News Prof Elaine Keane Book Launch

On Friday, 15^th November the School of Education celebrated the launch of the Routledge International Handbook of Constructivist Grounded Theory in Educational Research. The 20-chapter volume was edited by Professor Elaine Keane (Head of the Discipline of Education, University of Galway), and Professor Robert Thornberg (Linköping University, Sweden).

Proceedings were chaired by Professor Dan Carey (School of English, University of Galway) and the edited volume was launched by Professor Tony Bryant (Leeds Beckett University, England).

Across 5 parts and 20 chapters, the book offers exemplars of good practice by educational researchers from Australia, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. It makes explicit how Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) techniques and processes were implemented in the field, the way(s) in which challenges were navigated, and how educational researchers aligned their research processes to constructivist principles.

The Handbook synthesises learning from the experiences of CGT researchers in education to establish a framework of guidance for early-career and more experienced researchers. Additionally, it directly interrogates and considers how to address challenges in the implementation of high-quality CGT and looks to the future of the methodology in educational research.

This Handbook provides guidance and education-specific examples to doctoral students and researchers who wish to use or are using CGT in educational research. It will also be of significant interest to qualitative researchers in other disciplines like sociology, psychology, and nursing.