Grainne McAnee

Ending the week on a high. Spreading the word about participatory methods in research and the joy, wonder, power and impact of working with communities. Lovely.

Took the dogs for a nighttime beach walk at Lisfannon, Co. Donegal. Got treated to our own aurora show. Beautiful. A reminder to look for magic this coming year.

This 👇👇👇👇

If only all newspapers were presented like this!

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

Arthur C. Clarke

Our best wishes are with every fox out there today trying to escape the hunts.

And a big fuck you to the cowards that are hunting these animals for kicks

My wee gorgeous Laoina ❤️

Conservation works begin on 650-year-old paper document Painstaking work has commenced to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on the island of Ireland.

Painstaking work has commenced to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on the island of Ireland

Happy Caterday.
Beautiful elegant Larry.
#Caterday #Adoptee #CatDistributionSystem

Although peer review is one of the central pillars of academic publishing, qualitative researchers’ experiences of this process have been largely overlooked. Existing research and commentary have focused on peer reviewers’ comments on qualitative articles, which are often described as indicative of a quantitative mindset or hostility to nonpositivist qualitative research. We extend this literature by focusing on qualitative researchers’ experiences of methodologically incongruent reviewer and editor comments—comments that are incommensurate with the conceptual foundations of the reviewed research. Qualitative researchers (N = 163) from a range of health and social science disciplines, including psychology, responded to a brief qualitative survey. Most contributors reported that peer reviewers and editors universalized the assumptions and expectations of postpositivist research and reporting. Some also reported that peer reviewers and editors universalized the norms and values particular to specific qualitative approaches. Contributors were concerned that peer reviewers often accept review invitations when they lack relevant methodological expertise and editors often select peer reviewers without such expertise. In response to methodologically incongruent comments, many contributors described a process of initially “pushing back” and explaining why these comments were incongruent with their research. When this educative approach was unsuccessful, some knowingly compromised the methodological integrity of their research and acquiesced to reviewer and editor requests. Earlier career researchers especially highlighted the powerlessness they felt in the peer review process in the context of a “publish or perish” academic climate. We end by outlining contributors’ recommendations for improving the methodological integrity of the peer review of qualitative research.

“Where are the findings? You only provide quotes.”

New article considers qualitative researchers’ experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback

Open Access: dx.doi.org/10.1037/qup0...

Few quotes follow 🧵

Historians on Screen - Turning Research into Broadcast Ideas A training workshop organised by Ian Miller, Mark Benson, Rebecca Watterson, Hannah Brown(Schools of History, Communication/Media and Psychology, Ulster University).

Please circulate:

These @UlsterUni online workshops will train historians in working with television. Learn how to use historical research to develop and pitch screen-based ideas. Talks by industry experts and experienced historians. Suitable for ECRs, PhDs and MA researchers

tinyurl.com/4r5bhxcp

The beauty of Laoina 💜 perfect companion 💜

Love this graphic I found over in LinkedIn - credit Lennart Nacke. As an evolving qualitative researcher with a passion for Participatory Action Research I love finding handy summaries and this format suits me to organise new information. #ResearchShouldHealCommunities #RadicalResearcher

Larry lounging in the lounge. Easy like Sunday morning 💜

Perfect Sunday morning lie in view. Love you beautiful Laoina 💜 #SoulFriend #MyGirl #DogsAreAmazing

Foggy #Derry yesterday morning. Foggy Belfast yesterday evening. The fog is so quiet and spooky. I love it. Until I have to drive.
#Fog #Winter #Mood

One of my favourite things to look at is a tree on its own in a bleak landscape. This wee tree grows on the bogland at An Creagan outside Omagh. Beautiful 💜
#SundaySoulfood #Nature #TreeHuggerAndProud