Research Methodology Series Webinar: What counts a grounded theory? Foundations, practice and methodological rigour
Description
Grounded theory has become one of the most widely used approaches to qualitative inquiry, yet there is still considerable variation in how it is understood and applied. Since its original formulation, several grounded theory traditions have emerged, each with different assumptions about knowledge, the role of the researcher, the use of existing literature and the relationship between data and theory. This webinar critically examines how grounded theory is used, reported and evaluated in tourism research.
It considers what distinguishes grounded theory from other qualitative approaches, how methodological choices influence the research process, and what researchers need to demonstrate when making grounded theory claims. Finally, it reflects on the wider value of grounded theory and the conditions under which it can support rigorous inquiry, conceptual development and credible theoretical contribution, offering insights for all those engaged with qualitative research in tourism, hospitality and the wider social sciences.
Speaker
Associate Professor Siamak Seyfi
Siamak Seyfi is Associate Professor in Tourism Geography at the University of Oulu, Finland. Informed by diverse disciplinary perspectives, his research interrogates how tourism is implicated in wider questions of power, politics, ethics and social change, and how these questions shape the ways in which places, mobilities and societies are imagined, governed and contested. Methodologically, his work is rooted in critical qualitative inquiry and engages with interpretive and theory-building approaches, with a sustained interest in the philosophical foundations of qualitative research and the conditions under which it generates rigorous, reflexive and theoretically meaningful knowledge. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, Associate Editor of Tourism Geographies and Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism, and serves on the editorial boards of several leading tourism journals.
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