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Lynette J. Chua and Mark Fathi Massoud - Out of Place: Fieldwork and Positionality in Law and Society
A Good Read

The Power and Pain of Positionality

In this post for A Good Read, Dr Ellie Whittingdale reviews Chua and Massoud's edited collection, Out of Place: Fieldwork and Positionality in Law and Society (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

by Ellie Whittingdale | 16 July 2025
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Talking about Methods

Systematic Reviews

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Karen Schucan Bird about systematic reviews.

by Karen Schucan Bird | 9 July 2025
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Methodological Musings

Understanding postcolonial penal reform in Bangladesh: navigating challenges in fieldwork as a judge-researcher

In this Methodological Musings post, Hussain Bari explores the challenges of postcolonial penal reform in Bangladesh through the unique lens of a judge-turned-researcher.

by Hussain Bari | 2 July 2025

Borderlands

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Through The Looking Glass: Curiosity v Closure in Inquests and Research

In this Borderlands piece, Jessie Waldman explores the competing pressures of curiosity and closure in the South African inquest process.

by Jessie Waldman | 25 June 2025
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Legal workers and the workplaces of law

In this piece for Borderlands, Tanzil Chowdhury (QMUL) discusses a new book project on lawyers' working conditions pursued through a workers inquiry methodology.

by Tanzil Chowdhury | 4 June 2025
Sunset in West Bengal, a small boat passes under a vast bridge.

Punishment or Liberation? Rethinking Feminism’s Paradox in the Aparajita Bill

In this post for Borderlands, Ananya Bhargava reflects upon West Bengal's Aparajita Bill as an expression of governance and carceral feminism.

by Ananya Bhargava | 28 May 2025

Methodological Musings

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Exploring the Lived Experiences of Adolescent and Young Somali Women Through the Rivers of Life Methodology

In this blog Jacqueline Nakaiza reflects on her research on the lived experience of Somali women through the rivers of life methodology.

by Jacqueline Nakaiza | 7 May 2025
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Escribir sobre personas que desprecias: Aversión y empatía en la investigación

En este post de Reflexiones metodológicas, Marianne González Le Saux (Universidad de Chile) reflexiona sobre la aversión y la empatiá en la investigación

by Marianne González Le Saux | 9 April 2025
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Writing about people you don’t like: On aversion and empathy in research

In this Methodological Musings post, Marianne González Le Saux (University of Chile) reflects on aversion and empathy in research.

by Marianne González Le Saux | 9 April 2025

Talking about Methods

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Looking for Silences – Sexuality and Inheritance

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Daniel Monk about researching sexuality and inheritance.

by Daniel Monk | 11 June 2025
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Participatory Research from an Anti-colonial Perspective

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia about doing participatory research from an anti-colonial perspective.

by Silvana Tapia Tapia | 14 May 2025
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Quasi-Experimental Methods

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Karen Nokes (UCL) about quasi-experimental methods beyond the lab.

by Karen Nokes | 16 April 2025

A Good Read

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Conor Heaney - Contemporary Capitalism and Mental Health: Rhythms of Everyday Life

Rhythm as Method

In this post for A Good Read, Dr Jess Connolly-Smith reviews Conor Heaney's new book, Contemporary Capitalism and Mental Health: Rhythms of Everyday Life (Edinburgh University Press, 2024).

by Jess Connolly-Smith | 18 June 2025
Claerwen O’Hara and Tamsin Phillipa Paige - Queer Encounters with International Law and Queer Engagements with International Law

Que(e)rying International Law

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Senthorun Raj reviews O’Hara and Paige's collection, Queer Encounters with International Law and Queer Engagements with International Law (Routledge 2024, 2025)

by Senthorun Raj | 21 May 2025
Zoe Adams - The Legal Concept of Work

The Law’s Making of Work

In this post for A Good Read, Francesca Barp reviews Zoe Adams' book, The Legal Concept of Work (Oxford University Press, 2022).

by Francesca Barp | 23 April 2025
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