Peter A. J. Stevens (BA, MA Ghent University, MA, PhD Warwick University) is Associate Professor in Qualitative Research Methods at the Department of Sociology, Ghent University (Belgium). Stevens' research interests cover the areas of sociology of education and race/ethnic relations. His work has been published in leading journals in the field of education, race and ethnic relations and sociology, including Review of Educational Research, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and Sociology of Education. He is editor with Gary Dworkin of The Palgrave Handbook of Race and Ethnic Inequalities in Education (2019, 2nd edition, Palgrave, Basingstoke).

Introduction: Walking On and Off the Beaten Track - Peter A. J. Stevens
Critical Discourse Analysis: The Articulation of Power and Ideology in Texts - Stijn Joye and Pieter Maeseele
Grounded Theory: Key Principles and Two Different Approaches - Peter A. J. Stevens and Lore Van Praag
Narrative Analysis: Analysing 'Small Stories' in Social Sciences - Peter A. J. Stevens
NVivo: An Introduction to Textual Qualitative Data-Analysis with Software - Charlotte Maene
Process-Tracing: Making Single Case Studies Transparent and Convincing - Ferdi De Ville, Niels Gheyle, Yf Reykers and Thijs Van de Graaf
Qualitative Comparative Analysis: A Qualitative Method for Uncovering Complex Causal Relations - Tim Haesebrouck
Qualitative Content Analysis: A Practical Introduction - Charlotte Maene
Textual Analysis: A Practical Introduction to Studying Texts in Media and Cultural Studies - Frederik Dhaenens and Sofie Van Bauwel
Thematic Analysis: An Analytical Method in Its Own Right - Davide Dusi and Peter A. J. Stevens
Conclusion: Comparing Destinations and Road Maps - Peter A. J. Stevens