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Richard Smith

May 25, 20217 min read

I’ll take the office, darling

We wanted to explore working from home, but in a way that didn’t just explore the ‘nuts and bolts’ of working from home, but instead...

Dr Carolina Smith

Oct 15, 20203 min read

Why are research questions so important?

by Dr. Carolina Smith Published on September 15, 2020 Qualitative research methods specialist for Cappuccino Research, Dr Carolina Smith...

Carolina / Richard

Oct 5, 20201 min read

There is no such thing as normal

Humans are infinitely variable in their attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. As researchers we are continuously surprised and fascinated by...

Richard Smith

Oct 5, 20202 min read

I set up Cappuccino Research in order to focus on qualitative methods that work.

I set up Cappuccino Research in order to focus on qualitative methods that work; that really tell my clients about their customers and...

Carolina / Richard

Oct 3, 20201 min read

The importance of embodied cognition

We experience the world through the ways in which our bodies are constructed and the ways they interact with the outside world. Before...

Carolina / Richard

Oct 2, 20201 min read

It's all about the data!

Insight is fundamentally based on collecting high quality data. In research (and in life generally), if there is sufficient data to work...

Carolina / Richard

Oct 1, 20201 min read

Let's (not) do some groups!

The academic community largely gave up on the 'eight strangers in a room' focus groups as a useful and reliable technique some decades...

Dr Carolina Smith is a Sociologist and Director
of Cappuccino Research Ltd.

My 5 Publications

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Publication Preview Source 'You Make Yourself Sound So Important' Fieldwork Experiences, Identity Construction, and Non-Western Researchers Abroad

David E. Lorey, The US–Mexican Border in the Twentieth Century (Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1999) Book Review

Maquiladora employment, low-income households and gender dynamics: A case study in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Dating, Mating and Motherhood: Identity Construction among Mexican Maquila Workers