Is mixed methods research a turbulent environment? Is innovation being stifled by an overly tightly bound concept of what it is? Sharlene Hesse-Biber, professor in the Sociology Department of Boston College, thinks so.

Professor Hesse-Biber will be giving a key lecture at the ESRC Research Methods Festival on July 9th (14:15 - 15:30 PM) where she will explain her thinking, how she has been reflecting on 20 years of mixed methods teaching, and her hopes for the future.

Listen to a podcast preview of her Key Lecture: "The 'Thing-ness' Problem of Mixed Methods Research"