Observation
Episode Description
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Robert Dingwall (School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University) about using observation in socio-legal research.
Readings on Observation and Qualitative Research Recommended by Professor Robert Dingwall
Becker, H. S. (1998). Tricks of the Trade (University of Chicago Press).
Becker, H. S. (2013). What About Mozart? What About Murder? Reasoning From Cases (University of Chicago Press).
Becker, H. S. (2017). Evidence (University of Chicago Press).
About the Speaker
Professor Robert Dingwall
Nottingham Trent University
Professor Robert Dingwall is a part-time Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University supporting research and professional development. He has previously worked mainly in research centres at the Universities of Aberdeen, Oxford and Nottingham. He began his career with a PhD in medical sociology and then contributed to developing the sociology of law as a field of research in the UK. He was latterly Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham, where he founded the Institute for Science and Society, which was an interdisciplinary research group investigating issues in science, technology and society.