Doing Interviews

Steinar Kvale (1938-2008) was professor of educational psychology and director of the Centre of Qualitative Research at the University of Aarhus, and adjunct faculty at Saybrook Institute, San Francisco. He was born in Norway and graduated from the University of Oslo. He continued his studies at the University of Heidelberg with an Alexander von Humboldt scholarship and was a visiting professor at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, and West Georgia University, Carrolton, and the University of Bergen. His long-term concern was with the implications of such continental philosophies as phenomenology, hermeneutics, and dialectics for psychology and education.

Introduction to Interview Research
Epistemological Issues of Interviewing
Ethical Issues of Interviewing
Planning an Interview Study
Conducting an Interview
Interview Variations
Interview Quality
Transcribing Interviews
Analysing Interviews
Validation and Generalisation of Interview Knowledge
Reporting Interview Knowledge
Enhancing Interview Quality