My research interests are underpinned by a sustained, critical methodological engagement with ethnographic and qualitative research. This includes work on contemporary developments in qualitative data analysis, writing and representation, as well as a focus on of the self and (auto)biography in qualitative inquiry. I have led and been involved in a number of funded projects focussing on qualitative research methods and methodological development. I am currently the Director of the Cardiff Node of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Innovation, Integration and Impact (QUALITI) (2005-8).

1. Introduction: the foundations of ethnography
2. Ethnography and research design
3. Sites, cases and participants
4. In the field: Observation, conversation and documentation
5. Field roles and relationships
6. Managing and analyzing ethnographic data
7. Representation and the writing of ethnography
8. The future(s) of ethnography