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Copyright

Lynda Johnston; Robyn Longhurst;

Published On

2025-02-25

Page Range

pp. 503–508

Language

  • English

Print Length

6 pages

32. Interviews

Structured, semi-structured and open-ended

Chapter of: The Field Guide to Mixing Social and Biophysical Methods in Environmental Research(pp. 503–508)
Interviews are one of the most used qualitative research methods for geographers. The interviewer asks questions in order to gather information, opinions and / or beliefs from interviewees. Interviewing requires careful preparation a list of predetermined questions, themes and conversation prompts.

Contributors

Lynda Johnston

(author)
Professor of Geography at University of Waikato
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7686-9181

Robyn Longhurst

(author)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic at Victoria University of Wellington
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9192-0643