Working with Validity in Qualitative Research (Pt 2) - Drs Ronkainen & Wiltshire

This is the second part of the conversation on validity of qualitative research with Noora Ronkainen and Gareth Wiltshire. The discussion draws on their article Rethinking validity in qualitative sport and exercise psychology research: a realist perspective and provides an overview of the debates, arguments of the paper, and the story behind the writing.

We also discuss their new article A realist approach to thematic analysis: making sense of qualitative data through experiential, inferential and dispositional themes, which moves to consider how the realist perspective - including considerations of validity - can inform each step of thematic analysis.

If you haven't listened to the first part of the episode yet, you can find it here: https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/ronkainenwiltshire/

Dr Gareth Wiltshire is a lecturer at Loughborough University with broad interests related to the social determinants of health. His work is largely informed by concepts and theories derived from sociology but is proactive in engaging with researchers, practitioners and ideas across different disciplines such as medicine, education, psychology, philosophy, social marketing and behavioural science. He has specialist knowledge in qualitative research having utilised a range of ethnographic, interview and visual methods in the past. You can find out more about Gareth's work on his personal website.

Dr Noora Ronkainen is one of the hosts of the Physical Activity Researcher Podcast and creator of Meaningful Sport. Her most recent academic appointment was at the University of Jyväskylä as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions research fellow in a project "Learning and Being in Sport: A Phenomenological Investigation".