Talking about Methods
By Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
We will be developing the podcast series over the next couple of years. Each episode will involve a discussion with an expert that focuses on the benefits and problems associated with a range of differnet methodologies used in the study of law and society. If you visit our blog (frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk), you will find a short reading list to accompany each talk.
We hope you enjoy this podcast.
Talking about MethodsFeb 14, 2022
Mark Phelan on The Role of Theatre in Invoking Radical Empathy
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Mark Phelan (Queen's University Belfast) about the role of theatre in invoking radical empathy. He explains how playwrights and practitioners are effectively dealing with the legacies of political violence and traumatic history and demonstrates their importance for public memory. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Aino Suomi on Retrospective Method
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Aino Suomi (ANU Centre for Social Policy Research and Methods) about using retrospective methods.
For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Lorana Bartels on Mixed Methods Evaluation Research
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Lorana Bartels (ANU Centre for Social Policy Research and Methods) about using mixed methods in evaluation research.
For more information on this episode, please vitit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Anna Cole, Ellie Whittingdale and Marie Burton on Feminist Oral History and Life Stories as a Radical Methodology
In this International Women's Day episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Anna Cole, Ellie Whittingdale and Dr Marie Burton about the potential of feminist oral history and life story interviews as a radical methodology.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Nicholas Biddle on Public Opinion Surveys
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Nicholas Biddle (Associate Director at the ANU Centre for Social Policy Research and Methods) about public opinion surveys.
For more information on this episode, please vitit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Ben Edwards on Linking Administrative Data and Surveys
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Ben Edwards (Senior Fellow at the ANU Centre for Social Policy Research and Methods) about the linkage of administrative data to surveys and longitudinal studies in social research. They speak about getting access to administrative data, understanding data one has not collected themselves, as well as the possibilities for policy impact.
For more information on this episode, please visit https://frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/ .
Jessie Hohmann on Understanding Law through Objects
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Jessie Hohmann (Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney) about understanding law through the study of objects.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Kristin van Zwieten on Doing Doctrinal Legal Research
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Kristin van Zwieten (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford) about the value and limits of doing doctrinal legal research, and how this 'internal' perspective and the 'external' perspective provided by other socio-legal methodological approaches can complement one another.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Shona Minson on Vicarious Trauma in Socio-Legal Research
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Shona Minson (Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford) about her experience with vicarious trauma in conducting research on sensitive and distressing topics.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Marie Burton on Emotional Labour in Fieldwork Research
In the first episode, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Marie Burton (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford) about the emotional labour involved in working with vulnerable groups in legal practice and in conducting fieldwork research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Insa Koch on Working with Communities Over Time
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Insa Koch (University of St. Gallen) about researching, and working with, communities over time.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy goes back to basics and chats to listeners about designing a socio-legal research project and choosing between qualitative and quantitative methodologies and methods.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Sally Reardon on Court Observation
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Sally Reardon (University of the West of England Bristol) about court observation and reporting in journalism and in academic research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Matthew Dyson on Comparative Law
In this episode of Talking about Methods—following our previous one on comparative socio-legal research—Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Matthew Dyson (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford) about doing comparative legal research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Ole Hammerslev and Hilary Sommerlad on Comparative Socio-Legal Research
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Ole Hammerslev (Sociology of Law Department, Lund University) and Professor Hilary Sommerlad (School of Law, Leeds University) about comparative socio-legal research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Kate Leader on Law and Performance
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Kate Leader (York Law School, University of York) about law, theatre, and performance studies.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Alex Jeffrey on Legal Geography
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Alex Jeffrey (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge) about doing legal geography.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Keina Yoshida on 'How Many More Women?' and Feminist Socio-Legal Research
In this Talking about Methods International Women's Day special, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Keina Yoshida about her recently published book (co-authored with Jennifer Robinson), How Many More Women, and feminist socio-legal methodologies.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Leslie Moran on Researching Law's Visual Culture
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Leslie Moran (School of Law, Birkbeck College) about researching the visual culture of law.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Sarah Radcliffe on Decolonising Research Questions
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Sarah Radcliffe (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge) about decolonising research questions.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Sally Sheldon on Doing a Biography of a Piece of Legislation
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Sally Sheldon (University of Bristol Law School) about doing a biography of a piece of legislation.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Mark Coen on Interviewing Judges
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Mark Coen (School of Law, University College Dublin) about interviewing judges.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Mark Massoud on Positionality
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Mark Fathi Massoud (University of California, Santa Cruz) about positionality in Socio-Legal research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Gita Gill on Doing Research in a Developing Country
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Gita Gill (School of Law, Northumbria University) about her experience of doing fieldwork in India.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Agnieszka Kubal on Shadowing Human Rights Lawyers
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Agnieszka Kubal (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) about her experience of shadowing human rights lawyers in her research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Roxana Willis on Insider Research
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Roxana Willis (Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies; University of Oxford) about doing insider research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Herbert Kritzer on Archiving and Working with Secondary Datasets
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Herbert Kritzer (University of Minnesota Law School) about archiving and working with secondary datasets.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Robert Dingwall on Observation
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.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
International Women's Day 2022 Special: Feminist Judgments with Rosemary Hunter, Sharon Cowan, Aoife O'Donoghue
In this International Women's Day 2022 special, Professor Linda Mulcahy speaks with Professor Rosemary Hunter (University of Kent), Professor Sharon Cowan (University of Edinburgh), and Professor Aoife O'Donoghue (University of Durham) about various feminist judgments projects in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern/Ireland.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Veronica Taylor on Elite Interviewing
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Veronica Taylor (School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University) about elite interviewing.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Rosemary Auchmuty on Feminist Legal Biography
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Rosemary Auchmuty (School of Law, University of Reading) about feminist legal biography.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Rosie Harding on Doing Research with Intellectually Disabled Research Participants
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Rosie Harding (Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham) about doing research with intellectually disabled research participants.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Anna Tsalapatanis on Ethics in Socio-Legal Research
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Anna Tsalapatanis (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford) about ethics in socio-legal research and the danger of assuming that ethical issues have been addressed just because an application to your local ethics committee has been approved.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Ellie Whittingdale on Becoming a Feminist
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to DPhil student Ellie Whittingdale (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford) about feminist methodologies, and her upcoming paper for a special edition on methodology in the Journal of Law and Society.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Florian Grisel on Gaining the Trust of Closed Communities
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Associate Professor Florian Grisel (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford) about mixed methods (archives and interview) which reveals important issues about gaining the trust of research subjects in closed communities.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Meredith Rossner on Randomised Controlled Trials
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Meredith Rossner (Australian National University) about using experiments and randomised controlled trials in socio-legal research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Marina Kurkchiyan on Focus Groups
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Marina Kurkchiyan (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford) about using focus groups in socio-legal research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Linda Mulcahy on Semi-Structured Interviews
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Ellie Whittingdale talks to Professor Linda Mulcahy, Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies about the use of semi-structured interview as a method in socio-legal research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/semi-structured-interviews/.
Anna Bryson on Oral History
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Anna Bryson from Queen’s University Belfast about the use of oral history as a method in socio-legal research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/oral-history.
Fernanda Pirie on Ethnography
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Fernanda Pirie (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford) about using ethnography in socio-legal research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/ethnography.
Pascoe Pleasence on Surveys
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Pascoe Pleasence (Faculty of Laws, University College London) about using surveys in socio-legal research.
For more information on this episode, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/surveys.