1st Edition
Researching the ‘New Normal’ Social World Methodological Adaptations and Innovations Post-Pandemic
1. Researching the New Normal and Beyond: Methodological Adaptations and Innovations
R. Sooryamoorthy and Vivian Ojong
2. Adapting Vintage Research Methods to New Realities: A Case Study from Ukraine
Komal Gulati, Julia Rozanova and Irina Zaviryukha
3. The New Normal of Online Survey Research: General Population Studies Are Going Online
Dimitri Prandner, Alexander Seymer and Martin Weichbold
4. Ethnographic Research: Developments and Challenges in the Post-Pandemic Era
Vivian Ojong
5. The Adaptation of a Survey Research Regime to the COVID Period and Beyond
Charles Crothers
6. Remote Focus Groups as a New Normal: Reflections from the Pandemic
Syahirah Abdul Rahman, Jen Nelles, Lauren Tuckerman and Tim Vorley
7. Design Thinking in Post-Pandemic Times: Methodologies to Understand Trustworthiness
Natasha Dwyer, Tessa Darbyshire, Stephen Marsh, Anthony Watt, Naomi Dempsey and Darren Brown
8. Gathering Data Through Learning Analytics: Will This Methodological Adaptation for Understanding Student Engagement be a Panacea or a Panopticon?
Matt Smith, Howard Scott and Tinne De Laet
9. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Research Ethics in Resource Poor Settings: Epistemic Injustice and Hermeneutical Exclusion
Nhlanhla Mkhize
Afterword: The Way Ahead
R. Sooryamoorthy and Vivian Ojong
Biography
R. Sooryamoorthy is professor of sociology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is a research fellow at the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in STI Policy, Stellenbosch University.
Vivian Ojong is Professor and Dean of the School of Social Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
