Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Talking about Methods
Welcome to Talking about Methods, a podcast brought to you by the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford (www.law.ox.ac.uk/centres-institutes/centre-socio-legal-studies).We will be developing the podcast series over the next couple of years. Each episode will involve a discussion with an expert that focuses on the benefits and problems associated with a range of differnet methodologies used in the study of law and society. If you visit our blog (frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk), you will find a short reading list to accompany each talk. We hope you enjoy this podcast.
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Jun 1, 2026
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Episodes
Kate Rossmanith on Unstructured and Narrative Interviews 01.06.2026 46:53
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Kate Rossmanith about unstructured and narrative interviewing. For more information, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Eddie Bruce-Jones on Deconstructing the Colonial Archive 05.05.2026 35:57
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Muclahy talks to Professor Eddie Bruce-Jones about deconstructing the colonial archive. For more information, visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Utopia as a Method with Aislinn Fanning, Cristy Clark, Zoe Tongue and Ruth Houghton 03.03.2026 40:17
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Aislinn Fanning, Cristy Clark, Zoe Tongue and Ruth Houghton about utopia as a method. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Cris van Eijk on Making and Unmaking Archives 03.02.2026 36:52
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Cris van Eijk about making and unmaking archival methods. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
James Campbell on Walking Interviews 04.01.2026 32:58
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to James Campbell on Walking Interviews. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Carolyn McKay on Doing Research in Difficult Places: Prison 25.11.2025 55:28
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Associate Professor Carolyn McKay about doing research in difficult places, such as prisons. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Nuno Ferreira and Senthorun Raj on The Queer Judgments Project 29.10.2025 44:18
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Nuno Ferreira and Senthorun Raj about the Queer Judgments Project. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Ellie Whittingdale on Complex Consent Issues 29.09.2025 43:24
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Ellie Whittingdale about complex consent issues. She tells us about the practice of consent seeking during an oral history project with the Rape Crisis England & Wales movement. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Fatima Ahdash on Looking at Law and Legal Phenomena through the Lens of Arab Cinema and Drama 24.08.2025 31:22
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Fatima Ahdash (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) about looking at law through the lens of Arab cinema and drama. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Karen Schucan Bird on Systematic Reviews 03.07.2025 38:13
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Karen Schucan Bird about doing systematic reviews in the social sciences. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Daniel Monk on Looking for Silences - Sexuality and Inheritance 09.06.2025 46:04
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Daniel Monk about doing research on sexuality and inheritance and how one has to look for the silences when doing so. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Silvana Tapia Tapia on Participatory Research from an Anti-colonial Perspective 13.05.2025 33:18
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia about Participatory Research from an Anti-colonial Perspective. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Karen Nokes on Quasi-Experimental Methods 15.04.2025 24:10
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Karen Nokes about quasi-experimental methods beyond the lab. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Chris Graham on Survey Psychology 17.03.2025 29:42
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Chris Graham about the psychology of survey research. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
molly ackhurst on Sticky Emotions in Feminist Research 06.03.2025 34:46
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr molly ackhurst about sticky emotions in feminist research and collage making as a method. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Bettina Lange on Discourse Analysis 18.02.2025 26:42
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Bettina Lange (Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies) about discourse analysis. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Maureen Freed on Vicarious Trauma Through Research 04.02.2025 30:47
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Maureen Freed (University of Oxford) about vicarious trauma through research. She shows how emotional work is at the core of research, and talks about strategies to process exposure to trauma and how to think preventatively. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Flora Renz on Learning from Disability Scholarship 05.12.2024 34:58
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Flora Renz (Kent Law School) about learning from disability scholarship in socio-legal research. Flora invites listeners to think about how to make one's methods more accessible and not purely extractive. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Mandla J. Radebe on Doing Research from a South African Perspective 11.11.2024 27:36
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Prof Mandla J. Radebe (University of Johannesburg) about doing research in the South African context. He shows how methodologies from the Global North are often inefficient to be directly applied in the South African context and that they have to be put in conversation with local and indigenous knowledge systems and concep...
Varona Sathiyah on Colourism, Race and Power 14.10.2024 23:44
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Varona Sathiyah (University of Johannesburg) about the complexity of colourism, race and power in the South African context and beyond. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Joseph McAulay on Hard to get at Research Groups 16.09.2024 41:04
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Joseph Patrick McAulay (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford) about research groups that are hard to get at, reducing barriers through digital technology and the ethics of online research. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Kay Lalor on Queer Legal Geographies 22.07.2024 45:23
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Kay Lalor (Manchester Metropolitan University) about queer legal geographies, walking as a creative method, contestations around the term 'queer' and much more. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Michael Lobban on Working with Archives – Law and Historiography 24.06.2024 37:34
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Michael Lobban (All Souls College, Oxford) about working with archives as a legal historian. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
Mark Phelan on The Role of Theatre in Invoking Radical Empathy 28.05.2024 34:02
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Mark Phelan (Queen's University Belfast) about the role of theatre in invoking radical empathy. He explains how playwrights and practitioners are effectively dealing with the legacies of political violence and traumatic history and demonstrates their importance for public memory. For more information on this episo...
Aino Suomi on Retrospective Method 23.04.2024 35:05
In this episode of Talking about Methods , Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Aino Suomi (ANU Centre for Social Policy Research and Methods) about using retrospective methods. For more information on this episode, please visit frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk.
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