Qualitative Archiving and Data Sharing: Extending the Reach and Impact of Qualitative Data

The second article is from Louise Corti - Associate Director & Head ESDS Qualidata, Outreach & Training UK Data Archive – on “Qualitative Archiving and Data Sharing: Extending the reach and impact of qualitative data”. Louise Corti argues that while there is a well-established tradition in social science of reanalyzing quantitative data, there is still not yet a well developed paradigm, nor a pervasive research culture of sharing or secondary analysis of qualitative data. So the article is a promotion effort in that respect and calls for further internationalization of the debate that has begun in some countries. To get started on this debate you can have head start by – among other things in the article – reading about the six main perceived barriers that have been identified through contact with researchers, together with some pragmatic solutions to confronting these barriers.