issue 193 May/Jun 2008, pp4-5.

Belousov, K., Horlick-Jones, T., Bloor, M., Gilinskiy, Y., Golbert, V., Kostikovsky, Y., Levi, M., Pentsov, D. (2007) 'Any port in a storm: fieldwork difficulties in dangerous and crisis-ridden settings', Qualitative Research, 7(2): 155-175.

Bloor, M., Fincham, B., Sampson, H. (2007) QUALITI (NCRM) Commissioned Inquiry Into the Risk to Well-being of Researchers in Qualitative Research, Cardiff: QUALITI.

Wu, B., Winchester N. (2005), ‘Crew Study of Seafarers: A Methodological Approach to the Global Labour Market for Seafarers’, Marine Policy, 29(4), 323-30, ISSN 0308-597X.

Bloor, M. (2004) ‘Addressing social problems through qualitative research’, 304-323 in D. Silverman (ed) Qualitative Research: theory, method and practice, London: Sage (2nd edition), ISBN 0 7619 4934 8.

Sampson, H. (2004) ‘Navigating the waves: the usefulness of a pilot in qualitative research’, Qualitative Research, 4(3): 383-402, ISSN 1468 7941 404 7236.

Obando-Rojas, B., Winchester, N. (2003) ‘Study into the feasibility of setting up a database for UK non-certificated officers and ratings’, SIRC: Cardiff University.

Sampson, H., Thomas, M. (2003) ‘Lone Researchers at Sea: gender, risk and responsibility’, Qualitative Research, 3(2), 165-189, ISSN 1468-7941.

Parry-Langdon, N., Bloor, M., Audrey, S., Holliday, J. (2003) ‘Process evaluation of health promotion interventions’, Policy and Politics, 31: 207-216, ISSN 0305 5736

Wu, B. (2003) ‘Accession to global seafaring labour market: principles and application of SIRC seafarer database in the cruise sector’, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, Vol 2, No 1, 17-32, ISSN 1651-436X.

Patel, T. (1999) ‘Quality and Availability of Maritime Health Statistics’, Safety and Health Practitioner.

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