Book contents
- Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making
- Series page
- Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures, Tables and Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Developing a Methodology
- Part II Navigating Sites
- Part III Collecting and Analysing Data
- 8 Texts
- 9 Interviews
- 10 Ethnography
- 11 Collaboration
- 12 Networks
- Part IV Implementing and Adapting
- Index
- References
9 - Interviews
Conducting and Using Interviews on and at Negotiations
from Part III - Collecting and Analysing Data
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2023
Book contents
- Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making
- Series page
- Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures, Tables and Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Developing a Methodology
- Part II Navigating Sites
- Part III Collecting and Analysing Data
- 8 Texts
- 9 Interviews
- 10 Ethnography
- 11 Collaboration
- 12 Networks
- Part IV Implementing and Adapting
- Index
- References
Summary
Interviewing is widely used as a method for obtaining data in research on global environmental negotiations. Interviewing in this context, however, is beset with perils and pitfalls that can befall the unsuspecting researcher new to the setting. This chapter discusses how interviews can support the study of environmental agreement-making. It first explains different types of research interviews and then guides the researcher through various stages of interviewing, offering practical tips and suggestions. The chapter explains the specifics of interviewing at and on negotiation sites, sampling approaches, access to respondents, interviewer’s effect, conduct of the interview, interview data analysis, and research ethics considerations. The chapter also recounts the author’s experiences of interviewing for PhD research on the IPCC in 2006–2009, as well as including two reflection boxes by Alice Vadrot on oral history interviews and narrative interviews as alternative approaches in the study of global environmental agreement-making.
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- Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making , pp. 168 - 185Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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Further Reading
1.Burnham, P., Gilland Lutz, K., Grant, W. and Layton-Henry, Z. (2008). Elite Interviewing. In Burnham, P., Gilland Lutz, K, Grant, W, and Layton-Henry, Z (eds.), Research Methods in Politics. 1st ed. Basingstoke: Red Globe Press, pp. 231–46.Google Scholar
The chapter is an accessible and relatively short introduction to the technique and various steps of elite interviewing for political science research.Google Scholar
2.Korkea-Aho, E. and Leino, P. (2019). Interviewing Lawyers: A Critical Self-Reflection on Expert Interviews as a Method of EU Legal Research. European Journal of Legal Studies 12, 17–47.Google Scholar
This paper discusses the personal experiences of the authors – who are legal researchers – in respect of expert interviews.Google Scholar
3.Mosley, L., ed. (2013). Interview Research in Political Science. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.Google Scholar
The book aims to provide a comprehensive guide to graduate students and faculty on interview-based research in political science.Google Scholar
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