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Democratic research: Setting up a research commons for a qualitative, comparative, longitudinal interview study during the COVID-19 pandemic

2022; Elsevier BV; Volume: 2; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100158

2667-3215

Bettina Zimmermann, Hendrik Wagenaar, Katharina Kieslich, Barbara Prainsack, Gert Meyers, Alena Buyx, Seliem El-Sayed, Amelia Fiske, Ilaria Galasso, Susi Geiger, Nora Hangel, Ruth Horn, Stephanie Johnson, Janneke Kuiper, Federica Lucivero, Stuart McLennan, Katharina T. Paul, Mirjam Pot, Isabella M. Radhuber, Gabrielle Samuel, Tamar Sharon, Lotje Siffels, Ine Van Hoyweghen, Sula Awad, Théo Bourgeron, Johanna Eichinger, Marie Gaille, Christian Haddad, Sarah Hayes, Andrew Hoffman, Marie Jasser, Joke Kenens, Marjolein Lanzing, Sébastien Libert, Elisa Lievevrouw, Luca Marelli, Fernandos Ongolly, Amicia Phillips, Clémence Pinel, Katharina Riesinger, Stephen Roberts, Gertrude Saxinger, Lukas Schlögl, Franziska Schönweitz, Anna Sierawska, Wanda Spahl, Emma Stendahl, Siemen Vanstreels, Simeon Vidolov, Elias Weiss,

Global Security and Public Health

The sudden and dramatic advent of the COVID-19 pandemic led to urgent demands for timely, relevant, yet rigorous research. This paper discusses the origin, design, and execution of the SolPan research commons, a large-scale, international, comparative, qualitative research project that sought to respond to the need for knowledge among researchers and policymakers in times of crisis. The form of organization as a research commons is characterized by an underlying solidaristic attitude of its members and its intrinsic organizational features in which research data and knowledge in the study is shared and jointly owned. As such, the project is peer-governed, rooted in (idealist) social values of academia, and aims at providing tools and benefits for its members. In this paper, we discuss challenges and solutions for qualitative studies that seek to operate as research commons.