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PhD research: reflexive journal
Below are short snippets of raw thinking that happens in the margins of the research work. Some ideas develop into significant elements of the project, others fade. This reflexive journal is part of my PhD methodology at Sheffield Hallam University, a record of the thoughts, doubts and questions that shape how the research unfolds. Read them as they are: unfinished, honest and rooted in the moment of writing rather than the polish of the final thesis.


Moving on to the scarier part: the pilot study with synthetic data
I am now in month seven of the PhD and a few key milestones have been achieved: Research Form 1 approved, positionality statement written, ethics submission in progress. The quant element of the project is by far the most complex, both technically and operationally. So I am starting the pilot study now as part of the method development.

Lii Brooke
Aug 81 min read


In defence of mixed method in autism research
A doctoral researcher's defence of mixed method research in autism studies. If we already combine quantitative and qualitative reasoning to navigate everyday reality, why the war of ideologies in social science? Mixed method may be the least reductive option, offering both meaningful abstraction and human depth. A reflexive journal entry from a PhD in autism studies at Sheffield Hallam University.

Lii Brooke
Jul 171 min read
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