Remote fieldwork with African migrant women during COVID-19 pandemic in London: a reflection by Madziva, Cathrine, Chinouya, Martha J.

“…We share our experiences of navigating through remote fieldwork during the pandemic with black African mothers with caring responsibilities as well as the extra burden of homeschooling, the challenges we encountered and how we mitigate these and the lessons learnt. …”
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High tech cognitive and acoustic enrichment for captive elephants by French, Fiona, Mancini, Clara, Sharp, Helen

“…We adopted a Research through Design approach, and describe how scientific inquiry supported our design process, while the creation of artefacts guided our investigations into possible future solutions. Our fieldwork resulted in the development of an interactive prototype of an acoustic toy that elephants are able to control using interface elements constructed from a range of natural materials.…”
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Pricking the male bubble in academia – exploration of female academic experiences in a number of Pakistan universities by Fakhr, Zainab, Dal Bianco, Silvia, Bilal, Shazia

“…The purpose of this study is to identify some relevant key themes, which have emerged from a fieldwork on female academics in Pakistan, which was conducted between 2015 and 2016. …”
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The transnational politics of religion: Turkey's Diyanet, Islamic communities and beyond by Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi, Baser, Bahar

“…The country’s use of religion as a political tool outside of its borders has been studied in Western Europe, Africa, Asia and the Balkans thanks to extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted between 2016 and 2020. …”
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Collective resource mobilisation for economic survival within the Turkish speaking communities in London by Karan, Olgu

“…Methodologically, the research draws on extensive fieldwork with 65 participants. The thesis draws on qualitative research methods that enable the participants’ business start-up and maintenance experiences to be analysed in the context of the existing literature, and allows for the generation of a new theoretical approach to emerge based on their explanations. …”
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Tourism development, community participation and community empowerment : the case of Shiraz in Iran by Hamedi, Maryam

“…This was a qualitative research and employed semi-structured interviews and participant observation as data collection techniques. The fieldwork took place from May 2013 to September 2013 in Shiraz in Iran. …”
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Cultural tourism development in Ngada, Flores, Indonesia by Cole, Stroma

“…Credibility as a successful tour operator and long established relations meant a strong bond of trust existed when the researcher carried out fieldwork. Participant observation was used to derive a deep understanding of tourism in the villages. …”
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Migratory encounters, common idiom, and the king: the relationship between two Roma groups from Poland in transnational social space by Mirga-Wójtowicz, Elżbieta, Garapich, Michał P., Fiałkowska, Kamila

“…This article presents our fieldwork data derived from encounters and conversations with Roma individuals in Poland and England. …”
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Aspects of song interaction between the closely related bush cricket genera Platycleis and Metrioptera by Latimer, William

“…The results of the detailed analysis of the albopunctata/roeselii interaction reveal a complex interplay between endogenous rhythms of motivation displayed in the singing activity of albopunctata, and parallel inhibitory and excitatory factors from the song of the roeselii. Much of the fieldwork has been undertaken in France v/here, in many localities, albopunctata and roeselii are sympatric. …”
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'This neighbourhood is an endangered species' : investigating urban conflict and reciprocity between Chicala and Luanda, Angola by Moreira, Paulo

“…It is complemented by four Appendices, presenting a portfolio which complements the methodological approach: fieldwork reports, institutional documents based on the collaboration with Agostinho Neto University, and an extensive visual archive produced over the course of the research.…”
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Visual research methodologies, branding and magazine readerships by Trigoni, Mirsini

“…It combines quantitative methods (content analysis) and qualitative methods (fieldwork observations). Findings This research suggests that Wallpaper is not just a magazine, but it has expanded to become a brand with a well-recognized logo. …”
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An exposé of the current state of CRM in the hotel industry by Luck, Diana

“…While the first phase of the fieldwork consists of a self-administered standardised questionnaire, the second phase revolves around repertory interviews. …”
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An investigation into performance, stress level, auditing and evaluation of core skills training among staff working in emergency operation services, search and rescue and disaster... by Al-Raisi, Ahmed Naser

“…The majority (80.5%) of the sample were involved in daily fieldwork such as ambulance emergency work or participation in the rapid intervention and civil defence as well as international rescue mission activities including participation in manmade and natural disasters. …”
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Socio-economic Integration of Immigrants in Greece: The Case of the Greater Athens Area by Gemi, Eda

“…This thesis is the outcome of fieldwork research that involved probability quota sampling of 270 immigrants from Albania, Asia and Eastern Europe, interviewed in person using a structured questionnaire, with some room for collecting qualitative data. …”
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Indigenous culture and nascent tourism in Muanenguba, Cameroon by Ngwese, Ivo Melle

“…The research was carried out through a fieldwork process that can best be described as being sensibly native, through ethnographic interactions with the hosts - indigenes (villagers and elites), developers (councils, hoteliers and hotel staff), regional government department officials and immigrants (nomadic and others) - in order to gain indigenous knowledge, and to capture tourism practices via collaborative, access-point-generated research strategies: checkpoint inquiries and registration, destination tours, questionnaire surveys and visitor monitoring. …”
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The role of graduate recruitment in the employability agenda: a qualitative case study of undergraduate business education at a London Russell Group university by Bennett, Michael

“…The main aim of the study was to investigate the extent to which business education enabled graduates at a London Russell Group university to successfully gain employment in competitive roles at large corporate employers. The fieldwork was conducted in 2021 using a case study methodology comprising of qualitative interviews with six module leaders, four university support staff and seven graduate recruiters, combined with secondary qualitative analysis of 26 National Student Survey responses, module specifications and other documents/ websites. …”
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The casa: architecture students in residence - Die Casa: Architekturstudierende in residence by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, McAllister, Jane

“…But for the students, how to bridge the gap between studio and fieldwork is a constant question. In the autumn of 2020, the University went into lockdown for the second time, providing perfect motivation to consider temporarily moving to Italy and work “bubble” onsite from the ‘Casa’. …”
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Assessment of growth monitoring among children younger than 5 years at early childhood development centres in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa by McLaren, Shawn, Steenkamp, Liana, Ronaasen, Jessica

“…Anthropometric measurements were taken by trained fieldworkers and growth monitoring and promotion infrastructure was audited at ECD centres. …”
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