The purpose of the Laboratory of Qualitative Research in Psychology and Psychosocial Well-Being is the promotion and development of qualitative methodologies in Psychology and in related scientific and applied disciplines such as counselling, psychotherapy, education, health and work.
The main objectives of the Laboratory are:
- To study the epistemological, ontological, methodological and ethical grounds or presuppositions of qualitative research.
- To organise and deliver trainings in the various qualitative approaches (e.g., hermeneutic, phenomenological, ethnographic, narrative, constructivist, socio-cultural, etc.) developed in the context of psychology and in relevant scientific disciplines.
- To contribute in the education of undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. students as well as young scholars in the qualitative research paradigm.
- To train mental health and other practitioners in the qualitative research methods.
- To offer educational and training opportunities through lectures, seminars, workshops, symposia and conferences, as well as to create scientific and teaching materials.
- To conduct qualitative research, working together with the community (e.g., in schools, in the therapeutic fields), with the aim to connect research and practice in the field of mental health and other relevant scientific fields.
- To cooperate scientifically with research groups, research centres and institutes, as well as similar institutions and organisations in Greece and abroad.
- To advance the interdisciplinary cooperation and dialogue between different scientific fields (e.g., psychology, philosophy, social anthropology, sociology, educational sciences, health sciences, etc.) in qualitative research issues.
- To advance the dialogue concerning mixed methods of research (i.e., the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods).
Director: Associate Professor Philia Issari
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